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10-31-2007, 01:42 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Franklin, TN
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Tiny bits of wisdom learned while building an RV
These are things I constantly say to myself while in the shop (no really, I mean it!) while working on the "7".
Surely you guys and gals out there have more you can add to the list....
1. ?You cannot build quickly you can only build constantly?
2. ?The second one?s always better?
3. ?You can always cut more off but you can?t cut more on?
4. ?You can always drill more out but you can?t drill more in?
5. ?Match drill EVERYTHING!, or at least whenever possible?
6. ?Fingers make poor drilling clamps. (Honey, pass the band aids please?.?) 
7. ?Do not hope it will work, KNOW it will work?
8. ?If it was easy everybody would be doing it?
9. ?When in serious doubt, make a new one?
10. ?Finishing is better than starting?
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Chris Carter, "Cyber"
RV-7, "WindDancer", MQY-Flying, 700+ hrs.
IO-360, Hartzell BA-CS, Dynon Skyview w/ ADS-B Traffic/Wx, 496, SL-30
fly.clcarter.com
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10-31-2007, 02:05 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Warner Robins, GA
Posts: 1,187
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Good thread!
Here is what I kept telling myself during the build:
"Doing your best is OK, but doing it right is better"
"Don't let money stop your progress, get it somehow"
"The hardest part of any job is getting started"
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Bruce Sacks
RV-9 N659DB - Flying since 7/1/06
Hatz CB-1 - Fabric covering with Polyfiber.
Warner Robins, GA
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10-31-2007, 02:19 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SC
Posts: 12,887
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As I would work on some small part I had to keep telling myself...
None of it flies until all of it flies!
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Bill R.
RV-9 (Yes, it's a dragon tail)
O-360 w/ dual P-mags
Build the plane you want, not the plane others want you to build!
SC86 - Easley, SC
www.repucci.com/bill/baf.html
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10-31-2007, 02:23 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
Posts: 15,408
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Guilty as charged.
Time spent on the computer/VAF website is time not working on the plane.
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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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10-31-2007, 02:27 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Galena,Indiana
Posts: 44
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike S
Time spent on the computer/VAF website is time not working on the plane.
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Thats a good one. I spend way to much time on the computer. To make a building mistake you do have to be in the shop. |
10-31-2007, 03:01 PM
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Chief Obfuscation Officer
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Livermore, CA
Posts: 1,110
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike S
Time spent on the computer/VAF website is time not working on the plane.
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Yea, but it sure does help pass the time during a 3-hr conference call.  |
10-31-2007, 03:28 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Merritt Island, FL
Posts: 602
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike S
Time spent on the computer/VAF website is time not working on the plane.
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Actually, time spent on the web researching how others before you did it can indeed save time! I have avoided a few mistakes that way - and could have avoided more had I taken the time to do the research or ask a question about something I wasn't sure about before I messed it up.
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Jeff Rosson
Repeat Offender
RV14 - Working on Empennage/Tail Cone
RV9A - Completed! First flight on July 18, 2012!
Based at Merritt Island, FL (KCOI)
VAF Number: 1170
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Star Trek Quote: "Logically, it could work. Also, logically, there are a hundred variables, any one of which could put us in a worse position than we're in now." Mr. Spock in Return to Tomorrow
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10-31-2007, 03:31 PM
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unqualified unfluencer
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Highland Village, TX
Posts: 4,086
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11. Turning your first crosswind...after your first takeoff...in the plane you built....you will say out loud to nobody in particular, "It was worth it."
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Doug Reeves (your host) - Full time: VansAirForce.net since '07 (started it in '96).
- Part time: Supporting Crew Member CAE Embraer Phenom 300 (E55P) @ KDFW.
- Occasionally: Contract pilot (resume).
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10-31-2007, 03:47 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mahomet, Illinois
Posts: 2,195
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I say to myself, whenever tempted to take a questionable shortcut, "If EVER I had a job that my life depended on, this is it." TR
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Terry Ruprecht
RV-9A Tip-up; IO-320 D2A
S. James cowl/plenum
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10-31-2007, 04:04 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: santa barbara, CA
Posts: 1,681
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Mostly I say "This beats the **** out my day job."
E.
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