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Where are the RV-12 Web sites

LettersFromFlyoverCountry

LettersFromFlyoverCountry

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For all the kits that are being sold, I'm kind of surprised the RV-12 "community" hasn't taken root yet online. Are there any RV-12 Web sites (aka Checkoway types) worth checking out?
 
List culled from VAF Posts

Okay people, help me fill in the blanks.

Also: post your info in the VAF White pages and on Vansaircraft builders sites.

Here is what I have been able to glean so far from VAF:

Each entry:
Builder #,
Wing kit information
Fuselage kit information
Tail kit information
Builders VAF call sign, location
Web site / photo location information

1
Wings: Picked up wing kit 8-Apr, Completed 10 May (130 hours)
Fuselage: Picked up 3 Oct
Tail: Picked up 17 November
jamescone Sequim, WA
http://picasaweb.google.com/JimCone1941

2
Wings: No dates, Completed
Fuselage: Received 9 Oct
RGaines Novato, CA

3
Wings: Delivered 8-May, Started 9 June, Completed 18 Aug (232.5 hours)
Fuselage: Delivered 31 Oct
JerryG150 Bradenton, FL
http://jerryg150rv12.blogspot.com/

?? (estimated serial number range)
Wings: delivered 5-May, completed
Fuselage: delivered 14 Oct
n92gc Steinhatchee, FL

?? (estimated serial number range)
Wings: Delivered 8-May
Fuselage: Del 23 Oct
Bartsey Naples, FL

10
Wings: Ordered 8 April, Shipped 9 May, Delivered 22 May, Completed 29 June
Tony Earle Port Macquarie, Australia
http://tonyearle.com

12
Wings: Delivered 21-May
Randy H Orland Park, IL

16
Wings: Delivered 17-May, Completed 14 June
Fuselage: Delivered 13 Oct
meadeduck Marietta, GA
http://rv12buildersgm.blogspot.com/

17
Wings: Delivered 29 May, Completed 4 July (135 hours)
Fuselage: Delivered 16 Oct
Peterk Texas

22
Wings: Delivered 17 May
m.j.adams Arlington, WA

23
Wings: Delivered 27 Jun?
Fuselage: Shipped 21 Oct
Mich48041 Riley TWP, MI

27
Wings: Delivered 27-Jun
DeltaHotel Fort Worth, TX

28
Wings: Delivered 17-Jul
Fuselage: Delivered 30 Oct (apx)
Jim Lahey Sacramento, CA

29?
Wings: no delivery date, Completed 5 July
Fuselage: no delivery date, Working on Fuselage
ok3 Lake City, FL
http://picasaweb.google.com/nctaylor1

33
Wings: Delivered 17 Jul
Fuselage: Delivered 11 Nov
gblwy Scotland

36
Wings: Delivered 17-Jul
JBPILOT Jesup, IA

?? (estimated serial number range)
Wings: Delivered 22 July
Tom Benton FL
http://rv-12builderinflorida.blogspot.com/

38
Wings: Delivered 21-July, Completed 13 Sept
Fuselage: Ordered
Tail: Ordered
steve wyman Centennial, CO

41
Wings: Delivered 22- July
jte65 Avon, IN
http://www.mykitlog.com/jemmick

42
Wings: Shipped 14 July
mrt890 Friday Harbor, WA

43
Wings: Delivered 18 July
Slane Hillsboro, OR
http://slane-rv-12.blogspot.com/

56
Wings: Delivered 27 May
Alan Gilmore Baltimore, MD
http://www.rv12info.com/

59?
Wings: Delivered 28 Oct
sam richards Tempora, Australia

66
Wings: Delivered 11 Aug
Fuselage: expicted pick up of 4 Dec
Tail: expicted pick up of 4 Dec ?
Gandalf Medford, OR
http://www.geocities.com/jeff_louie/hobbies.htm

