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View Poll Results: What type of RV are you building (allows for multiple answers)?
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RV-3
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10 |
2.58% |
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RV-4
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15 |
3.87% |
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RV-6
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29 |
7.47% |
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RV-7
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130 |
33.51% |
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RV-8
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84 |
21.65% |
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RV-9
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63 |
16.24% |
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RV-10
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35 |
9.02% |
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RV-12
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30 |
7.73% |
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RV-14
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7 |
1.80% |
08-03-2012, 07:01 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Adelaide South Australia, Australia
Posts: 193
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Nearly there
1750 hrs on the 8 so far. It is only the %%#^@*(!! ... fibreglass that is slowing me down. I am Soooo close to painting and then final assembly.
Jim
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08-03-2012, 08:04 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Sandy Valley,Nevada 3L2
Posts: 151
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Finished 6A, 7, building 6
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RV6A, RV7, RV6 Wing
Living with my 6A at 3L2 near Las Vegas 
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08-03-2012, 08:45 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Birmingham alabama
Posts: 95
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Building a 7. Still a good ways to go
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08-03-2012, 09:08 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Valley Forge, Pa
Posts: 636
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RV-7a
I bought my tail kit after Oshkosh 2001,Quick build wings from another builder in 2003,Fuselage kit in 2005, 0-360A1D core in 2010,ordered the Finish kit in February of this year,received it as I was leaving for Oshkosh ,backed ordered 7a engine mounts.I hope to be flying in a year or two and will plug away till the end of the project or my demise which ever comes first.The sad part is,with all my spare cash going into parts for either the plane or the engine build,I've had to give up flying.What was $80 an hour in 2003 is $140 an hour today.At a recent fly-in I met a kitfox pilot who has the rattiest looking ship I have ever saw,home made panel made in 7th grade woodshop,painted with house paint and a roller,looks like heck but he fly's a couple hundred hours a year to every fly-in he can make.Yes I would love to be flying something less right now,then I remember anything worth having is worth the sacrifice,there is no turning back now.
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08-04-2012, 12:32 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: 45G, Brighton, MI
Posts: 1,867
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RV-7. I also have a set of partially complete HRII wings to keep me busy after the -7 is done. 
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Miles (VAF# 1238, Paid up as of 2018)
RV-7 TU 904KM (reserved)
Wings Fitted and Finish Kit on site
Construction Log
Picasa: Empennage Album, Wings Album, Fuselage Album
1955 Cessna 170B flying since 1982
'To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.' -Unk.
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08-04-2012, 01:47 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Molalla, Oregon
Posts: 955
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I started my RV-7A in January 2006. After 5-1/2 years my airframe is pretty much complete. I just finished my tip-up canopy, and just a week ago acquired my engine! So next I'll be doing some wiring in the aft fuse, then riveting the final top skin on the aft fuse, then install the rear window. Then I can put her on her gear and hang the engine! I can see the possibility of flying in perhaps a year or so. Amazing. I've loved every minute of this journey.
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08-04-2012, 07:32 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Portland, ND
Posts: 424
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Finished an 8 in March of 2010, now very slowly working on a 6. And some other projects 
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RV-8 108LF
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08-04-2012, 09:56 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 321
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14...
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Originally Posted by Rick_A
According to the poll results, there are 2 people already building RV-14's ? So who are the "beta" builders? According to the Van's announcement, the wing kit won't even be available for another month.
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We know for sure one of the people is the EAA Pres. and family. Not sure if he decided to come on and vote though... (Oh and he will prob HAVE it built)
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Bob
RV-10 QB Here 8-25-19
RV-7
My brain shows a remarkable capacity to not willingly accept information that it considered useless.
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08-04-2012, 10:27 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Hicks Airfield, Fort Worth,Texas
Posts: 1,727
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Lots!
Helping build several RV7s and RV8s. Lots of fun!
Flying the 'Borrowed Horse' !
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Jay Pratt VAF #2
RV Central - Builder Assistance
Paul Revere, Borrowed Horse, & Shooter
Last edited by Jaypratt : 08-04-2012 at 10:31 PM.
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08-05-2012, 12:29 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 1,670
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Subwaybob
We know for sure one of the people is the EAA Pres. and family. Not sure if he decided to come on and vote though... (Oh and he will prob HAVE it built)
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Not sure where you are coming from. If you said that about me, I would likely take offense. Care to share? We used to call that kind of thing a "cheap shot", meaning that the target isn't here to defend his/herself. 
Is this an appropriate comment for the VAF forum?
I vote: "No"
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Pete Hunt, [San Diego] VAF #1069
RV-6, RV-6A, T-6G
ATP, CFII, A&P
2020 Donation+, Gladly Sent
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