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Old 04-23-2005, 08:38 PM
GRANT ED GRANT ED is offline
 
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Name: Grant Edwards
Country: Australia
City: Adelaide
Status: Just recieved empannage kit
Configuration: RV-7 / Tip up canopy
Engine: At this stage an Aero sport IO-360
Prop: At this stage a Whirlwind 200RV C/S prop

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I'm a licenced avionics engineer from Australia. I'm building this with my dad. We are going halves in all cost's so that makes things much easier. We recieved our empannage kit on the 21st of April this year. We have not started contruction yet because we are waiting for our "RV Building shed" to be finished.
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Old 04-25-2005, 07:56 PM
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Location: Newnan, GA
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Name: Marty Esther
Country: USA
City: Jasper, GA
Status: Starting over
Config: -7 Slider
Engine: Superior XP-360
Prop: Black Mac 3-blade

Hi All,

We're in the North Georgia mountains, about an hour and a half from Atlanta. I'm based at Hartsfield Int'l Airport with Airtran Airways as a Boeing 717 Captain. In my off time I fly model planes & helicopters and am a general airport bum. Have ATP, CFI/II/MEI, DC-9 / 717 & some biz-jet type ratings. Nicole (the soon-to-be wife) & I have three parrots, two dogs and a rodent of some sort. Outside pets include dozens of deer, twenty or so turkeys and two bears (see the web site). We built our home ourselves & literally built it around the 500+ sq ft workshop for the RV!

After I finished the -8 empennage, Nicole decided that crossing the country looking at the back of my head wasn't gonna happen......bye-bye -8 parts, hello -7 kit! Come visit us at www.knotkrazy.com!

Update....Sorry the site's not up yet. An old version of frontpage barfed on my new laptop. Look for it in the next few days!

717ME reserved.

Last edited by KnotKrazy : 04-26-2005 at 09:12 PM. Reason: correction!
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Old 04-25-2005, 09:52 PM
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Marty,

I tried to visit your website, and the GoDaddy hosting service says its "KNOT" up yet?
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RV-12 Built / Sold / Flying
Currently Flying: Cessna Skyhawk 172
Rebuilding a true barn find J-3 Cub
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Old 04-26-2005, 09:07 AM
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Name: Jason Rouault
Country: USA
City: Fort Collins, CO
Status: Wings (tanks)
Config: -7A Slider
Engine: leaning towards a super charged Subaru
Prop: leaning towards a MT 3-blade

Builders Log: http://www.rouault.us


Hello--

I am building an RV-7A with sliding canopy. I am currently working on the tanks. For those interested, my build progress can be tracked by visiting www.rouault.us.

When I am not pounding rivets, I am either spending time with my family or I am busy at work making money to pay for the next portion of my plane!

Cheers,

Jason

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Old 05-09-2005, 08:57 PM
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Name: Jeremy Caesar
Country: Australia
City: Williamtown NSW
Status: Deposit on Empanage
Config: Tail drag / -7 Slider
Engine: ?
Prop: ?

G'day all,
Well as the post suggested I am here to introduce myself, I am just about to make a payment for my empanage and start in a month or so, Still have yet to take a flight in an RV. I am from Australia, and can't wait to get started, It's always been a dream to own an aircraft, and now its becoming a reality, I can't wait. If there are any other builders in NSW and would be willing to let me have a look at their aircraft I would be awfully greatfull, email me jeremydotcaesaratdefencedotgovdotau
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Old 05-10-2005, 06:57 AM
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Dennis Ellett
Beresford, South Dakota about 40 miles south of Sioux Falls.
I am wrapping up the emp. and have the wings inventoried.
RV 7A IFR I currently am unsure about the engine.

