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03-28-2013, 02:56 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 1,967
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Fuse on the Way!
Woohoo! Placed my order for the SB fuselage today and just had to tell someone.  Don't forget to beat the Vans price increase that happens on Monday...
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03-28-2013, 03:03 PM
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Senior Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
Posts: 15,420
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Congratulations!!
Now is the time to get the shop in order, and any needed supplies ordered.
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Mike Starkey
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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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03-28-2013, 07:56 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: West Fargo, ND
Posts: 1,073
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Doh!
Doh! No QB! At least it looks like you might have a -3 to fly in the meantime... If I could get back there I'd split it with you  .... Anyway, maybe I'll lend a hand in a deburring, dimpling or riveting session sometime.
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RV-9A #92103 - N803DK
G3X, Superior XO-320, Dual Pmags, Catto 3B
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1974 Bellanca Super Viking - N16AW - Flying
RV-8 #83565 - N184DK - building
1968 Mooney M20C - N6801N - Sold
1956 C-182 - N744W - Sold
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03-28-2013, 09:48 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: West Linn, Oregon
Posts: 1,351
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Congratulations. Soon you'll have a shell you can sit in and make funny airplane noises!
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CharlieWaffles - But you can call me " Mark"
RV-10
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03-29-2013, 03:53 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Delaware, OH (KDLZ)
Posts: 4,196
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I found the fuselage being one of the more satisfying kits to build. You are doing something different everyday and you can see progress daily too.
Enjoy it while you can. The next kit is where all the infamous fun begins.
Bob
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03-29-2013, 07:32 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Hastings, MN
Posts: 582
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Congrats Mike!
Quote:
Originally Posted by rleffler
I found the fuselage being one of the more satisfying kits to build. You are doing something different everyday and you can see progress daily too.
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I totally agree, Bob. I'm just about to join the front and mid-fuse sections, and this has been my favorite part of the build so far. Like you said, everything is different, and I feel like I'm build the actual airplane, not just airplane parts.
If anything, I think I'd have rather quick built the wings, which are basically bigger versions of what you already did in the tail feathers... with lots of wash, rinse, repeat.
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KSGS - Fleming Field, South Saint Paul, Minnesota
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03-29-2013, 07:34 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Loganville ga
Posts: 97
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Fuse orders
I also ordered the kit before the increase. Hope it's here before June .
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03-29-2013, 08:29 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 1,967
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Fell off the fence to the "left" I guess...
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Originally Posted by Dbro172
Doh! No QB! At least it looks like you might have a -3 to fly in the meantime... If I could get back there I'd split it with you  .... Anyway, maybe I'll lend a hand in a deburring, dimpling or riveting session sometime.
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Derek,
I was definitely on the fence for a while about going QB on the fuse, but I just figured I'd rather spend the money on other things in the future, like avionics or paint, or therapy.... 
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03-31-2013, 02:14 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: MS
Posts: 310
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When I saw your original post, I went to your kitlog to see where exactly you were in the build, but it hadn't been updated in a while...I see that it is now. I'm at about the same point in the project, flaps ready to skin and match drill, one aileron trailing edge to rivet, the other is waiting for replacement parts, to correct a goof-up of a correction of a goof-up. Don't ask...fuse kit is supposed to ship end of April. Sounds like there might be a multiple -10 coming out party near the same time (left unspecified).
I used the gun for the proseal, but mixed it and filled my own tubes. Ended up going through three quarts of the stuff - I don't know how many prepared tubes that would equate to, as mine weren't always full, and I didn't always use every last drop. Ended up ordering a fourth quart for trailing edges and anything else that might come up.
==dave==
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04-01-2013, 08:35 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 1,967
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigD
When I saw your original post, I went to your kitlog to see where exactly you were in the build, but it hadn't been updated in a while...I see that it is now. I'm at about the same point in the project, flaps ready to skin and match drill, one aileron trailing edge to rivet, the other is waiting for replacement parts, to correct a goof-up of a correction of a goof-up. ==dave==
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Dave,
It sounds like I'm actually quite a bit behind you. I haven't even started my ailerons or flaps, and I'm not ready to close up the wings either. I wonder, can you build and install the flaps and ailerons without closing up the bottom skins in the wings?? Anyhoo, I ordered my fuse kit to beat the price increase. I'll probably have it sitting for a little while before I finish the wings and can tear into it, but at least I won't have to wait for delivery when the time comes. Plus I save a few bucks besides...
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