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, January 16, 2013

More Console Work HOBBS 1695.5 hrs

All of my time has been spent on my center console design the last week...sorry, not many pics to share however. Although its coming along pretty well, I'm doing some head scratching about a few things, which bog down the factory a little bit. The RV build veterans always say, whenever you decide to go "off plan", expect it to add significant time to your build...so choose wisely.
 
 
I really wanted the center console to be large enough to hold an iPad...
 
 
And voila...mission accomplished, fits perfect! You can also see my piano hinge in place for the armrest/door.


I am being careful not to add "extra" material...use the seat pans whenever I can instead of building a fully contained console box. Here you can see the floor of my console...which encloses the push/pull tube underneath. You don't want any access for a pen or screwdriver or whatever you have in your console migrating into that area to jam your controls...this is a safety of flight issue, treat it appropriately with your design.

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