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TedsNumberOneSon 09-15-2014 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by AlinNS (Post 916421)
Ha ha ha. Mike you and I share a common dialect. Got a call from a teacher a while back telling me that one of the kids told her she nearly froze her arse off at recess. I told the teacher that I would ask the wife to stop saying that in front of the kids!:D

Any advice on unpacking the kit? Betting it will never go back in the box. My shop gets used for lots of other things, so I would like to build shelves that will hold first the tail parts, then when that is done the wing kit parts. Any comments on dimensions, #shelves, or other options?

Thanks.

Absolutely some good shelves for the large parts. Up high and out of the way till needed.

I built two of the EAA benches and then above two shelves 8'[2438mm] X24 [609.6mm] suspended by threaded rod through a joist in the ceiling. Still short on space a bit but most of tail went up there. Some pieces still on my working surfaces. I may regret that later than sooner.

Some fellows build pegboards with wooden dowels for ribs etc. I did layout some cardboard and mark areas where different subkits went. Unsure how closely to plans sections the correlate. I just posted a question about small bags and that issue on Plan Gotchas.

I have found the EAA benches to be really good. If you don't have to store all the junk you had in that space before the shelves underneath are also good space for large parts. The RV Builder basics DVD also had some good shop setup info on it as far as a A frame for small parts jars and a place to hang the plans not on the bench.

jswareiv 09-15-2014 12:01 PM

Where to put all the parts
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by AlinNS (Post 916421)
Ha ha ha. Mike you and I share a common dialect. Got a call from a teacher a while back telling me that one of the kids told her she nearly froze her arse off at recess. I told the teacher that I would ask the wife to stop saying that in front of the kids!:D

Any advice on unpacking the kit? Betting it will never go back in the box. My shop gets used for lots of other things, so I would like to build shelves that will hold first the tail parts, then when that is done the wing kit parts. Any comments on dimensions, #shelves, or other options?

Thanks.

Advice on unpacking - the duct tape will bend your parts if you try and pull it off. I kept my box from the tail section on top of my two cabinets where the completed section now sits on a base I built with carpeting. Once all the parts where gone, I disassembled it and saved what I could and pitched the rest.



Then I put the horizontal stabilizer on a bike rack on the wall. Yes, it is screwed into a stud.



I recommend the wire shelving, the one I used is 16" wide and will hold all of your parts out of the way once they are finished, if you have the ceiling height. I have the flaps, ailerons, elevators, vertical stab, wing tips and rudder up there.



Once you get the wings done, best thing for them is a wing cradle.


Mike H 09-16-2014 05:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlinNS (Post 916421)
Ha ha ha. Mike you and I share a common dialect. Got a call from a teacher a while back telling me that one of the kids told her she nearly froze her arse off at recess. I told the teacher that I would ask the wife to stop saying that in front of the kids!:D Thanks.

Blame it on the wife eh:D

Yes, please be careful not to bend stuff when removing the duct tape that secures the parts during shipping. Some of the blue protective film will come off with the duct tape but it isn't a big deal. Not sure why you ask if the parts will fit back into the crate...you are supposed to assemble them;)
I inventoried my empennage kit and repacked it in the crate for storage while I finish the wings and it fit just fine.

JHartline 09-17-2014 04:02 PM

S/N 140184
 
Emp kit arrived yesterday. Planning to use the duct tape instead of rivets to hold the plane together. That stuff is crazy strong!!

Mike H 09-17-2014 04:52 PM

Another -14:D. Congratulations.

Tom023 09-18-2014 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by J Hartline (Post 917263)
Emp kit arrived yesterday. Planning to use the duct tape instead of rivets to hold the plane together. That stuff is crazy strong!!

You have SN 140184. My SN is 140083 and arrived this week 1 year ago, so it looks like we are adding 8 or so builders per month.

HHKing 09-21-2014 01:54 PM

SN 140187
 
Just got my invoice for S/N 140187 Tail Kit! Waiting for ABF to deliver & building some EAA 1000 benches. First Timer. (They need to change the registration form to allow selection of the 14 as an interest.) :)

Henry

TedsNumberOneSon 09-21-2014 06:35 PM

welcome to the 14 world
 
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Originally Posted by HHKing (Post 918190)
Just got my invoice for S/N 140187 Tail Kit! Waiting for ABF to deliver & building some EAA 1000 benches. First Timer. (They need to change the registration form to allow selection of the 14 as an interest.) :)

Henry

Mike must be off this weekend. He's usually first to welcome new builders.
The EAA benches are awesome and it takes both.

First timer. Me too. Order a tool box and build it. I took the EAA workshop last October but the tool box brougt a lot into focus and knocked some rust off the skill set.

And make the VAF one of your homepages. There is a lot on here from a lot of good guys and most of our questions have been asked and answered in many ways.

HHKing 09-22-2014 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by TedsNumberOneSon (Post 918257)
Mike must be off this weekend. He's usually first to welcome new builders.
The EAA benches are awesome and it takes both.

First timer. Me too. Order a tool box and build it. I took the EAA workshop last October but the tool box brougt a lot into focus and knocked some rust off the skill set.

And make the VAF one of your homepages. There is a lot on here from a lot of good guys and most of our questions have been asked and answered in many ways.

Actually I have ordered a second tool box because I learned so much "the hard way" on the first one!

RickAllen 09-23-2014 08:53 AM

New guy
 
Hello All,
I've been lurking on VAF for about a month now. I just registered and thought that I would come out of the shadows and say hi. I've really enjoyed reading your posts and seeing your pics. I've wanted to build an airplane since I was a teenager in the late 1970's when I asked my Dad if I could use the one car garage for "about a year" to build an airplane. (HA!) He liked the idea and actually said yes. I was interested in the KR2 at the time. Over the years I've subscribed to various magazines and gotten info packets on several different kit planes but never pulled the trigger. I've been interested in RV's for quite a while now. The traditional metal construction is very appealing. After reading most of the posts on VAF I think that the RV-14 may be the plane for me. I live in Delaware near ILG and would be very interested to find out if an RV is going together near me. Due to a pending move I figure that I am maybe a year or so away from ordering a tail kit and really want to educate myself in the meantime.


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