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.



Friday, August 26, 2011

First Side Skin HOBBS 797.0 hrs

Quick status update: last night I tackled the right side skin and got it just about halfway riveted in place. I can easily do almost all of the side skins solo...the wrap around corner on the bottom may need another set of hands. Of course, I ProSealed the seams again so that adds some time and a little bit of anguish...I forgot how much I enjoyed ProSeal. :) Sorry no pics, I was too busy riveting...

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