Inventory and started working on wings!

So my wife and I started today by completing the inventory on all the hardware and parts for the wing kit.  We just counted the parts and the bags of hardware.  I do not count each nut and bolt in each bag.  I just look at them and if they look about right then that is good enough.  A missing nut or screw here and there is not a deal breaker and not going to make or break this project.  I would rather spend my hours building vs counting every screw or nutplate.

All the parts and bags were accounted for. 

Next I got started with the spars.  These things are over 12' long and heavy!  Love the beautiful gold anodizing!  Amazing workmanship on these things!

 Important to know which side is fore and aft and which is top and bottom!  Don't want to make a mistake so I marked them on all four sides for easy ID!

 Next I deburred and finished the edges on the wing spar extensions.

 Did the same on the wing spar extension doubler plates.

 I then cleco'ed the extensions to the spars using the doubler plates.  I marked all 8 of them and their location.
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 Then match drilled them all together. 

 Then I marked the 4ea J stiffener's @ 92.25"

 And cut them on the bandsaw.

 Next I marked 4 more J stiffeners @ 53.75".

 And cut them on the bandsaw.

Finally I spent some time deburring them and rounding the corners.

Storing Tail Cone and Emp Parts

So yesterday I totally disassembled the emp parts from the tail cone and loaded them in the truck and transported them to the hangar for storage.

Everything made the trip with no damage or lost parts :)

When I get time, I need to hang the parts up out of the way and get a table to leave the tail cone on to help prevent damage.  The cheap harbor freight blankets will do for now.

Oshkosh!

We blast off to Osh tomorrow morning.  No airplane building until we return all recharged with tons of vitamin RV!

Wings have arrived!

So the wings finally arrived.  Vans missed their lead time and projection a little bit and it took a few extra days for ABF to decide to deliver my kit so this added up to about 3 extra weeks I was not expecting for lead time.

ABF canceled delivery three days in a row and ended up delivering my kit at about 7PM on a day where they claimed the delivery would take place between 9-5. 

When the truck finally arrived, I found that the spar box was in great shape but the other crate was busted open, missing part of the lid, bottom panel pulled loose, two metal bands missing, and the skids on the bottom broken off.

Thanks ABF!  You are now officially 0 for 3 kits (RV7 kits included) that you managed to deliver to be without severely damaging the crate!

 At first I figured there was no way that the contents would be intact and or not damaged.  Much to my surprise it appears that everything is still in there!  I have to do a complete inventory to be sure but it is looking good so far.

 Those beautiful spars are like airplane porn!

After pulling everything out and getting a look at it, all the parts seem to be undamaged.  The skins are OK  and while I still need to do a complete inventory to make sure nothing fell out, it looks like I got lucky!

Still waiting on wings!

So I really got behind the kit lead time curve on this one....

Van's lead times seem to be higher than what I am used to and they missed their estimate a bit.  Also the freight company is taking their sweet time getting the kit to me.

Hopefully I will get my wing kit tomorrow.

Still awaiting wings.....

Wing kit was suppose to be crated last week and I had hoped to be shipped by week end.  Still has not shipped as of today.  Best advice is order early as you can.  The lead times seem to be long right now!

Waiting on wings

I did not die.....

Just waiting on the wing kit to arrive.

I made the final payment today and crating is scheduled for the 6/17/19.

I have a couple more things I can do to the tail kit but I am dragging my feet.  Vacation next week so no progress will happen till after.

Later gator!


Oh,

I did forget to post these pics of me drilling the elevator horns:

 Temp installed the left elevator.  Sanded down the drill bushing and put it in the center bearing.

 Used it to drill the left elevator horn.

 Switched sides and drilled the right elevator horn.

 Then I upsized the hole to almost 1/4" and then final reamed the hole to exactly 1/4" on both sides.

 Deburred the holes.

Deburred the other side.