69
Wings: Delivered 14 Aug
lawspud Redlands, CA
http://lawspud.wordpress.com/

74
Wings: Shipped 8-Aug, Delivered 19 Aug, Completed 14 Sept
Fuselage: Delivered 19 November
mcems Salem, SD

79
Wings: Delivered ??
Jetguy Texas

80
Wings: Delivered ??
Fuselage: to pick up 12 Nov
Tail: ordered?
Threetracker Albany (or Jefferson), OR

81
Wings: Shipped 14 Aug, Delivered October
RudiGreyling South Africa
www.RudiGreyling.com/rv12.html

84
Wings: Delivered 22 Aug (Air freight to North East England)
Jamesey Hartepool, England

85
Wings: Delivered ??
N722SH

86
Wings: Delivered 15 Aug
Jeromiemead Richland, WA

88
Wings: Delivered ??, Completed 28 Aug ( 139 hrs)
Fuselage: Ordered Oshkosh, Expected 1 Dec
MartySantic Davenport, IA
http://www.martysrv12.blogspot.com/

100
Wings: Delivered ??
Lewis Flyr (from Vans RVAviator 3-208)

105
Wings: Delivered 15 Sept
Bob Kibby Arlington, TX

110
Wings: Shipped Sept 10
morsec (Rick Morse)

111
Wings: Ordered 18 June, Delivered 23 Sept
Denny Myrick Scottsdale, AZ


113
Wings: Delivered 23 Sept 08, Completed 2 November
Fuselage: expected to ship 8 Dec
Bruce Russell Macon, GA

119
Wings: Expected 16 Sept
Fuselage: Ordered
todehnal Kentucky Lakes area in KY

120
Wings: Ordered 7 Aug, Expected week of 29 Sept
Flyinizit Shelby TWP, Michigan

121
Wings: Ordered 28 July, Received late September
DaveWelch Huntsville, AL

140
Wings: Ordered 3 Sept, Delivered 18 November
Fuselage:
Tail: Ordered
spriteah Geelong, Victoria, Australia

142
Wings: ?? (information from RV Aviator newsletter)
James Wilson

143
Wings: Shipped (expected) 4 Nov
Fuselage: Shipped (expected) 29 Nov
Brian Howard Gold Coast, Australia

152
Wings: Ordered 15 October
Fuselage: Ordered 15 October
Tail: Ordered 31 October
Reilly South Africa

??? (estimated order number placement)
Wings:
Fuselage:
Tail: Ordered 6 November (started with tail kit)
WeezyRV12 Naperville, IL

??? (estimated order number placement)
Wings: Ordered 13 November
Fuselage: Ordered 13 November
Tail: Ordered 13 November
Geico266 Lincoln, NE

170
Wings: Ordered 17 November
Fuselage: Ordered 17 November
Tail: Ordered 17 November
jetrep Chicago, IL

Also building:
pierre smith Louisville, GA



Van reportes that as of:

April - over 135 firm orders have been received (4/08 RV Aviator)

23 Sept - 147 Wing kits and 110 Fuselage kits have been ordered

middle of October - 151 wing kits have been ordered

6 November - 160 kits have been ordered
 
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Hi, Wow! Well Done Dave...

I can report my wing kit # 81 shipped from Vans 14 Aug 2008.
Now for 2-3 months wait while it travels on the water to South Africa.
PS: No information yet on my website about my RV12, but soon.

Regards
Rudi
 
RudiGreyling said:
Hi, Wow! Well Done Dave...

I can report my wing kit # 81 shipped from Vans 14 Aug 2008.
Now for 2-3 months wait while it travels on the water to South Africa.
PS: No information yet on my website about my RV12, but soon.

Regards
Rudi
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Given the beautiful job you did on your 7, I look forward to following your building process and seeing the end results. :)

Mike
 
web site links

Please send your RV-12 links to the webmaster at vans aircraft so he can post a link on the builders links section of the Vans site.

Bruce Reynolds
 
Jim Devlin - Wing Kit No. 84

Wing kit No. 84 safely received by (very expensive) airfreight in NE England. Unfortunately I am stuck at work in Azerbaijan and it will be late September before I get a chance to play with it.
No website as yet but will get around to it.
Anyone else got an engine??
 
