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kbalch 01-05-2019 04:52 PM

RV-14A #140494
 
Fuselage join accomplished this morning. A complete non-event, as everything clecoed right together as expected. For anyone who?s built an earlier, pre-matched hole, kit, these -14 kits seem like cheating. I built an early -8 and the difference is night and day. I love it!


drtgraves 01-07-2019 12:40 PM

Nice! I started the Fuse last night. Kit 499. Right behind you!

DeeCee 57 01-07-2019 03:35 PM

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seem like cheating
it ain't cheating... its called assembling, as opposed to building ;)

kbalch 01-07-2019 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by drtgraves (Post 1314925)
Nice! I started the Fuse last night. Kit 499. Right behind you!

Excellent! Keep on building. I'm about six weeks into the fuselage kit at this point with about the same again to go before my finish kit ships. Lots to do... :)

Bavafa 01-07-2019 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by DeeCee 57 (Post 1314986)
it ain't cheating... its called assembling, as opposed to building ;)

I have built a 7A and a 14A and I wouldn't go as far as to characterize one as building and another as assembling. For me, it nearly took as many as man hours to build each but the 14 is has far superior instructions and the canopy part is much easier and more repeatable. The canopy of the 7 (mine was a tip-up) required more work and it did not come as exact as the 14.

DeeCee 57 01-08-2019 02:33 AM

yep, you're right. I was referring to earlier -3/-4/-6 kits...

kbalch 01-08-2019 06:36 AM

Beyond the excellent quality of the -14 kit (including matched-hole prepunching) and instructions, the biggest difference from the -8 I built (#81125, started 12/99 and first flew 5/02) is the amount of fabrication necessary.

The -8 kit was full of raw angle, bar, and plate stock with many pieces having to be fabricated from scratch. The -14 kit has had, to the best of my recollection, zero such fabrication tasks. That's a huge timesaver right there.

I'm looking forward to the canopy install improvements... :)

kbalch 01-08-2019 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by control (Post 1315122)
Not much to fabricate but there have been a few pieces, like these:

Yep, I remembered those after posting. Even there, though, the holes were already predrilled. :D

kbalch 02-04-2019 02:59 PM

Just a quick update on my fuselage progress:

Rudder/brake pedals are in, as are the brake lines and flap actuation system/position sensor. Section 35 is well underway, with the upper forward fuse and wiring channel assemblies riveted in today. Tomorrow will see the canopy decks completed.

Moving along here as my finish kit ship date (still a few weeks away) draws ever closer...


Tom Delaney 02-04-2019 07:16 PM

Hi Ken,

I am planning my build space and would appreciate the length, width and height of the combined fuselage and tail as shown in your photo.

Thanks,

Tom


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