Tammy helped me rivet the right wing top skins tonight! We had a sitter at Nana’s house, so we went down and got the last portion of two-person riveting done tonight. I captured the entire work session in timelapse, hers those videos: Closer view of the riveting process: We started … Continue reading
Another good session today! I managed to get the right wing to the same point as the left wing, its skin dimpled and clecoed in place, waiting on riveting. Here is the overhead timelapse of the work: And here’s the “mobile” camera view thats a little closer up: I pulled … Continue reading
ALOT accomplished in this session. I managed to get the right leading edge fully riveted, AND even got it attached to the right wing skeleton with some help from Tammy. This wing is ready for the fuel tank to be attached, and then on to the top skins. I managed … Continue reading
Another quick build session. I managed to get the entire right wing skeleton machine countersunk. Pretty simple work, I did have to match drill a few holes I missed somehow, but no biggie. I also sprayed some rattle can primer on the newly countersunk holes. Hours worked: 1.5
Quick Entry tonight. I’m getting the right wing up to the point where the left-wing is so that I can rivet the skin zone at about the same time. Here’s a time lapse video. I managed to get the right wing skeleton fully dimpled and even managed to remove a … Continue reading
Time to admit a mistake I realized early today: I forgot to connect the fuel sender wire on the left tank (rear baffle) before I bolted it down! Not a big deal, as I only used a few screws to hold it, and I can easily unscrew and unbolt it … 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
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