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my RV12 website

I was looking for a good name for my website and the first thought that came to mind was "rv12.com" but that didn't work out because some company in Oregon already registered it ;). So, I tried the following and it was not taken:

www.rv12info.com

I am including the typical photos and progress reports, but I am also trying to include some of the unique solutions to problems that I encounter. To that end, I have included a section for just the "tool widgets" that I have made.

I add something about once or twice a month.

I hope you enjoy looking at it.
 
Adding Wing Kit Completion Dates/build times

Added Tony (kit #10) and his construction home page (http://tonyearle.com) to the list.

Have been working on adding completion dates as they appear. If you are not on our very informal list (third entry in this thread) and would like to be, just post and I will try to enter it. Entry onto the factory's links list is up to you.

So far, based on a very limited sample, experienced builders take about 3 to 5weeks (about 130 hours?) and newbees take about 8 to 10 weeks (about 240 hours?) to complete the wing kit.

Build issues appear to center on using the correct rivets, drilling stainless steel, washers in the stall warning switch, which holes to dimple, and control surface bracket dimensions.

Interetingly to me is that the parts and their respective rivet holes are consistently reported to line up and fit together.

-Regards, Dave
 
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since youre keeping track #17 was received and started on May 29 and finished on July 4....135 hours.

pete
 
Happy to report wingkit #81 arrived in South Africa in my garage yesterday.
kit_arrive_1.jpg
 
Updated 'the list' (third post on this string).

Of note for Fuselage photos/blogs see:

Jim Cone 1200001 http://picasaweb.google.com/JimCone1941

JerryG150 1200003 http://jerryg150rv12.blogspot.com/

Meadeduck 100016 http://rv12buildersgm.blogspot.com/

ok3 http://picasaweb.google.com/nctaylor1

Ordered a set of Fuselage plans from Vans, $30 + shipping. Does not show how flaparons are mixed, but a very good read/study to go along with the photos.

A couple of Notes from reading the fuselage plans: 1) the fuselage receptacles for the wing's forward stub spar and rear spar have to be hand fitted to the wing parts. Thus the wing needs to be completed (or at least on hand) before the fuselage. 2) Also evidenced from the plans is that it was intended that the tail cone/eppanage be completed before the fuselage but Van's provides a work around for this.

Two possible errors are?:
Page 24-04 the order of steps 1 and 2 should be reversed.
Page 23-06 Step 5. I think the dimples should be flush OUTBOARD side not INBOARD side.

These are the only two that I have found, of course I could be totally wrong.


As always correction or additons are most welcome.

Regards, Dave
 
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Nice list Dave.
Please add Wing Kit # 121 ordered at Oshkosh 7/29, recieved late September.
Slowly coming together in our cluttered basement in Huntsville, AL.
Anyone else in the area building a -12?
Dave Welch.
 
DaveLS said:
Ordered a set of Fuselage plans from Vans, $30 + shipping. Does not show how flaparons are mixed, but a very good read/study to go along with the photos.
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I didn't know you could order the plans separate from the kit. I would love to be able to read through them while I save my pennies and dimes!

--Bill
 
Ordered wing #152 and fuse omn 15 Oct. Ordered emp kit on 31 Oct. cannot wait. This waiting is torchure. Busy preping workshop, making benched and bugging Rudi Greyling for bits of advice and tips.

I had vans fly out the wing and fuse plans to me so long so that I can feed my urge in the meanwhile.

Finding all the sites and blogs very informative. Thanks
 
DaveLS said:
2) Also evidenced from the plans is that it was intended that the tail cone/eppanage be completed before the fuselage but Van's provides a work around for this.
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Dave.... My fuselage is available for pick up in December. I am wondering if I should also order the empanage kit and build that first. What do you think.

Jeff
 
Dave & Reilly, I've added your information to 'the list.'

