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11-13-2013, 10:33 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Carlsbad, ca
Posts: 49
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Time to complete the RV-14 wing?
For those of you that have completed your RV-14 wing kit, how many hours did it take?
Thanks,
Gary
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11-13-2013, 01:59 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
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Gary , welcome to VAF. My wings are not fully finished yet as we need a pre-cover inspection before closing up here in Canada. I am not keeping track of my time as my day job has me doing so and I jump from job to job there and it's a real pain. With that said, I'm fairly confident I could build a set in app. 300 hrs.
I'm sure someone on here must have kept track of there time. I built a set of RV-10 wings and I'm sure that helped as I did not have to do the research that I did before building the RV-10 wings.
Ron
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11-14-2013, 04:45 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Tampa, FL
Posts: 310
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron B.
Gary , welcome to VAF. My wings are not fully finished yet as we need a pre-cover inspection before closing up here in Canada. I am not keeping track of my time as my day job has me doing so and I jump from job to job there and it's a real pain. With that said, I'm fairly confident I could build a set in app. 300 hrs.
I'm sure someone on here must have kept track of there time. I built a set of RV-10 wings and I'm sure that helped as I did not have to do the research that I did before building the RV-10 wings.
Ron
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I would say 300 sounds right.
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Tampa, FL
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11-14-2013, 12:03 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Burleson, TX
Posts: 270
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I'm a first time builder and I'm sure I'm even slow in that context. I'm showing around 280 hrs so far and have a couple of things left to do. Fuel tanks and bottom skin will be the most time consuming so I'd guess I'll be around 350 to 375.
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Wings 70%. Emp 70%
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11-14-2013, 02:35 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Salem, OR
Posts: 296
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Took me 300 hours. Wingtips are not yet installed.
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President Van's Aircraft
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11-16-2013, 07:25 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Carlsbad, ca
Posts: 49
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Thanks everyone, this is helpful. Since the wings require drilling to size and deburing, and the rest of the RV-14 kits supposedly don't (I read that somewhere), one would assume that the remaining phases of the RV-14 will go together even faster.
I previously built an RV-8 empennage, wings and fuselage before I sold it. It was a very enjoyable experience. I am ready to give it another go, this time with the RV-14. Sounds like the build will be much faster than the RV-8.
Thanks.
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11-20-2013, 11:41 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Hubbard Oregon
Posts: 9,035
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Quote:
Originally Posted by garyr78
Thanks everyone, this is helpful. Since the wings require drilling to size and deburing, and the rest of the RV-14 kits supposedly don't (I read that somewhere), one would assume that the remaining phases of the RV-14 will go together even faster.
I previously built an RV-8 empennage, wings and fuselage before I sold it. It was a very enjoyable experience. I am ready to give it another go, this time with the RV-14. Sounds like the build will be much faster than the RV-8.
Thanks.
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Just to clarify... Only the parts that are common to the RV-10 require final drilling (because that is how the RV-10 parts were designed). A lot of the RV-14 parts (skins in particular) do not need final drilling.
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Hubbard, Oregon
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01-18-2014, 06:11 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Heber City, UT
Posts: 115
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wings done
I logged 285 hours to build the wings ( four months ) I primed the mating surfaces. I also used the hydraulic c-frame dimpler that Cleaveland Tool sells, makes easy work of dimpling.
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