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Old 01-15-2014, 10:18 AM
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Default Airplane Inspection Party

Since the beginning of my project, I chose to build my RV-7 in a very public way by documenting every step of the project (including the mistakes I've made) on my blog. This has been hugely valuable as builders from around the world have caught a number of issues both large and small or have challenged me to get a second opinion on something. Now, as I get ready for meeting with my DAR in a few weeks, I'd like to do the same thing for the inspection of my plane. To that end, I'm hosting an Airplane Inspection Party at my hangar at the San Martin Airport (E16) in San Martin, CA this Saturday, January 18th between 10am and 5pm. Feel free to stop by for as much or as little of that time as you want. I?ll have the BBQ grill running and plenty of snacks and cold drinks. If you plan on coming during lunch, please let me know so I can get enough food.

I want to get as many eyes on the plane as I can before the final inspection, and I promise to post every issue that is found to help other builders have a better idea what to look for during an inspection.

My hangar is H-23. There is a small amount of parking on that row, but most will want to park in transient and walk down.

If you need to reach me, my cell is 408-368-0690.

Thanks, and I hope to see many of you there.
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Old 01-15-2014, 10:29 AM
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Very cool idea, if I was closer I would come visit even though I wouldn't be able to provide much insight.

I do think this kind of thing helps yourself and your plane be as safe as possible, along with sharing with others to hopefully be safer.

I plan to do something similar when I get to that point.
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Old 01-15-2014, 11:01 AM
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Not to steal the spotlight from any of Jason's effort......but I'll be down the row in H-31, working on the last few squawks before flight test. (Or maybe I'll be at his hangar, looking at a different "to-do" list. )

Airworthiness inspection - done
Transition training - scheduled
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Old 01-15-2014, 11:34 AM
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hi Jason... i would love to make the short hop, but i have a tentative "mission" already for that day. we'll see. i glanced at your website, and it sure looks like you have a quality build, soon to be airplane.

i thought i would pass along a couple of things i wish i had known about at your stage. i believe yours is unpainted like mine was.

i had oil all over the belly, which will get sucked/siphoned into the rivets and seams along the belly unless you do something about it. the external oil can be wiped easily, but some of the oil that gets inside is much harder to clean out.

some options are an air/oil separator or even some judicious use of tape along seams. just an FYI.

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Old 01-15-2014, 11:36 AM
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Jason,
I've been following you since I started building. I cant wait to hear about a successful first flight! If it were closer (or work had me in the area) I'd be there. Good luck on the inspection and subsequent certification!
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Old 01-15-2014, 11:40 AM
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Its a good idea Beav.

If you can hook an A&P with a burger on a fishing line thats all the better.

Give the visitors some sort of method to note the squawks. Like a sharpie with tags or tape or a clipboard or something.

I did it twice. Got 6 to 10 things to change in total. Later FAA review was flawless and Phase 1 was as problem free as one could expect.
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Old 01-15-2014, 11:45 AM
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Great Idea!! Wish I could go, best of luck on "both" inspections.
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Old 01-15-2014, 12:02 PM
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No promises Beav - but I have to e at Livermore that evening, so if I get out of Dayton early, I might drop by. It's a great idea to have an inspection party - might be a good story in it.

Paul
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Old 01-15-2014, 12:36 PM
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Jason,
I've been following you since I started building. I cant wait to hear about a successful first flight!
Completely agree! Good luck and I'll be checking out your site for squawks as I am right behind you in my progress and hoping to leverage your findings into my project.
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Old 01-15-2014, 01:57 PM
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Great idea, and one which I fully intend to steal when the time comes.

Don't forget to do a thorough post-inspection-party inspection. With a bunch of people crawling all over your plane, who knows what may or may not be inadvertently tweaked.
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