Jeff,

Keeping in mind that I have not yet started building - just reading the plans:

The intended build sequence appeared to be:

Tail Cone
Wings
Fuselage

But, 'in the beginning' the spin tests on the production prototype (red one) had not been completed, Van opted to ship wing and fuselage kits first. Now that the spin test are completed they are taking orders on tail kits (as of tomorrow).

That being said:

1)The Fuselage kit does require fitting to the Wings. So the wings should be done before the fuselage.

2) The Fuselage plans show the tail cone being attached to the main fuselage about 2/3 of the way into the Fuselage construction. But Van has provided a work around for this. Jim Cone (RV12 serial number 1) has reported that he will switch over to the tail cone when he comes to that part and after finishing the tail cone continue with the fuselage per the original build sequence. Either approach should be workable.

With all that being said. I think that it really boils down to kit availability, money, shop/storage space, and shipping/picking up ease.

Since you already have a shipping date for the fuselage, I don't see any reason to wait on working on it until you can get a tail kit. On the other hand, if you could get both at the same time, then starting the tail kit before the fuselage kit would be a reasonable way to go.

-Dave
 
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DaveLS said:
Jeff,

Keeping in mind that I have not yet started building - just reading the plans:

The intended build sequence appeared to be:

Tail Cone
Wings
Fuselage

.... On the other hand, if you could get both at the same time, then starting the tail kit before the fuselage kit would be a reasonable way to go.

-Dave
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Hi Dave.... OK. I called Vans today about my picking up both the fuselage and tail kit at the same time. I looked at a RV-10 fuselage today being built in a Medford, OR hangar. Pretty cool. There a few pull rivets used to attach a composite roof to the fuselage and the fuselage is connected to a dolly so that the fuselage can be wheeled around the hangar.

Jeff
 
Today I ordered the emp/tail kit and wing kit. I was told I am #170. I haven't seen much info about shipping cost so I will put mine here. Wing kit to chicago was quoted at 350, both wing kit and emp $400 (delivered to my residence).

Originally I planned to order the emp. and fuse but decided that would take up too much room in the garage and make it difficult to build the wings. When the wings are complete I'll be able to bring them inside the house giving me plenty of room for the fuse assembly
 
John,

Thanks for the info.

Did you get any estimates on delivery dates? Do the wing and tail kit have about the same delivery delay or is the wait for one different from the other?

If the wait is the same so they could both be shipped together, is there any savings by shipping the two kits together?

Regards, Dave
 
DaveLS said:
John,

Thanks for the info.

Did you get any estimates on delivery dates? Do the wing and tail kit have about the same delivery delay or is the wait for one different from the other?

If the wait is the same so they could both be shipped together, is there any savings by shipping the two kits together?

Regards, Dave
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Based on the lead times on the website (which I believe were updated today) I expect the kits to ship in 6 weeks. The girl on the phone was not sure when they would ship and said she would get back to me (website used to say 8 weeks for wing kit). It sounded like the tail kit could ship sooner.

Here is what I was quoted:
tail kit to nearest terminal: $175
wing kit to my home: $350
wing kit + tail kit to my home: $400
 
Dave,
Wing kit #113 arrived on 23 September, last rivet pulled 2 November. Fuselage ship date is 8 December. Just in time for my birthday on the 13th!
 
List updated

Updated the list and added some locations.

As usual, post your info here and I will add it to the list.

Regards, Dave
 
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Update for list

DaveLS said:
Updated the list and added some locations.

As usual, post your info here and I will add it to the list.

Regards, Dave
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Dave:

Here is my update (builder #41):

Wings completed 11/15/08 (121 hours)

Fuselage ordered 8/5/08 (still waiting for delivery)
 
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Dave,

Here is mine as well.

Builder #17

Fuse arrived Oct 26....skinning sides now

Emp is ordered....should go to crating next week.

Pete
 
Just got my first kit (tail) a couple days 11-26, no clue on the kit #.. still getting the garage ready and waiting on the Fed Ex fairy to bring some stuff from Avery tomorrow. Will be logging it on www.weezyrv12.com
hopefully will have some pictures up by the weekend.
 
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