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06-10-2010, 07:55 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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16,225
There's the number! 16,225 rivets in my airplane to the point of being ready for inspection!
I will have a few more when I get to the plate nuts for the wheel pants, but I don't know when that will be. So...to build an RV-7 to inspection readiness, one will use approximately 16,225 rivets, plus or minus a hundred or so depending on mods I would say.
 
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Astronics AES, Vertical Power
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RV-7, 5 yr build, flew it 68 hours, sold it, miss it.
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06-10-2010, 08:08 AM
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Nice.
Very rain man, also  . Congrats Chad.
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06-10-2010, 08:15 AM
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Nice.
Very rain man, also . Congrats Chad. |
LOL!!! Well...someone had to answer the age old question! 
And yes, I do buy my underwear at K-Mart. 
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Astronics AES, Vertical Power
chad.jensen@astronics.com
920-216-3699
RV-7, 5 yr build, flew it 68 hours, sold it, miss it.
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06-10-2010, 08:22 AM
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Opulence, I has it...
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....plus or minus a hundred or so depending on mods I would say.
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I am SO SICK of the moderators getting blamed for everything around here!!!!
Congrats, buddy!
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06-10-2010, 09:16 AM
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I am SO SICK of the moderators getting blamed for everything around here!!!!
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Priceless.
Chad, I'm calling you 'Rain Man' from now on....
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06-10-2010, 09:24 AM
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More detailed count?
I would like to know how many rivet are added or subtracted with each different modification, that way one could determine to move forward with that mod or not based on the added number of rivets.
Looking good Chad.
Ben
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06-10-2010, 09:41 AM
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Chad, you might live in Normal, Illinois, but in no way are YOU normal, Rain Man! Glenn
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06-10-2010, 10:07 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DeltaRomeo
Priceless.
Chad, I'm calling you 'Rain Man' from now on....
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Nah! The REAL Rain Man coulda told you how many rivets there were going to be BEFORE he built it!
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RV-7 TU 904KM (reserved)
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06-10-2010, 10:37 AM
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I want the 1949 Buick Roadmaster convertible......maybe some of the ability to do math would rub off on me if I drove it around for a while.
Good for you Chad!!!!! I'm at about the same stage with the RV8.
David Watson
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06-10-2010, 11:59 AM
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problem with rivet count?
Why is there an odd number of rivets?
Seems like it should be an even number. I think you need to recount.
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