I am the technology director for a local government and moved to the area about three years ago and to the farm about a year ago. I live by myself so other than the hours at work and trying to fix up the place I work on the plane. I am on the pay as you go plan. I laugh a little listening to others and how they afford their habit. I have no phone, no cable, and my Toyota just passed 280,000 miles but I must say it is a good life. Now if I could keep the cows out of the way the pasture in the front yard would make a great grass strip.
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Old 05-10-2005, 06:36 PM
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Name: __mark manda________
Country: _USA_______
City: _Riverside, SoCal EAA chapter one__
Status: building 1400 + hrs.
Configuration: RV-7A Slider Canopy QB
Engine: Lycon IO-360 M1B/exp 10 hrs. dyno'ed
Prop: Whirlwind 200 RV (last CA prop)

working on wiring, father and son project, if dad doesn't like it we pull it out and we do it over. not on gear yet.

quit counting around 400hrs. after canopy completed.

'79 Cessna 182, '48 Cessna 140, HR-II canoe plus wings almost done.

hope to fly by my dad's birthday sept. 24th. 2005 (although making it to OSH without paint would work too)

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Old 07-08-2005, 08:33 PM
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Name: John Courte
Country: USA
City: Los Angeles
Status: Building, Empennage, 4 hours (!!!!)
Configuration: RV-7 Tip-up
Engine: Not sure yet, but the current roundup is IO-360 variant, Renesis rotary, Dynacam (if they ever get it together), or Deltahawk DH180-A4.
Prop: constant-speed, 3-blade if I can afford it.

Introduction:
I've been a flight nerd since I could walk. Sometimes I stray, but I always come back, because there's nothing that brings that little-kid fascination back like aircraft. I do computer graphic effects for movies and commercials, and got my private ticket a few years back, but renting a glacially slow Cherokee 180 for 3 figures an hour isn't exactly "the dream of flight." That dream pretty much wears off when you realize the crushed velour upholstery has been soaking up cigarette smoke and sweat since the Ford administration.

Why the RV-7? Bang for the buck, well-proven design, and I just plain think it's a beautiful airplane. I'm not looking to win races or haul a deer home in the back (although one of the Van's pages says there's room for a stuffed moose). My mission is day/night VFR, upgradeable to IFR and the ability to get my IFR ticket in the plane I build. Oh, and to be able to day-trip SF or Vegas with the wife.


Web page: http://stjohn.openbar.com/airplane
Pretty much all shop setup and unpacking. so far.
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Old 07-10-2005, 10:15 AM
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First of all, I would like to stress how valuable I have found this website as my wife and I have prepared for construction of our -7. Thanks in advance to all of you that may help us out with our struggles along the way!

Here is my intro:

Name: Rob Johnson
Country: USA
City: Normal, IL (yes, that is a real city )
Status: preparing to order emp kit
Configuration: RV-7 Tip-up Canopy
Engine: believe that we will go with IO-360-A1B6
Prop: Hartzell C/S

Web page: http://www.n826rc.com
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Old 07-11-2005, 03:03 PM
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HEY ROB!! When are you gonna come over??

Name: Chad Jensen
Country: USA
City: Normal, IL (as Rob says, it is real, and normal!)
Status: Just started the empennage, about 7 hours in
Configuration: RV-7 / It will have a canopy of some sort / Slow Build
Engine: Renesis Rotary is the plan
Prop: Catto 3 blade

Introduction: My dad took me to the airport in Stuart, FL starting when I was two years old, and I couldn't think of anything else better since then. I am 28 years of age, and I am an Aircraft Broker. I have owned two airplanes, a 1974 Cherokee 140 and a 1968 Cherokee 180. I sold my share in the last one to concentrate on my CFI. Hold a Commercial certificate with Instrument and Multi-engine ratings, as well as a Ground Instructor cert. I am, like many, unsure how I am going to pay for all of this fun, but I'll figure it out. Right now, I am just loving the learning process and working on the empennage. My wife is my rivet-bangin' partner. Check us out on our home page, and my builder page is there as well.

Web page: http://www.chadandbrittne.com
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