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.



Saturday, January 15, 2011

Fuselage on Order! HOBBS 437.0 hrs

Today I mailed in my deposit for the fuselage! This is actually ahead of schedule for what I had originally planned. Van's is having their annual price increase on Feb. 1st so I will scrape together the cash to buy them now instead of waiting until later.

So...about 8 1/2 weeks from now hopefully my fuse will be arriving. I am pretty stoked about this. The wings have certainly been more fun than the empennage...but I am really looking forward to the fuse as being a lot more fun. I mean, heck, soon I will be able to sit in the cockpit and make airplane noises!! Vrooom, vroom! ;)

This also means I need to step up the pace on the wings so I can try and be ready for the fuse when it arrives. Good problems to have...maybe one day this puppy will fly!
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  1. Bryan RaleyJanuary 26, 2011 at 10:20 PM

    All I can says is WOW! Rest assured I will be tapped into all of your posts for the Wings, especially now that they are all but done. I have you right where I want you (HA!). Just far enough ahead to keep me from screwing things up really bad. Nice job on your build my friend. I am very interested in the leading edge tank decision. I may do the same thing. KPR!

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