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, March 21, 2011

Fuselage Delivery Date HOBBS 551.0 hrs

I called Van's on Friday to check on my fuse shipment status. Low and behold Van's held to schedule, they quoted a ship date the week of 3/14, and sure enough Friday was still within that week. I got a tracking number from them, its coming FedEx freight just like my wings did. It is scheduled to arrive tomorrow...3/22. Certainly doesn't take long--shipped friday and scheduled to arrive tuesday. Heeee haw!! That should be fun....more airplane parts!

I am probably going to take a couple vacation days later this week in hopes of finishing up the wings before my Dad departs for home in Ephrata, Washington. So, if all goes well, my wings will be done by sunday and I can get cranking on the fuse...that will be huge. Stay tuned...
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  1. Mark BoltonMarch 21, 2011 at 10:28 AM

    Great to see you are having fun with the build. I am much further on with my RV - 4 and on occasion am just so frustrated and "over it". It's so much to do with keeping up the enthusisam. Certainly the wings and fuse are magic - loads of visible progress. Nothing more satisfying than tapping the wing when its full of clecos and hearing a "rattle" then running all those rivets and tapping it again and hearing a "Doong" like a bel coz it's all one piece.

    Regards

    Mark

    http://rv-4builder.blogspot.com/

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  2. Bryan RaleyMarch 21, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    Congrats on the fuse shipment! Guess I'll have to swing by some time and see what those parts look like.

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  3. Sean BlairMarch 21, 2011 at 10:19 PM

    Tomorrow is a BIG day!!! Hope all goes well with the kit delivery. Watch out for that stainless firewall...it's sharp!

    What do you think a Ford F-150 would look like with a couple of wings attached?

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  4. Ron Duren JrMarch 22, 2011 at 7:05 AM

    Mark, I can certainly relate...most of the time I am pretty excited about the project but some days not so much. Just gotta keep pluggin' along. Thanks for the comment.

    Bryan, Thanks dude...swing by anytime.

    Sean, haha, yeah...an F150 with wings...not a bad idea

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  5. Mark and TriciaMarch 22, 2011 at 2:02 PM

    Ron - My fuselage leaves Oregon on March 30th... Could you send your dad to my place when you're done with him? Fun watching your progress, you're way ahead of me... I'm just beginning my tail but I've order QBs so hopefully will be able to play some catch up. Could still use your dad. ;)

    - Mark (http://mandtrv7.blogspot.com/)

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  6. Ron Duren JrMarch 23, 2011 at 7:39 AM

    Mark & Tricia, thanks for visiting the blog! I told my Dad about your offer and he asked if I had an address!!?? haha! Best of luck with your build, keep me posted how its going.

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