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, September 15, 2010

Here we go! HOBBS 309.5 hrs

After a long absence, I got back in the shop tonight. Only logged a quick hour as I had some homework to do earlier, but it felt good to get back at it. I dimpled the right tank skin...which completes all of the dimpling for both tanks. No pics, you've seen this before and its not that exciting.

Action items: I need to fabricate the two flap doors and two more anti-hang up brackets to finish up the tank prep. Once that is done, its time for the 'ProSeal dance'!! woohoo! I hope to spend some quality time with the mistress this weekend. I dont see anything that would prevent me from starting to seal the tanks. I also need to make a run to HF to buy a postal scale for weighing the ProSeal. Gonna make a trip to a nearby farm/ranch supply store and see if I can pick up a syringe for ProSeal application. I heard this is a clever way to apply ProSeal to the rivet holes.

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