I managed to get down to the shop and spend a little over an hour finishing up the right flap skeleton. There really wasn’t much left to do, but I wanted to knock it out while I had some free time. I started out by clamping down the FL-706A doubler … Continue reading
It’s been a while since I was able to get downstairs and do a little work in the airplane factory. I was focusing on completing some internal giveback project for work, which took up some build time. The right flap isn’t going to take as much time to build for … Continue reading
I found a Harbor Freight 25% off coupon, so what better time to buy a bench vise 🙂 I wound up with a semi-cheap 5″ vise that should do all I need it to. I drilled some mounting holes in my work bench and bolted it down and got right … Continue reading
Tonight I continued working on the flap, with the session starting off by measuring the piano hinge for the flaps, an then clecoing it on. I picked out the proper piano hinge, AN257-P3 and then cut it to the prescribed length of 56″. I think Vans has us cut it … Continue reading
Today, I decided to go ahead and start building the flaps. It was a toss up between ailerons and flaps, and I didn’t want to fool with stiffeners right now, so flaps won. I am skipping ahead to the flaps because its too cold to ProSeal fuel tanks, and I … Continue reading
I managed to sneak in a couple hours of work this afternoon. Tammy was getting Acacia ready to go to “Nanas” house so we could have a date night. So, I figured I would try to get a little work done while she was dropping the baby off. Tonight is … Continue reading
After completing all of the rib prep, I was finally ready to start doing the skeleton assembly and match drilling for the wings. The plans tell us to be very cautious of not using tank ribs for leading edge ribs, so I made sure to sort out the two and … Continue reading
4 months. Thats how long it has been since I have done any major work on the RV-7. Between work and family and then holidays, I really haven’t had much free time to get down to the shop and build. Having some time off for the holidays, I decided to … Continue reading
I found an hour or so to finish up the main wing rib fluting. Like the last session, I used the table top method on our granite countertop and knocked out the remaining 14-something main wing ribs. They stack much nicer now that they are all formed straight and with … Continue reading
About a week ago, I decided to bring my wing ribs upstairs and do the fluting up here, since that doesn’t produce any filings or shavings. HOWEVER….I have had a lot going on family wise that I haven’t been able to spend much time on them. I’ll also admit that … Continue reading