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.



Thursday, March 3, 2011

Fuselage Balance Check Mailed HOBBS 499.0 hrs

Sent off my check to Van's for the balance of the Fuse kit yesterday. I know, a check is a little old fashioned, but when I paid the balance for my wings I had a daily limit imposed by the bank on my debit card. So I had to process two payments...not a big deal but kind of a pain. Thats why this time, I opted to just mail a check and be done with it.

They claimed to still be on schedule for a 3/14 week delivery...so it wont be long now. hee haw!

I'm going with a Bell tailwheel fork (on order) instead of the the stock Van's version. This fork will offer much better clearance and just appears to be more robustly built. My friend, Sean Blair, purchased one and has already recieved his...he tells me I will be happy with it. :) Consequently I had Van's delete the stock fork (WD-102) and steering arm (VA-154S) from my fuse kit (about a $50 savings).


In place of the steering arm and chains that Van's offers in the stock kit, I am leaning towards the steering control arm assembly offered by JDAir. There wont be any unsightly chains hanging off my baby! And, from what I've been told the rudder control response is much more precise with a control arm vs. chains. Looks like a pretty nice setup, a little pricy, but hey...this is aviation.

http://www.jdair.com/
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