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07-07-2010, 11:01 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Fairbanks AK
Posts: 758
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Its like Finishing a Marathon
Well I dont actually know what that feels like but today I felt the way I think I would after a marathon. It took all day but by 8pm tonight I finished riveting the bottom skins on the right wing SOLO!!! Some rivets were pretty difficult to get too but with a bit of tricky arm twisting I was able to get them all.
and with every victory there always has to be a battle scar
-david
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07-08-2010, 04:27 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Utah
Posts: 8,145
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David I know what you mean. This SOLO job will show the pain in your arms in couple days. Great job and looks nice!
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07-08-2010, 04:27 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: NJ
Posts: 1,747
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Hey nice job!!! I ran my first marathon last November and I must say it seems easier to train and run a marathon than it would be to build an RV. My hats off to you!!
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07-08-2010, 07:04 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Gold Coast - Australia
Posts: 137
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...and I sometimes wonder why we have to have photographic proof that we buikt the plane ourselves..... in my case I have my DNA all over it BLOOD/SWEAT/TEARS.
Good luck with the rest.... you'll be proud of it
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Eagle Heights, Queensland, Australia
RV8, QB Wings, Standard Build Fuse (85% @ April 12)
email: pve95448@bigpond.net.au
Paid dues ... pleased to support DR
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07-08-2010, 07:22 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 41
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I know exactly where your at, as I was doing the same thing yesterday. One more skin today and the bottoms are done!
Good job and good luck with your project.
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07-08-2010, 07:26 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: KASH
Posts: 496
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Outstanding!
I had a lot of help doing my bottom wing skins...it was still a pain in the posterior...
Dave
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Dave Setser
RV-7 airworthy!
Nashua, NH (KASH)
Putting the "slow" in slow-build since 2004!
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07-08-2010, 07:50 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Vero Beach, FL
Posts: 880
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Dave,
Good going...I wish I could have told you to wear a long-sleeved flannel shirt! It really makes a difference. Your arms don't look too bad, it's more common to see a bloody mess!
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07-08-2010, 07:53 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Garden City, Tx
Posts: 5,122
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Yep, that looks (and feels) awfully familiar!
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Greg Niehues - SEL, IFR, Repairman Cert.
Garden City, TX VAF 2020 dues paid 
N16GN flying 700 hrs and counting; IO360, SDS, WWRV200, Dynon HDX, 430W
Built an off-plan RV9A with too much fuel and too much HP. Should drop dead any minute now. 
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07-08-2010, 12:02 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Southern California
Posts: 617
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Holy Cow!
That is REALLY impressive!
I just finishing closing my RV-9A left wing WITH HELP and I'm much more cut up. I also used about a dozen pull rivets where I did not feel comfortable bucking and verifying.
*sigh* I'm not looking forward to the right wing. I look like I was holding a cat and turned on the shop vac.
Congrats!
Dkb
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RV-9A - N18TD (reserved) - Fuselage.
"My greatest fear: What if the hokey pokey really IS what its all about?" 
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07-08-2010, 12:23 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 162
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