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.



Friday, August 24, 2012

Lighting HOBBS 1476.5 hrs

Except for my landing and taxi light, I am going exclusively with LED lighting. They use less power and should last forever. To me, this is a no brainer as I think all lighting will go this way in the near future. My manufacturer of choice is Aveo...I like their products.
 

I had originally planned to go with the cheaper "Powerburst" but they are not recommended for anything beyond LSA's and ultralights, certainly not for IFR. So I bought the "Ultra Aurora" instead, which is of course a little more pricy. These are 3-in-1 lights...nav/position/strobe. They look indestructible...and it must be the geek in me, but I think they are really nice looking.



Tail/rudder strobe



I started mounting the tail strobe, still got some work to do...I filled the fiberglass cap with some flox and then just drilled and tapped into that. I plan to make my rudder bottom permanently attached, so I need to plan accordingly.

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