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07-08-2019, 10:13 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Middleton, WI
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How much spousal help required?
I'm considering selling my half of a C182 and embarking on an RV-14 QuickBuild. What % of the riveting in an RV-14A will require a second pair of hands to hold the bucking bar (or riveter)?
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07-09-2019, 06:19 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Fresno, CA
Posts: 38
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Quote:
Originally Posted by control
I?d say about 500 of the 20000+ rivets needs help.
I am almost done and have almost exactly 2100 hours of my own time in the build. There are 50-100 additional hours by others.
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Just for curiosity, why would you need to buck 20K rivets in a quick build?
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07-09-2019, 08:53 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Worland, Wyoming
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I found that you can do most of the riveting yourself (not all) but for me it wasn't worth the risk of the gun slipping to try and do it myself. The results when someone else was helping was virtually always better.
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Jereme Carne
PPL
RV-7A Emp. done
Wings done
Fuselage done
Finish kit almost done
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07-09-2019, 09:28 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sacramento, CA
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I did vast majority of it myself but the wing bottom skin and the top skin of the tail cone required a second pair of hands.
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Mehrdad
N825SM RV7A - IO360M1B - SOLD
N825MS RV14A - IO390 - Flying
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07-09-2019, 09:34 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
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07-09-2019, 09:50 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
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Welcome to VAF
Paul, welcome aboard the good ship VAF.
The real help you need from your spouse is not rivets, it is support for the duration of the build.
Good luck, and keep pounding them rivets.
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011 
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
Last edited by Mike S : 07-09-2019 at 10:28 AM.
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07-09-2019, 10:49 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Stilwell, KS
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Be careful when you teach her how to rivet.
It may end up costing you another $100K. (She might want her own.) 
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Katie Bosman
RV-3B sold, but flying!
Next project: ???
Builders gonna build...
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07-09-2019, 10:54 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Middleton, WI
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His and Hers
Good point, Katie. I had to buy my own electric bike because I couldn't keep up with her when she got hers.
Thanks all for the replies. It is reassuring that not all need a helper. More fun to have company, tho.
Paul
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07-09-2019, 11:14 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Irvine, CA
Posts: 873
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bkervaski
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Been there, done that, way too many times! 
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Mark
RV-12iS Fuselage
RV-9A Project: Sold
VAF donation made for 2020
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07-09-2019, 11:32 AM
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Senior Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KatieB
Be careful when you teach her how to rivet.
It may end up costing you another $100K. (She might want her own.) 
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VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011 
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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