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Old 07-17-2014, 12:39 PM
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My log shows the following:
Empennage: 306 hrs 17 min
Wings: 680 hrs 47 min
Fuselage: 132 hrs 33 min
TOTAL: 1119 hrs 37 min
I don't have any more detail than that. I'm obviously on the slower end of the range. Wings are 90% done and I've just started the fuselage.

Don't let the relative success (or failures for that matter) of others get you discouraged. The time to build varies WIDELY from person to person. I think the record for any kit is about 90 days. Others have taken 15+ years.
Jeez Mike. If your slow, I'm slow too. I log to the minute in the shop. No beer time but head scratching is definitely logged.
I too miss building for all sorts of reasons.
Emp-225:35
Tanks-237:00
Wings to date-354:40
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Old 07-17-2014, 12:53 PM
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3,000 hours.

1,500 of which were spent looking for that piece I just had in my hand a second ago.
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Old 07-17-2014, 01:13 PM
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1,500 of which were spent looking for that piece I just had in my hand a second ago.
Great point Bob. I may have to add a category to track just that. The other thing I do time and time again is go upstairs/downstairs for something and by the time I get there I've forgotten what it was!
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Old 07-17-2014, 06:48 PM
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Similar to B. Collins, very close to 3K hours over an 8 yr span. Thought about the build every spare minute during that time. My son was only 13 at the beginning of the project and he shared in setting every rivet. We emphasized that time was not a factor and that quality work was always #1.
Spent a lot of time near the end assuring that alignment was perfect and that firewall forward was equally perfect. As a result, 125 since new without a single issue.


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Old 07-17-2014, 08:00 PM
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Here's my breakdown.
Doesn't include the wheel pants, final glass work & paint.
My logs do not include time spent reviewing plans…only shop time when I was ready to work.
Note: my 7 is a go plane, not show plane.

Empennage: 132.5 Hours
Wings: 332.5 Hours
Fuselage: 332 Hours
Interior: 23.5 Hours
Wiring: 143 Hours
Finish Kit: 284 Hours
FWF Kit: 217 Hours
Misc Mods: 5.5 Hours
Panel: 81.5 Hours
Misc: 130.5 Hours
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Old 07-17-2014, 08:20 PM
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OK, so Vans says 1500 hours.

1/4 of that I do as quick as they estimate.
3/8 takes twice as long
3/8 I do three times and the last one is quick, so 3X

Now for all the things did not plan for, 800 hours

So that makes about 4000. Wow a big number.

I am sure if I did one again it might just take 1500 hours, here is why.

I would do things once, not 2 -3 - 4 times until I get it right.
All my special tools are made,
I won't have to design things.
I would not get off-plan and have to think of a new way
I have the skills to go at a steady pace, not too fast, not too slow (like now)

Your hours may vary.
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Old 07-18-2014, 07:46 AM
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I see your replies are all over the board, this is my experience:

-Empennage takes 1 week Monday thru Friday
-Horizontal stab takes 2 days
-Vertical stab takes 1 day
-Rudder takes 1 day
-Elevators take 1 day each plus a couple hours for the trim tab

I know the above adds up to 6 days but if you 'work' on it you'll actually finish up in 5 days.

Hope that helps .
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Vans says 1500 hours build time for the kit. I'm wondering how long people have spent on the empennage. Also how long for the individual sections, like the horizontal or vertical stabilizer. Any help would be appreciated.
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Old 07-18-2014, 08:26 AM
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I'm building an RV-12 - undoubtedly the quickest and easiest to build RV kit out there. Vans say the average builder can put it together in just 700-900 hours. However, being a well above average builder, I'm pleased to say I'm nearly up to 1600 hours now, and almost finished. Just another couple of hundred hours should do it. Perfection takes time! Besides, who wants to be just average.
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Old 07-18-2014, 08:45 PM
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Thanks everybody. I've got 60 hours in my horizontal stabilizer and working on my vertical stabilizer now.
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Old 07-18-2014, 08:50 PM
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I estimate it took me 1800 hours, which counts building part of the airplane twice.
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