Show us a picture of your RV-10 progress.

[Bluelabel]

Figure I might as well throw my(our) hat in the ring as it were..... Finally posting some pics that up to now have only resided on our shared photo stream....

Been working on finishing the tanks on my visits to MO where we're building the plane..... They are leak free form the water test and about to be sealed and pressure tested....


Our Score being delivered in Oct. Our best acquisition of the project....


Riveting away on the fuel tanks with my father-in-law Shayne, this is plane #4 for him

Wet Riveting


Adding the good stuff.. Really though, ProSeal aint that bad... I grew up working on boats, and everything is sticky, stinky and messy, so this was just another epoxy... It gets the job done


Getting good with the dimpler


Cap Plates


Ailerons in Progress


Staying warm by the heater


Our riveting Elf who get's things built even when I'm not there...


And Lastly... getting the two wings synced up with each other in the progress....


No, I decided against doing any kind of website/build log. For one. not enough time to keep it up, I'd rather be building, and for two, there's already a bunch of really good ones out there, so I don't need to re-invent the wheel... Or wing as it were...

[Brandi]

Thanks guys! (on both accounts) =D

Brian and I had ran across a window treatment similar to that on another RV-10 while surfing the internet a while back. We really liked it and knew we wanted to do it to ours as well when the time came.

[Brandi]

Originally Posted by Bluelabel

Figure I might as well throw my(our) hat in the ring as it were..... Finally posting some pics that up to now have only resided on our shared photo stream....

Looks like you've got a ton of help, John! You'll be in the air in no time.

[paul330]

That's a nice window look. Gives the impression of a "wrap-around". Also, if you end up with cracks at the margins, it's easier to fill and repaint.

I may steal that......

[kiwipete]

Paul

I'd check with the LAA before painting any of the top black in the UK. They have been known to make people repaint it white before.
I'll have to pop down sometime and check your progress.

Regards

Peter

[aerhed]

I think I'm already stealing it, soon as I get to it. Brandi, are your black edges right on the window joints or did you glass over the window edges. Also, the black looks really smooth and glossy. Like black plexi almost. Can't even see the front door post. Nice one.

[Bluelabel]

Originally Posted by paul330

That's a nice window look. Gives the impression of a "wrap-around". Also, if you end up with cracks at the margins, it's easier to fill and repaint.

I may steal that......

We're doing the same thing on our paint scheme as well. I got the idea from Centro Aero's RV-10T. On theirs, with the windows tinted it looks pretty baddass Also, N700HH has the same idea. It's a good looking plane.

[paul330]

Originally Posted by kiwipete

Paul

I'd check with the LAA before painting any of the top black in the UK. They have been known to make people repaint it white before.
I'll have to pop down sometime and check your progress.

Regards

Peter

Pete.

It's the canopy top in the area of the seat belt mount that they are worried about. If it is painted dark, there is the possibility of it getting too hot and weakening the fiberglass structure. See the TADS. Probably worth asking though.

Progress slow due to working in Hong Kong. Hope to get 4 weeks leave in May to get the painting done.

Paul

[daviid]

started working on this yesterday afternoon. I don't think ill be able to get much farther till my dimpler shows up.

[paul330]

Good start.

You don't have to cleco EVERY hole. Not only will you either have to get an enormous number or start running out on the VS and wings, you will end up with a severe case of RSI.......

Some sharp contours need every hole but generally every second or third is enough.