Wing Kit...

jferraro17 · #1 03-28-2006, 04:47 PM

Somebody tell me it's going to be okay! I'm unpacking this thing and thinking to myself "what have I gotten myself into?"

I think I had my Emp unpacked, inventoried and started in about 3 hours...wing kit, not so much

I'm ready to curl up in the corner of my garage in the fetal position...

Small bites, right?

Joe

cjensen · #2 03-28-2006, 04:55 PM

well joe, i'm glad it arrived safe and sound (as they always do!). yeah, there's A LOT more to look at in the wing kit. keep pushin' ahead! just wait 'til you start the ribs!!

jcoloccia · #3 03-28-2006, 04:56 PM

I just got through my inventory. It seems overwhelming at first because there are so many brown bags, and things (if you have a newer wing kit you may be lucky to have plastic bags with contents printed on them). Once you get it all organized, you'll be wondering "That's it???". I was totally surprised how few parts there really were once I threw out the crates and brown paper, and got everything organized. I was a bit dissapointed, actually, and now it seems totally and easily do-able.

jferraro17 · #4 03-28-2006, 05:01 PM

The "skins" crate was damaged on one end. 2 of the 711 ribs have had their corners caved in (they were nested together for shipping). That's it, so far anyway. Lot's of pictures, and the FedEx guy did all the paperwork. $16 a piece to replace them.

This is going to be fun...

Joe

LettersFromFlyoverCountry · #5 03-28-2006, 05:15 PM

I don't know if any of you have children or not but there's a certain timetable involved.

A key component of this timetable comes shortly after the first childbirth class when, usually on the way home, the mother -- who, just for the record is WAYYYYY stronger than any man you ever met -- begins to shriek about "not being able to do this." Pulling over to the side of the road to allow her to throw up is an occasional facet of this.

Now fast forward 20-25 years. The kids are gone. They're not in prison. You've got all the drywall in their rooms patched and the car insurance surcharges are lapsing. Life is good and you sit back -- but only for a moment -- and say, "you know, I could've been better at being a father/mother, but I did OK."

Same thing with the RV. Consider the ABF (or FedEx or whatever) truck showing up to be the equivalent of the childbirth class.

And the feeling that you're in over your head is the RV version of pulling over to the side of the road to hurl.

apatti · #6 03-28-2006, 05:32 PM

One rivet at a time... you'll be fine!

Just think of it as more toys to play with.

scard · #7 03-28-2006, 05:52 PM

Funny, I must be missing out on something. I haven't had any of birthing sickness

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Mr. Mikey · #8 03-28-2006, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Collins

I don't know if any of you have children or not but there's a certain timetable involved.

A key component of this timetable comes shortly after the first childbirth class when, usually on the way home, the mother -- who, just for the record is WAYYYYY stronger than any man you ever met -- begins to shriek about "not being able to do this." Pulling over to the side of the road to allow her to throw up is an occasional facet of this.

Now fast forward 20-25 years. The kids are gone. They're not in prison. You've got all the drywall in their rooms patched and the car insurance surcharges are lapsing. Life is good and you sit back -- but only for a moment -- and say, "you know, I could've been better at being a father/mother, but I did OK."

Same thing with the RV. Consider the ABF (or FedEx or whatever) truck showing up to be the equivalent of the childbirth class.

And the feeling that you're in over your head is the RV version of pulling over to the side of the road to hurl.

I just ordered my RV7 prebuild plans. I guess that means I'm just lookin' at porn.

Captain_John · #9 03-28-2006, 07:52 PM

Joe, FWIW...

I felt the same way when my box arrived. Now, closing in on the wings and looking towards the fuse I can see the light at the end of the "wing tunnel" and there are none too many parts left to tinker with!

Have fun and enjoy the build!

CJ

JohnR · #10 03-28-2006, 10:42 PM

Joe, I can relate. My next session in the shop I'll be starting on countersinks in those nice looking spars. Up to now I've just convinced myself that if I screwed it up it was cheap to replace. (I've had opportunity to prove that theory a couple of times.) Now on the wing spars I don't think that philosophy will cut it. But you know what, I can hardly wait!

Just keep plugging away, it'll get there, at least that is what they all keep telling me.