Show us the status of your 7/7A project! - Page 150

bret · #**1491** 12-16-2013, 02:03 PM

So, you want to paint your own airplane hu? well, I can only describe it like this, do you remember how &%$#? it was to drill, deburr, and dimple all those holes? let alone deburr....Not complaing here, just a warning!

Well here is a short clip of 1/10,000 of the amount of time required to do an OK piant job. If I had the extra 10-20K, I would have farmed this part out. Just thought I would share how I spend a lot of my free time these days

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcBFL...ature=youtu.be

diamond · #**1492** 12-16-2013, 02:20 PM

I think you missed a spot on that wheel pant Bret. In any case I couldn't stop laughing. You need to post more videos like this.

Paul K · #**1493** 12-16-2013, 06:03 PM

Does that bring back memories! Yup, wet sanded the entire 7 several times.

I feel your pain!

AcroSmoke · #**1494** 01-05-2014, 05:40 PM

I started working on my empennage kit today. After three hours, I have the rear spar ready for rivets and started on the front spar. Going very smooth so far.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveotero/11787947823/" title="image by DavidAOtero, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5547/11787947823_77562c594f.jpg" width="500" height="281" alt="image"></a>

beav · #**1495** 01-07-2014, 02:02 PM

Last week was a huge push to get the airplane down to the airport and get it assembled. On Tuesday, we moved the airplane:

On Wednesday and Thursday we wrapped up final assembly:

We also did first engine start:

First Engine Start

On Friday, I was able to do the first taxi:

Overall, an amazingly productive four days!

RV7Ron · #**1496** 01-07-2014, 02:52 PM

Nice work Jason, its been fun watching you get to this point of the project on your blog.

seattleworm · #**1497** 01-22-2014, 05:15 PM

After fixing a few wiring mistakes, I had my first power on. My panel is for day/night VFR right now, with space reserved for potential upgrade to IFR. When I first planned my panel I was thinking all steam gauges, but now there is no single round gauge on the panel. I have one Dynon ADIRU, one backup battery for pilot side display (I can make it switchable between left and right side display). Hope I have enough redundancy. I will have iPad as backup if necessary.

BoilermakerRV · #**1498** 02-02-2014, 08:25 PM

Wings are done, less the bottom skins and some wingtip lighting. Fuselage arrived last Tuesday!!!

ColbyS · #**1499** 02-17-2014, 10:37 PM

Bret, after watching your video with a smile.. i had to have more.. oh boy did i have a bigger smile after finding this..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5VtZOGIKQE

Captain_John · #**1500** 02-18-2014, 06:05 AM

Well, I suppose that I have enough done now to be able to post in this thread.

I have intentionally held off because up until now, I really didn't feel like I had an "airplane". That is slowly changing!

Kit number 70312 (yes, three hundred and twelve!) is going to be 10 years in the making since the first rivet was banged in August of 2004! I do expect to fly it before the clock strikes 10 full years this summer.

I have been through a divorce and several setbacks that caused multiple hiatus'. Life does indeed get in the way! Don't let it throw ya!!!

I thank the inspiration offered to me from my friends Billy and Vlad. Billy has quite graciously been letting me fly his BEAUTIFUL -6 and helped me with the construction process like a true friend.

Vlad has offered me encouragement the whole way and listened to all my stories. He kicks my butt often telling me to, "get that plane done, yo!"

Here is Billy's -6 and Vlad's -9A in Mattituck (above) and on the ice in Rangeley, Maine (below) a month ago.

Building these planes gives you much more than a plane in the end. As Vlad says, ?Don?t have one hundred rubles; have one hundred friends.?

CJ