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
Not much to report on tonights work. I got the left wing completely secured in its stand and made sure the aft spar brackets were secure. I started out by making sure the wing spar was level as possible and had no twist in it. I still have a bit … Continue reading
It’s time to rivet up the skeleton so that I can mount the wings into their stands to finish up the work. I was going to do the riveting in the stand, but it appears it would be easier to do if I laid the wing on the table and … Continue reading
Since the left wing stand is anchored and ready for the wing, I decided to go ahead and get the left wing prepared to go on the stand to free up some space in the shop so I can work on the right wing stand. The plans tells us we … Continue reading
I picked up some Tapcon screws from Home Depot to use to anchor the wing stands into my concrete floor. These things are pretty dang nice! They worked great. More about them later. Tonight we finished up the left wing stand. Just like the right stand, we got it leveled … Continue reading
There is no more delaying it.. I have to build the wing stands. I have done everything I can on the wings to the point of needing to get the spars on the stands. I spent some time trying to visualize where to best put these things, and what would … Continue reading
Holy crap…its been a LONG time since I did any real work on the RV-7. Like nearly 7 months. Life’s been a bit busy, I bought a 1973 Cessna Cardinal 177RG and have been flying the wings off of it, and that has taken up some time on the build, … Continue reading
I found a tub that was just big enough to hold two main wing ribs to bathe them in Alumaprep 33 and Alodine! I was lucky I had JUST enough of each to fully submerge the parts. I started out by submerging the parts in Alumaprep, 2 ribs at a … Continue reading
Quick entry tonight. I am still working on my wing stands, more on those in a later post. Tonight I decided to scrub up my Wing Ribs so they’d be ready for Alumaprep and Alodining later on. Pretty simply, I filled up my utility sink with some Dawn dish detergent … Continue reading