Show us a picture of your RV-10 progress. - Page 32

N427EF · #**311** 06-05-2011, 08:36 AM

Getting your wings on must be a welcome sight of progress.
It looks like you are surrounded by good company too.
Keep at it.

ppilotmike · #**312** 06-05-2011, 11:25 AM

Looks like an airplane.

Big congratulations on getting your wings on. Still slow going for me, but I am almost completely set up in the shop, so I should be posting soon about mashed rivets and dinged skins pretty soon.

Keep up the good work. Maybe someday I'll get to fly my 10 next to your 10...

Seansull · #**313** 07-10-2011, 08:14 PM

It will be nice to move on to something less sticky

I will do the leak test when I get home from OSH.

paul330 · #**314** 09-05-2011, 03:15 AM

Put the canopy on for the final time yesterday. Managed to get the pulled rivets done and the front strut before I had to leave for work.

Should have a rivet buddy next week to complete the fit of the rear skin

By paul330_340 at 2011-09-05

That's the big bit. However, there is also a lot of satisfacton from the smaller bits where you have to use a bit of design and ingenuity.

The AHARS tray:

By paul330_340 at 2011-09-05

The rear seat headset sockets:

By paul330_340 at 2011-09-05

Standby power fuse:

By paul330_340 at 2011-09-05

It's starting to have that "finished" look.

Apart from the HOURS of fibreglass work to go......

rleffler · #**315** 09-05-2011, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by paul330

Apart from the HOURS of fibreglass work to go......

That would be an understatement! It seems that I've been is this stage for months. The more fiberglass work I do, the more I find to do.

I've got about 60 days to finish the fiberglass, or it will have to wait until spring.

Bill.Peyton · #**316** 09-05-2011, 06:55 AM

Paul,
It's starting to shape up like and comer together. The bracket looks great! I too finished the cabin top a while back, but the other day I walked into the basement and saw the cowling and wheel pants staring at me. Just when you think the fiberglass work is done......
Bill

paul330 · #**317** 09-05-2011, 07:19 AM

Thanks for the supportive comments. It seems I'm at the 90%/90% stage. It's not helped by the fact that I am building in UK and working in Hong Kong! At least I am flying

Unfortunately, (or more accurately, inevitably) lots of non-building stuff required each time I get home .......

We have our LAA rally each autumn (fall to you guys). Nothing like the scale of Oshkosh but hope to be ready for the 2013 event.

AeroBuilders · #**318** 09-05-2011, 08:06 PM

Looking to go the RV-10 route this fall (I want 4 seats and good cruise).....what are the main fiberglass components/work?

Cowl

Upper Cabin Section/Doors

Wheels Pants

Any others sections that I am missing here?

Mike S · #**319** 09-05-2011, 11:41 PM

Chris, welcome to VAF

Fiberglass parts include gear leg fairings, wheel pant fairings, spinner, wing and stab tips, stab intersection fairings.

Doors are probably the worst, cabin top almost as bad. Rest of it is not a biggie, IMHO.

flion · #**320** 09-06-2011, 09:16 AM

This may not look like much of a milestone, but it really is.

The skins have been match-drilled, dimpled, and clecoed to the tail cone for well over a year. The delay in riveting is so I could plan and prepare for all the systems installations and wiring runs, not just in the tail but also through the fuselage. Riveting the tail cone means that the forward fuselage is also ready to rivet (side skins are next) and I hope to be joining the sections within the month. I've been waiting a long time to do this riveting; now I'm installing the tail surfaces before removing them again until the fuselage is entire and on gear.