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.



Thursday, April 14, 2011

Classic Aero Designs HOBBS 628.0 hrs


I requested, and received my material samples from Classic Aero Designs last week. This will be the company I buy all of my cockpit accessories from. I really like their products, it will give the plane a professional, production look and feel to it.

This will include side panels, carpeting and of course the seat upholstery and embroidery. While building an airplane, you have to function much like a project manager, there are always details that need to be researched and decided upon. To run a successful project without delays, you will have to always be ahead of the game in your planning for long lead items. I'm certainly not ready for the upholstery yet, but the time, at least for me, will be here sooner rather than later.

The ones on the left are the 'ultra leather' samples, the others are leather. I gotta say, the ultra leather is pretty impressive. I originally was planning on leather, but now I am undecided after seeing the samples. The ultra leather feels nice and is lighter and cheaper than the leather. Hmmmm...gotta ponder this.

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