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.



Monday, September 20, 2010

SportAir Electrical Project HOBBS 315.5 hrs

Just wanted to quickly post some pics from my SportAir Electrical and Wiring class last weekend. This is my third SportAir class and once again I felt like I got my money's worth. The 'hands on' time is worth it all by itself. I really enjoyed this class since it was a topic I know the least about. A pretty funny coincidence but Sean Blair, whom I just met at the Rocky Mt. airshow was one of my classmates. After class I had mentioned that I wanted to purchase a copy of the excellent text AeroElectric Connection and he said...I have an extra copy, I'll mail it to you! Very cool, and big thanks to Sean. This will be handy to build on my skills that I learned in class.

So, we ended up doing three hands on projects in class. Terminated a coaxial cable, built an intercom harness, and the big project was a simple system with a battery, two bulbs, a dimmer switch, a 'master' switch and a fuse. This included learning skills such as crimping connectors, working with shielded cable, soldering, etc. Here are some pics, you get to take your projects home with you. Dont forget, you can click on the pic for an enlarged view.




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