My adventures in building a KR-2S
    

 
My adventures in building a KR-2S
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Hours Spent Working on My KR-2S   

Date
Work
Hours
Total Hours
02-27-07
Table Construction
2.50
2.50
02-28-07
Table Construction
1.50
4.00
03-01-07
Table Construction
2.50
6.50
03-09-07
Table Construction
2.00
8.50
03-16-07
Made Gusset Clamps
1.50
10.00
03-17-07
Transfer Drawing
to Table
2.00
12.00
04-04-07
Unpack Spruce and
Start lay up
2.00
14.00
04-06-07
Fuselage Side 1
Verticals and Diagonals
2.50
16.50
04-07-07
Fuselage Side 1
Made Gussets
2.50
19.00
04-11-07
Glued up Side 1
T-88
3.50
22.50
04-13-07
Removed Side 1 from
Table and sanded off
extra glue
1.00
23.50
04-14-07
Fuselage Side 2
lay up
Verticals and Diagonals
2.50
26.00
04-16-07
Fuselage Side 2
Finished Gussets
2.00
28.00
04-17-07
Fuselage Side 2
Glue up
2.50
30.50
04-21-07
Removed Side 2 from
Clams and sanded off
extra glue
1.00
31.50
04-22-07
Cut plywood for both
sides and router trimed
side 1 plywood
1.00
32.50
04-23-07
Routered trimed side 2 and
glued and stapled side 1
2.00
34.50
04-26-07
Removed staples from side 1
Glued and stapled side 2
2.00
36.50
04-29-07
Removed staples from side 2
and started the bending of
the fuselage sides
3.00
39.50
04-30-07 to
05-4-07
Bending the fuselage to shape
1.00
40.50
05-05-07
Started glueing the lower
Bulkhead
1.50
42.00
05-08-07
Fuselage bottom cross members
set-up and glue up

1.50
43.50
05-11-07
Started gluing gussets on the
cross members
1.50
45.00
05-13-07
Continued to glue gussets
one one side
1.00
46.00
05-14-07
started gluing gussets
on the other side
1.00
47.00
05-16-07
finished all bottom
crossmembers and their gussets
1.50
48.50
05-19-07
precut, glued and stapled down
the bottom plywood
2.50
51.00
05-22.07
Pulled staples and trimed
plywood flush
2.00
53.00
05-23-07
Glued in side member "N"
in place
.5
53.50
05-25-07
cut and glued 1/4 plywood
to the vertical stab
.5
54.00
05-26-07
Glued the first vertical Stab in place
.5
54.50
05-28-07
Glued gussets on member "N"
.5
55.00
06-01-07
Made and glued in the doublers
from tail vertical to member "N"
.5
55.50
06-06-07
Made and glued in bottom tail plate
1.00
56.50
06-09-07
Cut and glued up the right side,
upper side doubler		1.00
57.50
06-10-07
Glued up the right side, upper
side doubler
.5
58.00
06-13-07
Started cutting the upper cross members
.5
58.50
06-16-07
Glued up several of the upper
Cross members and a few gussets.
2
60.50
06-18-07
Cut and glued gussets on
the upper cross members.
1.5
62.00

Date:Work
Hours
Total Hours
  06-20-07 
Started cutting the upper diagonals of  
the fuselage
1.0
63.00
  06-21-07
Glued up the upper diagonals and
the gussets
1.5
64.50
07-21-07
Cut and glued up the front
upper bulkheads		1.0
65.50
07-27-07
Cut and glued upper side spaces fillers
and cross member for the upper front
bulkhead
1.0
66.50
07-31-07
Cut the rear plywood and glued the bottom and one side. Also cut the vertical and horizontal rear bulkhead
6.5
73.00
08-02-07
Pulled staples and routered the edges to make them flush. Also swept the floor
1.5
74.50
08-05-07
Started the tail. Cut the 3 horizontal  stabilizers and made patterns for the inner ribs.
1.0
75.50
08-06-07
Glued up the stabilizer  and some of the elevator.
1.5
77.00
08-07-07
Cut and glued the Ribs for the stabilizer and the elevator.
1.5
78.50
08-10-07
Started cutting out the Spar Attachment fittings
3.0
81.50
08-12-07
Finished cutting out the spar Attachments
2
83.50
08-13-07Started drilling holes in the front Spar Attachment fittings1.084.50
08-16-07
Continued to drill and cut out the spar attachments
1.5
86.00
08-19-07
started adding 5 3/4 to the tail with and stated to attach the hinges on the elevators
2.5
88.50
08-20-07
Cut out the Dr. dean horn
1.0
89.50
09-01-07
Glued top of center front spar
0.5
90.00
09-02-07
Glued bottom of center front spar
0.5
90.50
09-07-07
Reglued and added gussets on the add-on on the vertical stabilizer. Glued up the new "N" placement.
2.0
92.50
09-08-07
Glued up the top center rear spar
0.5
93.00

Date:
Work
Hours
Total
Hours
 09-10-07 
Finished drilling holes in the front wing attachments
  1.0 
  94.00  
09-22-07
started filling that tail with foam and started sanding
2.0
96.00
09-29-07
Continued to sand and glue foam on the tail
2.5
98.50
10-27-07
Sanding foam on the tail and finished drilling wing attachments3.5
102.00
11-02-07
Painted wing attachments and finished sanding the elevator and stabilizer
3.0
105.00
11-04-07
Cut all the pieces for the center forward spar and started on the rear center spar.
3.0
108.00
11-09-07
Glued in place the tail bulkhead and the forward vertical.
2.5
110.50
11-11-07
glued the center front spar and the rear center spars. Also cut the forward outer spars top and lower parts of the spars.
4.0
114.50
11-18-07
Made Hot Box for resin and hardener. Cut verticals for outer spars and glued up one of the outer spars.
4.5
119.00


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