Brings back a LOT of memories. We, early builders ordered the wing kit, finished the wing kit and were on the edge for the next kit. Happy were we when the next kit was announced and we were able to get our order in for that next kit within 1 hour of the announcement.
VERY Neat, HAPPY things have NOT changed!! I was sitting at the mailbox for many a day.
I like it. It looks ready to bite anything that gets in its way.By the way, this is my model for the nose of my RV12, with little eyeballs suspended in the top holes, and lipstick and teeth in the bottom. Like it?
Hmmm - I guess we are now hearing from the RV-12 equivalent of "Bauxite Miners!" "Why, in the olden days, we had to WAIT until LOTS of kits were ready - and we LIKED it!"
On the cowl, do a side view with P-40 shark teeth!
I'm still working on it.
Building on Kit #120221 was begun in May '09, and I'm still working on it. All kits have been purchased except avionics, but there's an awful lot of work to be done before I can claim to be "Waiting For Skyview".
I really don't understand why this project is taking me so much longer than everyone else. Could it be the interruptions created by family and friends? Could it be that I became obsessed with sanding all of the edges of every single piece of aluminum until there were no shear marks or sharp edges anywhere? Could it be that i just work slowly? I dunno, but there is one thing I do know for certain. If I did this for a living and was paid by the plane, I'd starve.
Status:
Empennage - Complete and assembled on fuselage, except for fiberglass bullet cover over anti-servo assembly.
Wings - Complete except for stall switch and wiring.
Fuselage - Complete
Finishing - Complete except for installing fuel tank (pressure tested last weekend - 3 minor leakers), aying up fiberglass on canopy, and filling/bleeding brake lines.
Powerplant - Fiberglass shroud has been installed, engine re-assembled, Engine has been mounted to firewall. Nothing more done - yet.
I am waiting for engine and avionics, just started in Feb 2011. My kids are all grown, I am working in my own air conditioned garage attached to the house, and can put in all sort of enjoyable time with my project.
Retirement sure has its benefits, Don, and I've noticed that there are a lot of you lucky guys out there. I don't know if it's typical of all the RV's, but there are so many retirees building an RV-12, that I sometimes think of it as a `gentlemen's aeroplane'. (OK, `airplane' if you prefer, but `aeroplane' has such a nice olde world feel to it).
Retirement for me is still a few years away, so I've only managed 420 hours in just over 12 months, which averages out at just over an hour a day. But as you say, who's counting!
I am 55 and this thread has me wondering if I am the youngest builder? Where are we at with this?
not even close Dave !
Check out TeenFlight
not even close Dave !
Check out TeenFlight
As I was doing my daily check of Vans Facebook page looking for Skyview release announcement, I was wondering just how many others are doing the same daily drill. Waiting is murder!
As I was doing my daily check of Vans Facebook page looking for Skyview release announcement, I was wondering just how many others are doing the same daily drill. Waiting is murder!
Hello to all,
On Thursday 10-20-2011 the avionics order page showed the following:
We are not currently accepting orders for the RV-12 AVIONICS KIT.
Our engineers are finishing up an upgrade to the standard avionics
package that incorporates Dynon Skyview.
We will begin accepting orders again shortly.
Thanks for your patience!
Thanks to all of you for your postings,
Richard