May 15th and 16 th, 2006
Dick helped me finish riveting the left wing. That completes both wings. Since my daughter Michelle is getting married at the farm Memorial Day weekend, I will not be spending time on the project for awhile.
May 7, 2006
Got a bit of a late start today. Dick came over to help rivet the lower outboard left skin. The heated pitot makes this side much more difficult to rivet than the right side. Since my arms are a bit longer than Dicks, I got the job of holding the […]
May 5, 2006
It has been a few weeks since I have been able to work on the project. But I was able to get back to it today.
I finished the mounting of the Gretz heatd pitot and the realated circuit board. I secured all the wires and double checked the wire terminals on […]
March 27, 2006
I finished installation of the AOA kit in the left wing. I installed upper and lower ports per the instructions that came with the kit specific to the RV7A. The instructions do not mention the small hole that is necessary to access the ” push” drain. So I used a […]
March 20, 2006
While waiting on the AOA kit and Gretz heated pitot I decided to finish the wingtips.
I mounted the com antenna in the left tip. I installed nutplates on the “ground” section of the antenna to assure I get a good connection the the aircraft frame.
8 hours
March 21, 2006
I installed the combination […]
March 14, 2006
The weather has been great the last few weeks and I have been taking care of a few things outside in preparation for our daughters wedding scheduled for Memeorial Day weekend. But now the two new retaining walls are finished and the pond’s overflow tube has been reworked so I can […]
February 19, 2006
Worked on mounting the Whelan combination strobe/navigation lights. Laid out the cut out areas on the wing tips and cut them with a hole saw and finished the openings with rotary rasp. Added longer ground wire to units .
8 hours
February 20, 2006
I cut the two navigation/strobe light lenses […]
February 12, 2006
I decided to start installation of the landing lights. I had ordered two of the Duckworks lights from Van. Upon inspection I found the kit includes a automotive driving light, plexiglass lens, and aluminum brackets.
All that is used of the automotive light is the lense and bulb. I […]
February 6, 2006
Drilled, deburred and dimpled right and left flap brackets.
10 hours
February 7, 2006
Used blind rivets to attach right and left flap brackets. Installed flaps.
10 hours
February 8, 2006
I checked and set he spacing between flaps/ ailerons and general alignment. It all looks good.
Drilled holes in the W413 aileron bracket to allow the flap […]
Note regarding this log: I thoroughly enjoy the time I am spending in my shop on this project. My progress is very slow, but I am trying to build the best RV7A that I can. Each day I recieve satisfaction knowing that the work I have accomplished for that day is based […]