It’s starting to look like a wing! Tonight, I decided to get the leading edge fit to the left wing to get an idea of what all was involved. When I left off last time, the leading edge was loosely put together in the cradle, so thats where I started. … Continue reading
I started out tonight assembly by doing some disassembly! I needed to remove the right wings bottom skin per the plans (both bottom skins come off, the left I did last night), and to free up some much needed 3/32″ clecos. I was running pretty low! This was quick work, … Continue reading
Tonight was pretty much the same as last night. I wanted to get the right wing skins match drilled so I can move on to something a little less repetitive. Just like the left wing, I match drilled the top skins moved the clecos and then reamed those holes. I … Continue reading
This build log doesn’t have a lot of photos, as its pretty simple. But, it did take me 3 hours to complete! Tonight was all about the left wing skins. I had already gotten the top skins clecoed into place in the last build session, so now the plans tells … Continue reading
Time to make these skeletons look like wings! I started off tonight by picking up some hi visibility fishing line so I can run it across the holes in the main spar to make sure I have all the sag removed from the main spars. The last time, I just … Continue reading
FINALLY! Back to what feels like building again! It’s time to start getting the skins onto the wings. But first, I need to fabricate the wing walk doublers from some provided aluminum sheet. The doublers help support the weight of people walking on the inboard section of the wings to … Continue reading
FINALLY! I was able to get BOTH wings secured, leveled and ready for work in their stands tonight. It felt like it took ages to get them to this point, but their finally there. I ran by Harbor Freight and picked up some 2″ and 1″ C-clamps that I’d need … Continue reading
Decent progress tonight! My goal was to get the right wing in its stand so I can start clearing out some space in the shop to work. I still needed to get the rear spar riveted onto the wing skeleton, so thats where I started. I clecoed the spar onto … Continue reading
Well, time to get back to work. After passing my checkride, I have decided to get back to work on the RV-7. I need to get the right wing stand finished up and the right wing mounted in to it, then I can free up some space in the shop … Continue reading