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01-29-2015, 05:42 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Englefield Green UK
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Hi everyone. I received my empennage kit #74424 yesterday.
It's going to be a long journey, and I'm going to need a lot of help from this amazing community of pilots!
Thanks in advance....
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Andy @ EGLM/EGTB
RV-6 (Shared, Bought Flying)
Building RV-7 #74424
Riveting fuselage
Donated 2019
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01-29-2015, 08:34 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Estes Park, CO
Posts: 3,947
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Welcome
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Originally Posted by AndyWW
Hi everyone. I received my empennage kit #74424 yesterday.
It's going to be a long journey, and I'm going to need a lot of help from this amazing community of pilots!
Thanks in advance....
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Welcome Andy.
Good choice!  check out the Tips page for gotchas on the 7 assembly.
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Larry Larson
Estes Park, CO
http://wirejockrv7a.blogspot.com
wirejock at yahoo dot com
Donated 12/03/2019, plus a little extra.
RV-7A #73391, N511RV reserved (2,000+ hours)
HS SB, empennage, tanks, wings, fuse, working finishing kit
Disclaimer
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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01-29-2015, 08:43 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
Posts: 15,420
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Welcome to VAF!
Andy, welcome aboard the good ship VAF 
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011 
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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01-29-2015, 02:23 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Englefield Green UK
Posts: 73
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Thanks for the warm welcome! I already benefited from joining VAF because I found out using the search facility that everyone gets a banana-shaped VS-808PP with their empennage....
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Andy @ EGLM/EGTB
RV-6 (Shared, Bought Flying)
Building RV-7 #74424
Riveting fuselage
Donated 2019
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01-29-2015, 04:30 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Estes Park, CO
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VS spar
Don't get too aggressive trying to straighten the banana. The flanges can buckle and you'll have your first piece for the scrap pile.
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Larry Larson
Estes Park, CO
http://wirejockrv7a.blogspot.com
wirejock at yahoo dot com
Donated 12/03/2019, plus a little extra.
RV-7A #73391, N511RV reserved (2,000+ hours)
HS SB, empennage, tanks, wings, fuse, working finishing kit
Disclaimer
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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01-30-2015, 06:59 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Tauranga, New Zealand
Posts: 27
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyWW
Hi everyone. I received my empennage kit #74424 yesterday.
It's going to be a long journey, and I'm going to need a lot of help from this amazing community of pilots!
Thanks in advance....
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Hi Andy
We have friends in Engelfield Green and often stay with them when we are in the UK.
If you would like to, send me a PM with your contact details, and we will try to call in when we next visit.
Cheers
Jim Talbot
RV7-A ZK-JLT
Tauranga
New Zealand
Last edited by jimski9 : 01-30-2015 at 07:26 PM.
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01-31-2015, 12:02 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Englefield Green UK
Posts: 73
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Email sent. Small world!
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Andy @ EGLM/EGTB
RV-6 (Shared, Bought Flying)
Building RV-7 #74424
Riveting fuselage
Donated 2019
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02-02-2015, 11:42 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Redwood City, CA
Posts: 80
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My fits-and-starts project is finally getting somewhere! Just wrapping up the fuselage, canopy frame is done and i'm getting ready for the "big cut." I know I still have a ton of work left, but it feels like a huge step in a way. Next up,figuring out what engine i'll go with ...
The canopy is just sitting there uncut, but dang if it doesn't look like a plane now!

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02-03-2015, 12:39 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: KPYM
Posts: 2,686
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you're in the home stretch now! I remember when I was fitting my canopy. I drove my Jeep into the garage looked at the plane and said Wow it actually looks like an airplane now! You will be flying very soon if you keep up a good pace!
Looks great!
:  CJ
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The experiment works!
TMX-IO-360, G3i ignition & G3X with VP-X
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02-03-2015, 05:21 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: brazil
Posts: 316
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9 months so far....
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Guilherme Plassmann (Brazil)
RV7A (Mr Flame) slow kit S/N 74285 Finished 04/14/15😀😀😀😀flying
G3X
Superior IO360
Sterba prop
TSFlightlines hoses
LR30,PRM1,C560,C510S,HS125,B350 FAA/ANAC Pilot

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