Short session to start today. I wanted to get the tank attach angles drilled, and after doing some reading last night, this actually seems straightforward. Vans gives us a rough idea of where to drill the rivets for the angle attach bracket in the plans with this drawing: We … Continue reading
Its time to fabricate some parts! I got home from having dinner with some friends and my family, and felt like knocking out a little bit more on the project, so I decided to tackle fabricating the T-405 tank attach angle brackets. The plans are a bit vague here, as … Continue reading
My Vans shipment came in while I was on vacation with the family. The leading edge ribs I needed were in this shipment, these are the ones that will replace the ribs that had the edge distance issue from where I mis-drilled them. I also had some proseal, 50ft of … Continue reading
Tonight was a fun build session! Since all the tank structure is pretty much fitted and done, I needed to knock out the last few little bits of tank parts: The tank drains (sumps) and the fuel caps. I’ve been sort of looking forward to doing this work to be … Continue reading
More Fuel tank work! Tonight I wanted to get the left fuel tank match drilled and then disassembled so that I could begin working on deburring the parts and getting them ready for final assembly. I already had the left tank off the wing and on the bench from my … Continue reading
Had a really good build session tonight, and made some really great progress on my fuel tanks. To pick up from where I left off last, I needed to back drill the tank ribs to the baffle and into the tank attach brackets. I used my 12″ long #30 (1/8″) … Continue reading
Tammy and Acacia went on a “Girls Night” with my mom and sister to Knoxville, and they’ll be gone overnight, which freed me up to do some work on the RV-7 tonight. The work for tonight started with making the tank stiffeners from the provided punched and notched stock. These … Continue reading
WHAT? I’m actually getting something done on the RV-7? Yep. Thats right, I found some more time to work on the airplane tonight. This new position at work has been keeping me busy, but I think I am going to have more time to work on the airplane since I … Continue reading
Time to drill the tank attach Z-brackets. I swung by Ace and picked up some cheap 10-32 bolts, nuts and washers to temporarily hold the brackets to the spar for back drilling. These will get tossed for the final assembly, they’re just used to help steady the bracket for precise … Continue reading
4 months? Has it been that long since I last done any work on this thing? Yep. It has. I decided to mozy down to the shop to get a little work done on the plane tonight. I have been busy with work, family and travel, and the Cardinal, that … Continue reading