TitleGarrison
“No bird ever flew nonstop from New York to Tokyo, or raced 15 miles high at triple the speed of sound.
But birds do something else.
They do not conquer the air; they romance it..”
Peter Garrison
HoursAndCounting
Jur's RV7 Aircraft Factory
2917 hours and counting
Some decisions in life are bare of any obvious logic
Finishing Kit
My finishing kit will be for an RV-7, so the landing gear will be mounted to the motor mount instead of connect to the F-704 main bulkhead.
I ordered the sliding canopy instead of the tip-up canopy. A tip up canopy offers a wider view area and gives a more 'open' feeling while in the air but I consider safety as an important factor.
If you ever land on your back, the chances of being able to open a tip up canopy in case of fire escape after an accident is almost zero chance. In a slider, you may have more luck in being able to escape.
I'm willing to sacrifice beauty for increased safety. I'm sure many people have a different opinion on this but better safe then sorry while being fried on a barbeque.
Articles in Finish Kit
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1. Various Finishing
- 10/05/2019 - Finising kit arrived !
- 11/05/2019 - Finish kit inventory - 4h
- 29/07/2020 - marking and drilling access plates - 2h
- 30/07/2020 - cutting access plate covers - 2h
- 21/08/2020 - cleanup deburr the cover plates - 4H
- 17/09/2022 - ADAHRS bracket prep - 5h30
- 31/03/2023 - Various tasks -1h
- 28/08/2023 - Inforcement bracket top fuselage rib - 3h
- 29/10/2023 - Aileron Trim 1 - 5h30
- 30/10/2023 - Aileron Trim 2 - 2h
- 01/11/2023 - Aileron trim 3 - 2h30
- 03/11/2023 - Elevator trim - 2h
- 02/12/2023 - Aileron Trim 4
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2. Engine mount
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3. Slider Canopy
- 24/08/2020 - Bending and drilled pilot holes rollbar - 3h30
- 26/08/2020 - Roll bar - 1h
- 05/09/2020 - Making spacers for roll bar and drill rollbar - 5h
- 14/09/2020 - Finish drill roll bar - 3h
- 15/09/2020 - Cut and drill rails - 2h
- 17/09/2020 - Drill canopy slider block and frame - 2h
- 19/09/2020 - Slider rail and checking initial canopy fit - 2h
- 26/09/2020 - Bending canopy frame - 2h
- 21/10/2020 - More frame fitting, getting desperate - 8h
- 30/10/2020 - End of fitting, drill the sucker - 20H
- 03/11/2020 - Canopy centerline and latch hole - 4h
- 11/11/2020 - Initial canopy trimming - 6h
- 14/11/2020 - The Big Cut ! - 8h
- 15/11/2020 - Canopy trimming side and end - 6h
- 28/11/2020 - Frame bending compensation - 4h30
- 27/01/2020 - Measuring to get roll bar level - 3h
- 28/01/2021 - cutting excess from roll bar feet - 2h15
- 30/01/2021 - Roll bar support install - 5h30
- 03/04/2021 - Drilling canopy to canopy frame - 6h30
- 05/04/2021 - canopy frame work - 7h45
- 07/04/2021 - first windscreen impressions - 0h30
- 01/05/2021 - measuring cut locations windscreen - 1h
- 13/08/2021 - cutting windscreen 1 - 2h
- 28/08/2021 - More cutting windscreen - 7h
- 04/09/2021 - More cutting on the windscreen - 6h
- 18/09/2021 - slider cut - 3h30
- 22/09/2021 - windscreen cutting - 5h
- 23/09/2021 - drilling frame wheels to slider rail - 3h
- 29/09/2021 - Drilled the windscreen to the rollbar - 3h
- 01/10/2021 - contd drilling windscreen - 4h
- 02/10/2021 - some more tweaking - 4h
- 03/10/2021 - making windscreen attach clips - 2h30
- 05/10/2021 - countersinking windscreen holes - 3h
- 06/10/2021 - tapping the roll bar - 3h
- 14/10/2021 - Canopy latch work - 3h
- 15/10/2021 - Canopy latch mechanism, part 2 - 2h
- 22/10/2021 - Rear canopy blocks - 4h
- 01/11/2021 - rear canopy attach blocks pt 2 - 1h30
- 02/11/2021 - fine tuning slider rails - - 2h30
- 04/11/2021 - slider track - 3h
- 06/11/21 - side skirts pilot side - 7h
- 13/11/2021 - Sideskirts brace - 7h30
- 14/11/2021 - dimple countersink sideskirt - 2h
- 20/11/2021 - Working on passenger side skirt - 2h30
- 21/11/2021 - passenger side skirt pt2 - 5h
- 22/11/2021 - Passenger side skirt Pt3 - 0h30
- 23/11/2021 - Passenger side skirt Pt4 - 2h
- 25/11/2021 - Passenger side skirt Pt5 - 1h30
- 26/11/2021 - some help drilling - 1h
- 27/11/2021 - Passenger side skirt Pt7 - 3h30
- 08/01/2022 - Preparing for interior painting
- 22/01/2022 - Rivetting canopy to frame
- 29/01/2022 - Rivetting skirts
- 05/02/2022 - Starting rear skirts - 5h30
- 12/02/2022 - modelling for rear skirt - 2h
- 26/02/2022 - rear skirt epoxy first 3 layers - 8h
- 05/03/2022 - Rear skirts 2nd layer of epoxy - 4h
- 24/03/2022 - applying micro on rearskirts - 3h30
- 08/04/2022 - applying more micro on the rearskirt - 3h
- 09/04/2022 - Rear skirt cutting to shape - 3h
- 16/04/2022 - more sanding rear skirt and drilling holes - 2h
- 07/05/2022 - Drilling attach points rear skirts - 2h
- 28/05/2022 - Sikaflex rear skirt - 5h
- 18/06/2022 - Rivetting canopy to frame in rear skirt and epoxy - 3h
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4. Landing gear
- 06/08/2022 - Landing gear started - 5h45
- 13/08/2022 - U-810 cleaning and adapting - 2h
- 19/08/2022 - brake cylinder mating - 1h
- 27/08/2022 - parking brake mount - 4h
- 07/09/2022 - parking brake line bending - 2h
- 26/12/2022 - Refit right wheel tyre - 4h30
- 28/12/2022 - Fitting wheels on gear legs - 4h
- 29/12/2022 - Fitting brakes on gear legs (cntd) - 4h
- 30/12/2022 - Install left wheel on gear - 4h
- 31/12/2022 - Drill right axle gear leg wheel nut - 4h
- 02/01/2023 - Drill axle and install ADAHRS bracket - 1h30
- 03/01/2023 - Mount wheel and parking brake brachet - 2h
- 04/01/2023 - Landing gear clearence in firewall - 2h
- 07/01/2023 - parking brake elbows - 1h
- 15/01/2023 - Installing brake lines cabin side - 8h
- 26/03/2023 - Standing on her own legs ! - 3h30
- 27/03/23 - FFW pilot side brake line - 2h
- 28/03/2023 - FFW Passenger side brake lines - 1h30
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5. Fairings
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6. Wing tips
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Caution !
Some advice on reading my log for fellow builders !
In some articles, I made corrections at later date on the original article to rectify my own stupidities or faults. Read through the entire article if you intend to use my findings/experiences on your own project !
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