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
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Wing
The wing kit is the second major step in the build project. I started wing work 1st of September 2011 and finalised it end of December 2012.
Clicking the wing sub sections on the left side menu will only display articles related to that section.
Below is a list of all articles in the wing building process listed chronologically per subsection as I wrote them.
Wings are done ! - 24/12/2012 Inspected and approved by DGLV - 10/12/2018
As per 24/12/2012, the wing work is completed. The bottom skins have to remain unrivetted to enable the inspection by the Belgian aviation authorities.
Two years after the project start we now have a completed empenage (tail section) and a set of wings. Next year, I will be building the fuselage.
Articles in Wingkit
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1. Intro
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2. Jigs
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3. Main Spar
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4. Main Wings
- Wing Ribs Left Wing - 08/10/2011 - Tot 19h30
- Wings Ribs Right Wing - 31/10/2011 - 19h
- Right wing ribs complete - 01/11/2011 - 5h
- Matchdrill Skeleton Wings - 05/11/2011 - 11h
- WingDoubler & wiring holes - 5/11/2011 - 7h30
- Scuffing parts - 21/11/2011 - 10h
- DAMN DAMN DAMN ! - 23-11/2011 - 2h
- Priming Ribs - 25/11/2011 - 6h
- Rivetting the right wing skeleton - 26/11/2011 - 9h
- Match drilling right wing skins - 4/12/2011 - 9h
- Left wing skeleton work - 10/12/2011 - 7h
- Matchdrill left wing - 18/11/2011 - 4h
- Leading edge right wing - 23/12/2011 - 6h
- Drill and install joint place W423 - 25/12/2011 - 3h
- Leading Edge Left Wing - 28/12/2011 - 4h50
- Matchdrill complete - 31/12/2011 - 2h
- Devynil-deburr - 3/1/2012 - 2h
- Preparation Leading edges - 18/5/2012 - 9h30
- Left Main skin dimpling - 19/05/2012 - 7h40
- OO-156 flying
- Stall warner matchdrilling - 12/06/2012 - 9h
- Pitot mast drill hole - 17/6/2012 - 6h30
- Install Stall Warner access plate - 21/06/2012 - 3h
- Catch up work - 24/06/2012 - 7h
- Rivetting Leading Edges - 01/07/2012 - 6h00
- Stall warner assembly - 3/7/2012 -1h
- Rivetting leading edge to spar - 11/7/2012 - 8h45
- Rivetting aft line leading edge to spar - 12/07/2012 - 5h30
- Priming the skins - 20/7/2012 - 6h30
- Final measurements - 22/07/2012 - 4h
- Rivet Left wing top skin - 23/07/2012 - 06h15
- Finish Left Top skins and Right Top Skins - 30/07/2012
- Aileron fairings - 13/09/2012
- Inspection access doors - 15/09/2012 - 9h
- Aileron and flap braces - 05/11/2012 - 3h30
- Pitot Mast work - 21/12/2012 - 2h
- 18/07/2020 - deburr/dimple/nutplates for wing fairings - 4h
- 20/07/2020 - More inner rib wingfairing work - 4h
- 25/07/2020 - Various tasks - 5h
- 30/08/2023 - wing tip ribs - 4h
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5. Fuel Tanks
- Z-Brackets preparation - 05/01/2012 - 1h
- Z-Brackets drilling - 7/1/2011 - 3h
- Stiffeners left wing - 16/01/2012 - 5h
- Fuel tank cleco - 22/01/2012 - 6h
- Right Tank Preparation - 27/01/2012 - 8h
- Checkoway work - 28/01/2012 - 4h
- Deburr and Dimple - 07/02/2012 - 4h
- Dimpling and Drain LT - 09/02/2012 - 2h
- Final Tank Prep Work - 11/02/2012 - 9h
- Misc Tank work - 14/02/2012 - 12h
- Right tank prep - 18/2/2012 - 8h
- Cont right tank prep - 22/02/2012 - 3h
- The proseal game is on - 25/02/2012 - 8:30
- More fuel tank rivetting - 3/3/2012 - 15h
- Fuel Tank Sealing - 25/03/2012 - 10h
- Right tank sealing - 21/04/2012 - 9h45
- Right wing tank work - 29/04/2012 - 16h
- Preparing for tank closing - 15/5/2012 - 6:30
- Fuel sender access port - 02/06/2012
- Closing the tanks - 03/06/2012
- Closing access plates - 10/6/2012 - 4h
- Tank wrap-up - 21/07/2012 - 5h
- Fuel tank leak test - 3/9/2012
- Right tank fuel leak test - 9/9/2012
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6. Ailerons
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7. Flaps
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8. Closing
- 16/02/2020 - Wing closing and inspection - 4.5H
- 20/02/2020 - right wing inner bottom skin - 6h
- 22+23/2/2020 - Rivetting right wing inner bottom skin - 5h
- 28/2/2020 - drill out inner aileron bracket - 2,5h
- 29/02/2020 - closing left wing inner skin and inspection - 5h30
- 02/03/2020 - Pitot mast reinforcement - 2h
- 05/03/2020 - Pitot tubing work and some rivetting - 4h
- 07/03/2020 - Left wing inner bottom skin closing - 4h
- 18/04/2020 - Rivetting, pitot line and some touchup work - 3h
- 19/04/2020 - Pitot line support bracket - 3h30
- 20/04/2020 - pitot line final and rivetting aileron hinge - 4h
- 21/04/2020 - rivetting bottom skin - 2h
- 22/04/2020 - Rivetting left wing outer bottom skin + small tasks - 4h
- 23/04/2020 - left wind outer skin rivetting (cntd) - 3h
- 25/04/2020 - rivetting left wing bottom skin final - 5h
- 28/04/2020 - flap brace rivetting and pitot mast -
- 01/05/2020 - Right aileron bracket - 2h
- 04/05/20020 - Right wing closing 1 - 3h
- 05/05/20020 - Right wing closing 2 - 3h
- 06/05/20020 - Right wing closing 3 - 3h
- 07/05/20020 - Right wing closing 4 - 1h
- 09/05/20020 - Right wing closing 4 - 2h
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9. Wing mating
- 11/05/2020 - Measuring the terrace as apron parking space - 2h
- 12/05/2020 - Moving the plane out of the garage and attach wings - 5h
- 15/05/2020 - Mating wings, measure, measure and more measure - 8h
- 17/05/2020 - More measuring mating wings - 8h
- 19/05/2020 - Drilled the holes mating the wings - 10h
- 20/05/2020 - Bottom skin pairing and wing root fairing drilling - 5h
- 21/05/2020 - wing root fairing top side drilling - 5h
- 22/05/2020 - Adjusting flap gap with fuselage - 2h
- 23/05/2020 - aligned right aileron, start flap actuator hole - 4h
- 25/05/2020 - Fuel tank attach bracket - 5h15
- 26/05/2020 - flap actuator hole, stick rigging - 7h30
- 27/05/2020 - checking measurements and finalising flap holes - 3h
- 30/05/2020 - a visitor
- 02/06/2020 - bending fuel line - 4h
- 04/07/2020 - Moving back inside - 5h
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Wing
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How to use
Use the kit buttons in the top ribbon bar to see a chronological overview per sub section per kit. For the full chronological article list, see chronological build link in prelude menu here below. The easiest way to lookup information is by typing in some part numbers or keywords using the search option in the ribbon bar
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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