Ron's RV7 Aircraft Factory


Welcome to my personal blog. This site was created as an informal description of my build progress in the construction of a Van's RV7 aircraft. A place where family/friends/builders/curiosity seekers can follow along. It is not intended to be a detailed description of every step in the building process as that would be much too time consuming. There are plenty of sites that do a great job in that arena, that is not my intention with this site. My intention is for this to be a philisophical/motivational/inspirational account of the emotional ups and downs of the life changing journey...and it will change your life. I hope this will give you an idea, through my eyes, of what its like to make this transformation. A note to other builders, I am not an expert so do not put your safety at risk by attempting anything you see on this site until you have done your own research, or send me an email so we can discuss it. Any deviations from the plans are not approved, nor endorsed by Van's Aircraft or myself. Thanks for visiting.



Monday, October 25, 2010

Aileron Work HOBBS 346.5 hrs

Spent the weekend working on the right aileron. Cut and dimpled the stiffeners, match drilled the assembly, deburring, etc. I still have some dimpling and edge prep to do. Almost ready to prime all interior parts and then it will be time for final assembly and riveting.


Took a friend of mine, Evonne, for her first small airplane ride on saturday afternoon. I rented the DA-20 (pictured) for a 1.1 hr flight sightseeing over the city. I was a little worried we were going to have a bumpy flight as the winds were howling down the runway at 23 kts, which isn't all that unusual at BJC. But it really wasnt bad once airborne, pretty smooth actually and the fall colors were popping. Another satisfied customer, she had a blast and thanked me several times! Always fun to take people for their first ride.

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