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Okay, it's time for a milestone announcement! Passed the 1,000 hour mark in my build today! I had forgotten that I would pass it today, and didn't pay attention to exactly what it was I was working on at the time, but it was probably somewhere around one of these two pictures...







1,000 hours!!! JEEZ!!

Cool Chad!

Say, how do you log the time?

For instance, yesterday I spent the entire day in the shop. I rejigged the plane and made it secure in the cradle, leveled the longs organized tools, put parts in place for the next phases of the build, worked on my FAA registration papers and put away all the riveting stuff as the metal working tools needed to come out.

How many hours would you log for a day like that?

CJ

I only log time where I consider myself 'physically' working on the airplane. That doesn't mean that I don't log the time I sit staring at the plans in the middle of a session, I do. I don't log prep time, clean up, or organization. I also keep track of how much time is spent on the phone, or talking with a visitor during a work session, then I cut that out at the end total. I'm anal, I know...

My example is this...yesterday, I spent the ENTIRE day in the garage, except time to come inside to feed myself, and do the "other" things I can't do in the garage. I was involved with the airplane from 8:30am in the morning until 6:30pm last night. I only "logged" 5.75 hours out of the 10 I used throughout the day. That was time spent "on" the airplane...you know, generally 'physically' on it.

That help?

For your day, I would only log the time rejigging and securing, levelling the longs, and I would (will) log the time you spent on the reg. paperwork. That's just how I do it though.

Chad's very detailed time keeping is exlempry but not every one is that strict. I generally log all time spent in the shop working on the airplane or preparing to do something on the airplane. Of course I am approaching 4000 hours and my QB RV-6A is still a few hours from flying.
I am a firm believer that cleaning the shop, putting away tools, moving the fuselage or wings, making or modifying stands etc is all part of building the airplane. My wife does not consider my shop clean but others think it is. Every person has their own perspective and I think as long as you do the work yourself that is what counts. Needless to say you have people come help you put wings on and take them off etc.

Chad, congratulations on the 1,000 hour mark! Looking good I must say.

As far as time I log pretty much all the time I spend in the shop if I am there to work on the plane. I must admit, not much since July, but getting close to jumping back in.

I am not logging anything more than a DATE ENTRY next to the task in the instructions.

That being said, if you have 3 assistants helping you install the wings... is that one hour times 3?

...just wondering how YOU are doing it.

CJ

captain_john wrote:That being said, if you have 3 assistants helping you install the wings... is that one hour times 3?

Nope. The way I see it, any task that requires more than one person, is a task the same as one that requires just me. One hour is one hour. Like the wing mating for example. If I don't get help, they don't go on. No time logged. If I get help (like I did), I log time for ME!

Congrats on the milestone Chad, however you log it. I gave up trying to keep that close an eye on the actual time. I take at least one picture each session and find my average session is about 2 hours, that's as close as I am ever going to be able to get. While it would be really interesting to know exactly, I'm afraid it would rather depressing for me, since I know I take a LOT longer than the average builder to do just about any task.

Congratulations Chad! Also a big thank you to you and everyone else that does a marvelous job sharing your individual progress.

As I told you at the Black Otter this year I personally am very impressed in the pace of your project. Congrats also to the Mrs. for her obvious support. Build on!.

CD