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02-05-2016, 11:11 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 144
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Who has the lighest RV-7?
Please share you aircraft configuration. Thanks
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02-05-2016, 11:42 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Richmond Hill, GA (KLHW)
Posts: 2,183
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Haven't mounted the motor yet so I might be cheating 
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Ray
RV-7A - Slider - N495KL - First flt 27 Jan 17
O-360-A4M w/ AFP FM-150 FI, Dual PMags, Vetterman Trombone Exh, SkyTech starter, BandC Alt (PP failed after 226 hrs)
Catto 3 blade NLE, FlightLines Interior, James cowl, plenum & intake, Anti-Splat -14 seat mod and nose gear support
All lines by TSFlightLines (aka Hoser)
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02-05-2016, 11:58 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SC
Posts: 12,887
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Talk to Van's. They once told me that tail draggers with the tip-up are the lightest configuration.
After that it is all about options and "building lightness in".
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Bill R.
RV-9 (Yes, it's a dragon tail)
O-360 w/ dual P-mags
Build the plane you want, not the plane others want you to build!
SC86 - Easley, SC
www.repucci.com/bill/baf.html
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02-05-2016, 12:29 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Posts: 187
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Wow, this thread has lasted almost 2 hours with nobody coming in with diet advice or the lighter doesn't make it go faster argument!
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02-05-2016, 12:37 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Omaha, NE (KMLE)
Posts: 2,246
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hohocc
Wow, this thread has lasted almost 2 hours with nobody coming in with diet advice or the lighter doesn't make it go faster argument!
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Oh, just give it time. It's the middle of the work day here in the US.
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Dale
Omaha, NE
RV-12 # 222 N980KM "Screamin' Canary" (bought flying)
Fisher Celebrity (under construction)
Previous RV-7 project (sold)
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02-05-2016, 03:40 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Peck, Kansas
Posts: 137
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who has the lightest rv7?
Rv7 slider, 0320-d2a Catto 2 blade, mgl explorer, trig, autopilot, full leather interior, paint polish 1020# 8 quarts oil in engine.
Keith Rhea
N60KR
At EAA chapter leaders workshop KOSH
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02-05-2016, 06:25 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 144
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Thanks
Thank Keith for sharing. Impressive.
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02-05-2016, 06:32 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SC
Posts: 12,887
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My -9, with the longer wing was 990 lbs with all the fairings, oil, etc. on its first flight.
The -7, with the shorter wing should be able to be built lighter.
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Bill R.
RV-9 (Yes, it's a dragon tail)
O-360 w/ dual P-mags
Build the plane you want, not the plane others want you to build!
SC86 - Easley, SC
www.repucci.com/bill/baf.html
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02-05-2016, 06:42 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: LaVista, NE
Posts: 60
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Wow.... 1,020....That is light.....
RV-7A (I know you didn't ask about nose draggers.) No external paint or primer yet. ECi Titan O-360, WW ground adjustable prop, Dynon D6 and Dynon Skyview with pretty much everything Dynon offers, tipper, feau leather seats, 8 qts in the engine, 1,062#. Not probably close to the lightest, but not a pig, either. If I polish and only paint the fiberglass, shouldn't add too many pounds.
Can't really say I lived the 'think light' philosophy discussed recently while building, but limited how much stuff I put in the plane. Every little aftermarket 'cool thing' that someone sells costs $$$ and weight.
I always wonder what it would have weighed if I would have skipped priming everything while building......
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Chris Halfman
La Vista, NE
-7A, 300+ hours on the Hobbs, ECi O-360 185 hp, GA200L Whirlwind prop
Anything I post on here may not be the best way, the right way, the only way, or even an accepted way to do something, but it's how I did it. Use the information accordingly. 
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02-05-2016, 07:13 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Olds, AB
Posts: 83
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I built my 7-A to be reasonably light, but comfy for long cruising. It weighed 1079 lb this annual including unusable fuel, 6 quarts oil, fire extinguisher, headsets, and necessary junk in glove box.
IO-375 with Catto three blade prop and tip up canopy
3 colour Jet-Glo paint, full leather interior
Sky view, back up analogue, and full lighting
Monster retread 6 ply tires
I will replace my PC680 with an EX680 when the time comes
Jay
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RV7-A
C-FXPT
IO-375, Catto, Electroair, Skyview
400 hours
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