Ron's RV7 Factory: Right Tank HOBBS 341.5 hrs

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.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Right Tank HOBBS 341.5 hrs

I'm bouncing around in sequence a little bit right now. Haven't finished the left tank, its complete except for the rear baffle but I need to order some nut plates (I mistakenly put the wrong ones in the access cover...oops) for the Z-brackets so that is on hold for the time being. So I started on the right tank, did the stiffeners, the fuel access hole and fuel drain. Same song and dance as the left.

I realized its kind of hard to squeeze in short work sessions as time permits when you are doing ProSeal. So to alleviate this, I started on the left aileron tonight. I can use that project as a work filler...its all about being efficient in the shop. Here are some various pics of my latest progress...