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View Poll Results: What part of the build has the highest pucker factor?
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Cutting the leading edges of two perfectly good wings to install landing lights.
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10 |
10.87% |
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Bending the longerons a la Fred Flintstone.
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2 |
2.17% |
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Drilling the longerons to attach the horzontal stabilizer.
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0% |
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Drilling/reaming the rear wing spars to set the incidence.
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20 |
21.74% |
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Trimming the cowl to fit.
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4 |
4.35% |
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Making the "big cut" on the canopy.
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32 |
34.78% |
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Deciding where to position the windshield on a slider before fiberglassing it in.
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2 |
2.17% |
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First flight.
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17 |
18.48% |
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Other.
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5 |
5.43% |
07-17-2012, 01:06 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: San Jose, CA
Posts: 1,125
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Highest Pucker Factor Moment During the Build?
Hi fellow RVists:
As I sit here 5 days into my battle with the flu (I'm winning by the way), I'm going to try my first poll.
I was reading a post about bending the longerons. This is definitely a moment with a high pucker factor but I was thinking back and trying to decide which was the worst. That's a tough one. Was it cutting holes into perfectly good wings to install landing lights? Or maybe locating and drilling holes that simply help HOLD ON YOUR WINGS! And if you screwed either of these up, think of the fix required!!! I'm actually not sure which is the worst but I'd say for me, it's one of these.
Anyway, what has been your biggest butt puckering moment in the build? I brainstormed the biggest that I can remember.
Oh, and if you have yet to get to some of these high pucker factor moments, fear not...we all get through them, usually 100% successfully.
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Kelly Johnson
San Jose, CA
RV-9A
Pink slip issued: 5/7/12
First flight: 5/28/12, Memorial Day.
Phase I Complete: 8/18/12!
2020 donation: complete
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07-17-2012, 01:22 PM
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Moderator, Asst. Line Boy
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Flower Mound, TX
Posts: 1,472
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Landing Lights
Wow! 100% of the respondants agonized over the wing holes for the landing lights!
Oh, I'm the first to respond...looks like I'm the 100%.
Get well, Kelly
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Sid "Scroll" Mayeux, Col, USAF (ret)
52F NW Regional/Aero Valley Airport, Roanoke TX (home of DR's Van Cave)
"KELLI GIRL" N260KM RV-7A tipper
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Exemption waived.
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07-17-2012, 01:26 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: McKinney, TX
Posts: 689
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Haven't done any fuselage work yet. But I would say it was the air pressure test I did on my first fuel tank. I was sure it was going to fail miserably and I would be stuck with a swiss cheese fuel tank and hours of fixing it.
As it turned out everything worked fine and the test held the same amount of air for two days.
Now I'm building the second tank and the anxiety isnt nearly as bad.
Get better soon.
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Gil Brice
McKinney, TX EAA-1246
RV7 - Working on fuse, fuel, brakes etc...
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07-17-2012, 01:30 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 5,685
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In the natural setting position
The left wing was considerably off of the requires incidence setting and I don't know how many times I remeasured it, slept on it and measured again before I twisted, clamped and drilled the hole to set the incidence. I felt like I must be doing something wrong, it couldn't be that far off - it was.
Bob Axsom
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07-17-2012, 02:25 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Iowa USA
Posts: 163
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The landing lights for sure so far, but I'm just finishing the wings so haven't reached the other items in the list yet.
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Denis Sailer - Eastern Iowa
RV9A builder - Phase 2 (42 hours)
RV-9
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07-17-2012, 02:28 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 1,964
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First Flight
Not there yet, myself, but I'd have to say that First Flight must have the greatest pucker factor of anything in any build... Unless, of course you hire a test pilot.  |
07-17-2012, 03:07 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Eugene, OR
Posts: 159
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Because of the $ involved
Powering up the panel for the first time
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Steve McGirr
RV7 N1991M
First Flight: May 18, 2013
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07-17-2012, 03:19 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: na
Posts: 1,457
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$$$
writting all the checks to pay for everything...
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07-17-2012, 03:34 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 5,685
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I didn't find it so
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Originally Posted by ppilotmike
Not there yet, myself, but I'd have to say that First Flight must have the greatest pucker factor of anything in any build... Unless, of course you hire a test pilot. |
It either worked or it didn't and I expected it to work. It was exceptionally satisfying the first instant the tires left contact with the runway. When I rolled into a right crosswind turn I knew it was going to fly just fine. When I leveled off in the downwind it was just like my flights with Mike Seager and all that was left was put down the flaps make a safe landing and do the post flight detail inspection. Everything felt exactly the way it should on that first flight.
Bob Axsom
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07-17-2012, 04:45 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Posts: 1,565
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Drilling the rear spar.
Sure, cutting the canopy was a big deal, but if I screwed it up I could simply write a check and get another one. Replacing the parts for the rear spar would have been ... ugly ... on my non-prepunched -6A kit.
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Brad Benson, Maplewood MN.
RV-6A N164BL, Flying since Nov 2012!
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