Local weather was pretty crappy, so I didn’t go flying in the Cardinal today, and didn’t have anything else on the docket to finish, so I decided to spend some time working on the RV-7. Picking up where I left off, I needed to get the left tank skin dimpled … 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
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
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
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
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
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 was pretty happy with the way the Alodine treatment turned out last night, so I figured I would go ahead and lay down some AKZO primer on them to see how well it sticks. This is going to be a small primer session, with only doing the stiffeners and … Continue reading