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06-09-2015, 07:02 AM
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Join Date: May 2013
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Time to complete empennage kit?
Hi,
How many hours did you work on the first kit to complete the empennage and tailcone?
Circumstances:
- first time builder
- primer: yes
Many thanks...
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06-09-2015, 07:34 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Various numbers I've seen were 91, 118, 137, 150, 120 and 117, but I don't know if that included any priming. It took me 210  . Also first time builder, and interior primed, but it wouldn't take me that long now.
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06-09-2015, 10:43 AM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Spring Hill Fl
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Take your time
Take your time go slow until you understand the way vans instructions work, read ahead twice.
And one thing I find helpful is to check the flanges of all the ribs are at the same plane of the installed skins, this will help in preventing oil canning.
You can do this by laying a flat aluminum yard stick across the ribs before installing the skins, adjust the flanges for best fit.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by papalima
Hi,
How many hours did you work on the first kit to complete the empennage and tailcone?
Circumstances:
- first time builder
- primer: yes
Many thanks...
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06-09-2015, 12:00 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 663
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Kom op Pascal, hak de knop door! ;-)
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06-09-2015, 04:06 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Tucson, AZ
Posts: 461
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A look back into the early days of my blog revealed that I needed 184 hours to complete the empennage kit including interior priming.
http://torstensrv-12.blogspot.com/20...-finished.html
That means that before yo really fully understand what you got yourself into you will be running out of parts if you didn't already order the next kit! :-)
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06-09-2015, 04:53 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 421
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Quote:
Originally Posted by papalima
Hi,
How many hours did you work on the first kit to complete the empennage and tailcone?
Circumstances:
- first time builder
- primer: yes
Many thanks...
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2-3 months emp kit (wash/scotchbright/SEM Self etching primer on interior ribs and mating surfaces)
3-4 months wings (same)
1 year - fuse/finish and some avionics
2-3 months engine and remaining avionics
2-3 months all the final stuff (PAP, etc)
2 years total for me from start to pink slip - another 6 mos to a year for all the extras it seems (paint, tweaking, etc)
I got all the options, inc a wife and 3 kids, worked in the garage mostly. Probably have the equivalent of a part time job....although some would dispute that....
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06-09-2015, 08:05 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 2,820
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I think the answer depends on experience level, shop space and tool inventory. For example, working with pneumatic rivet pullers and squeezers goes light years faster than manual pullers and squeezers.
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06-09-2015, 08:06 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 2,820
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I think the answer depends on experience level, shop space and tool inventory. For example, working with pneumatic rivet pullers and squeezers goes light years faster than manual pullers and squeezers.
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06-10-2015, 06:25 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Hackettstown, NJ
Posts: 459
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Pneumatic rivet puller
Curious if anyone has ever completed an RV-12 build without using a pneumatic puller. 12,000 rivets with a hand rivet tool seems like cruel and unusual punishment!
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