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Old 05-19-2010, 10:17 AM
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Default Is there a requirement to record hours?

The purpose of the builder's log is to prove you built the plane to get the repairman's certificate, right? Would a hand full of pictures showing you doing construction through out the building phase not work?

Just curious.

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Old 05-19-2010, 10:44 AM
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Default I like tracking mine

Sounds like I'm a minority here, but I like tracking my build hours and it does a number of positive things for my project:
  1. It obviously documents my build for the FAA (ok so it's overkill)
  2. It provides a nice record to the next owner - no I don't plan to sell it, but...
  3. I use KitlogPro so friends and family see my progress on the internet which really motivates me to get out and pound rivets there since I have a number of folks following my build
  4. Helps me to go back and see what I did at a later date for repair or troubleshooting years later
  5. Since I push my construction logs onto the internet I don't have to host pictures on a separate sight, like Picasso, to display them on this forum.
I literally only spend :10 minutes a day doing this - you don't have to write War and Peace (I work on my plane daily).

My 2 cents...
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Old 05-19-2010, 11:34 AM
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...Faithfully documenting the build hours is an exercise undertaken for your own personal amusement because nobody else really cares.
...AMEN!!!
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Old 05-19-2010, 11:51 AM
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Default After each Step

When I finish a building step, I write the date and amount of time next to the step I check off. At the end of each page I add it up. Takes little time and can't hurt.
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