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Seats
Today I started on the fuselage by getting some work done on the seats. I started by cutting the angle stock to size and then shaping and prepping all the hinges for drilling. The side angles are made from .125″ thick and the cross supports are made from .060. Per the drawings I radiused the…
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Back at it (almost)
Yesterday I had the rare day where I could get away and get into the garage. After spending about 5 minutes looking at everything I realized I needed to spend the day cleaning the shop before attempting to do any work on the fuselage. Over the last 6 months or so, more and more junk…
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Right Aileron Brackets and Gap Faring
Tonight I spent a couple hours working on the right wing. I started by removing the gap faring and brackets that were clecoed on the wing. I surface prepped and primed the gap faring, and match drilled and dimpled the holes as necessary. I also took this opportunity to install the aileron brackets with the…
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Tanks are Leak Free!
I finished sealing the tanks about a week ago, and the last two days I spent leak testing them. I made a water manometer and pressurized the tank to about 20″ of water. Over the course of 4 hours the tank pressure fluctuated a little, as the temperature rose in the garage the pressure went…
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Fuel tank access plates
Today I spent about an hour prepping and sealing the fuel tank access plates. This was very messy and I didn’t get any pictures during the process. The fuel tank pick up lines and bulkhead fittings were glued and torqued. Also the anti rotation brackets were riveted and then sealed with tank sealant. Once those…
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Thanksgiving work
Happy thanksgiving to my US friends! Today being a day off for us, I spent a few hours this morning in the garage. I started by prepping and riveting the flap hinge on the remaining wing, the flaps are officially on! (Temporarily) I then spent some time safety wiring my autopilot servo, it was a…
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Fuel tank
Today I had some free time so I decided to work on the fuel tank. I spent a fair amount of time taking the tank off the wing. When I got to the final main bolt holding the tank on, I realized it was stripped! I spent nearly 30 minutes trying to get the bolt…
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Fuel Tank Work
I got an order of ProSeal adhesive for my fuel tanks and did a bit a work on them today. I’m using the float type fuel level sensors and they need to be attached to the fuel tank access plate. I attached the platenuts and then covered them with ProSeal, once those cured a bit…
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Flap hinges
Had a little free time today so I finished the flap hinge modification. Similar to what a lot of rv builders do, I cut out three of the loops and then bent the hinge pin at 90 deg. This allows the hinge pins to each the last loop on either end. Not shown here but…
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VAF hat
I decided to join the club and make myself a VAF hat to wear when I’m out and about to represent one of the greatest communities I’ve joined. Vansairforce has been a huge help in providing information during my build. I’ve had nearly every question answered by someone on the forums. I’m proud to represent a…
RV-7 N890GF 