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, July 21, 2010

Rib Priming Cont HOBBS 253.5 hrs

After work I stopped by Bryan's and dropped off my OSH camp equipment and ended up spending about an hour talking airplanes...and retaining walls. ;) As I mentioned, Bryan is leaving first thing in the morning for the long two day drive to Oshkosh. I certainly envied him leaving tomorrow, I have to wait until next wednesday before I make my pilgrimage.

In the meantime I am keeping myself plenty busy with aircraft construction so I'm sure the time will go fast. Tonight I finished up priming all of the main ribs. They are now ready for final riveting, hee haw! I'm getting much better at this painting thing, these looked pretty good if I do say so myself. I have about 1/4 of my gallon of primer leftover. I'm guessing I should be able to finish up the nose ribs, not sure if it is enough to finish the wings however. Cross that bridge when I get there. Here are a couple shots of the 28 ribs drying (no I didnt spray that close to my truck!)

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