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Welcome aboard. This will be fun and more than meet the regs for building for education and recreation!!! Now there are three flying and it should pick up soon and someday there will be 274!!!
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Long time reader / researcher, first post on this site. Empennage kit arrived this afternoon, 140277! Took a day of leave so I can inventory it tomorrow...
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Having a great time building.... So far
Ser # 140257
Going good so far. Vertical stabilizer and rudder complete. Having a blast. Kit is very well done by Vans. Instructions are great... So far. And the kit is going together smoothly Hope it continues |
Getting Started
Ordered after demo ride at Oshkosh; serial #140329. So many questions, so many different answers... :) Going together well so far; test-fit VS skin this morning; perfect. Need to decide what primer to use and what to prime, and get that squared away before assembly.
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My third RV #140331 and wow!! the kits have really come along way in terms of ease of build
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#140273 resides in the UK.
Full flat pack taildragger arrived just before our glorious exit from the EU vote ! Fuselage at one shop, emp at another, wings will be done once the fuselage comes to ours after we have completed our 2 RV12 kits. No rest for the wicked....... :D |
Empennage kit#140298.
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Kit #140320 emp in progress.
El Dorado Hills,Ca |
RV-14A 140019
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#140322, ordered at Oshkosh, received 8-16-16. V stab and rudder underway. First time builder, learning something new every day...
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Hello, all,
I've received the tail kit for RV-14A, number 140318. My building partner and I have gotten through the vertical stab and are on the rudder. Can't thank the community and Doug enough for giving me the tools to tackle this! Regards, Logan |
140328 - Empennage in progress
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Looks like I will be #140338. That is the PO reference on empennage kit which shipped Friday.
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#140337 up in Alberta
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To revive an old thread. I received emp kit 140398 today and ordered wing kit today.
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140031 Cleveland, Oh
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14A
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Empennage 11-16 and Wings 1-17-17 |
#140396. Empennage received 5-26-17.
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#140404 empennage arrived in San Jose, California on 7/17/2017.
This repeat offender is amazed by the improvement in quality and completeness! Cheers, Dan |
#140383, first-time builder in Los Angeles!
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#1400405 in The Portland, Oregon area.
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14 Serial Number refresh
Last reported in July 2017 was ...405, we need a refresh.
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I didn't even know this thread existed. #433 here purchased in late October 2017.
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Received Empennage on April 11, 2018 Serial # 140479
I have completed the VS and almost done with the Rudder. I have built a RV7A in 2012. Great kit. |
140457 received the empennage in Feb 2018, wing at the end of March. First time build, loving every minute, well most of them.
Kerry Edmonton, Alberta If you are ever in the air around Calgary or Springbank, please say hi, I work Calgary arrival, departure and VTA |
140356 ... Purchased Empennage, Wings and QB Fuse from an individual who had not started the build, received March 2018. Will be starting the build this summer.
Located in the WNY area. |
SN 140486 received May 4, 2018
N144DP |
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140480 empennage received April 18. Vertical and rudder complete. Time to slow down a bit and enjoy the process. Santa Clarita CA
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#140411 Empenage Kit rec'd 1/5/18. Rudder and Elevator done. Starting on aft fuselage soon. Hope to have it ready for QB Fuselage Kit expected delivery in June.
Reserved N411RV tail number. |
RV-14 140186
Building with my neighbor. What a joy! Dreamed about it, planned and finally it is happening! Thanks Vans!!
QB fuselage bought a very good tail competed in AZ QB Wings on order Still a very long way from flying.... But very grateful it is possible Larry |
140425, purchased Sep 2017. Started building November. Must be the slowest out there as combining it with looking after 18 month old twin girls. VS complete, Rudder nearly.
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140494 - tail and wing kits ordered on 5/8/18. Tail kit delivery scheduled for after our return from Hawaii on 5/23. Can't wait to get things moving along!!
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140446 - empennage kit received December 2017; VS, rudder, and HS complete, elevator in work
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140454
140454 - build started 1 Jan 18. VS, Rudder, HS and Elevator complete (except fiberglass and empennage component attach). Aft fuselage nearly complete (only top skins remain). Just under 300 hours into the build at this point. QB fuselage and QB wings kits ordered and scheduled for delivery in late July.
I’ll have a break now waiting for the next kits. (Should have ordered them when I picked up the empennage kit rather than waiting a month.) It will give me time to move the build from the 15x20 room where I started out to my shop. The smaller space has been perfect up to now but it’s beginning to get a bit cramped. My goal was to average 2hrs/day and except for the week lost to attend my son’s graduation/commissioning I am on track. I am very impressed with all aspects of Van’s operation. The kit itself has been flawless and their support exceptional. The local EAA Chapter 292 has provided Tech Counselor Inspections along the way which, as a first time builder, has provided tremendous peace of mind. N76VY reserved. Lyn KCVO |
Isn't the serial number determined by the manufacturer? The number assigned at Van's is for their kit, not the airplane.
That means we could all have Serial number 14 or 140014 :D |
The original purpose of this thread (I think) was to allow people to see how many people have started build an RV-14 up to any given point in time.
You are correct that a builder can designate any serial # they want, but what is the benefit to using something other than the kit serial #? |
140492 in Melbourne, Australia.
Emp inventory complete, workshop almost complete (building a spray booth today). |
140495....already drilled a hole in my finger.....
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