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Thursday, June 14, 2012

Ordered wing kit today!

The wing kit should arrive in about 10 weeks.


RV-7


Wing kit:

A lot going on in there...

 

I was debating ordering the quick build wings but instead I decided to build the majority of the wings myself and have the fuel tanks built by a specialist (I spoke with him and he said he has built over 400 RV wing tanks). This should save me approximately 150 to 200 hours (equivalent to about 3 months of work at my 60 hour per month target).

I did get a few extras for the fuel tanks such as an inverted fuel pickup for one tank (for aerobatic flight) and some deluxe fuel caps (just because).

Fuel tank bling...
 

I also ordered a handy tool today:

Pneumatic cleco gun
 

 

This is an inexpensive air powered tool for placing and removing the temporary cleco fasteners that are heavily used in the wing and all other aspects of the build.

Hopefully I will have to do less of this: