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07-15-2015, 09:17 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2015
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Ok, after reading this thread, 'she who must be obeyed' gave enthusiastic permission for the RV-9A study plans CD now and the RV-9A empennage kit in October with the other kits to follow as I complete them.
Frankly she is glad to see me abandon the RV-9A scratch build idea...
Whoopee for me!! 
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07-16-2015, 10:02 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: SE Florida
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Congrats on getting the OK from "she who must be obeyed" Not a lot of parts that a CNC machine will help with. Most of the sheet aluminum parts are formed. Probably the best course of action would be to order the empennage kit and have them omit the parts you can fabricate yourself, like the HS and VS spar doublers. They will credit you for 75% of the cost of the parts omitted from the price of each sub kit.
Your CNC machine will help you with the parts which you must fabricate yourself from stock. [included in the kit]
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07-16-2015, 10:04 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: SE Florida
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Vans does sell individual parts, at least to registered builders. In other words anyone who has ordered at least the empennage kit and has a builder's number.
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07-16-2015, 10:25 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chaskuss
Probably the best course of action would be to order the empennage kit and have them omit the parts you can fabricate yourself, like the HS and VS spar doublers.
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If you do decide to do something like this------please purchase the correct type/grade/size of material for the items you omitted.
All alum angle stock (as an example) is not created equal.................ditto other items too.
Same goes for hardware like nuts/bolts/screws.
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Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011
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07-16-2015, 12:41 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: England
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If you want to scratch build a 2 seater side by side from Vans - Buy the RV6 drawings from someone and get there builders number ... The RV6 drawings was done for scratch building .. i.e. you have all the info you need ... (and a few errors thrown in for good measure :-) ...) Then make sure you have plenty of time and really enjoy metal work !! After the 6 - it was all kit build .. Hence drawings are for 'assembly' only .. not 'building' from first principle .. Which is why they have been so successful .. as the kits are well made and great value .. and most people want to fly .. not bashing metal :-)
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07-16-2015, 04:01 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Spring, TX
Posts: 233
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In the old days there were folks who thought they could save money by scratch building an RV-6. Back then, because of his volume, Van's could fabricate the parts cheaper than an individual could buy just the raw material. It's probably a wider cost gap now. I've done 2 RV-6 slow builds and you'd have to be a masochist to scratch build one.
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1950 Navion - flying
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1940 Rearwin Cloudster project next
4 L-2 projects on deck
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07-16-2015, 04:06 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Estes Park, CO
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Congratulations
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Originally Posted by davecove
Ok, after reading this thread, 'she who must be obeyed' gave enthusiastic permission for the RV-9A study plans CD now and the RV-9A empennage kit in October with the other kits to follow as I complete them.
Frankly she is glad to see me abandon the RV-9A scratch build idea...
Whoopee for me!!
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Congratulations Dave.
Better part of valor I'd say.
So much help here you'll be done in shorter time frame with a slow build 9a.
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RV-7A #73391, N511RV reserved (2,000+ hours)
HS SB, empennage, tanks, wings, fuse, working finishing kit
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I cannot be, nor will I be, held responsible if you try to do the same things I do and it does not work and/or causes you loss, injury, or even death in the process.
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