1.3 hrs
Started fitting aft canopy hold down blocks. Drill left C677 to longeron.
Van's RV-9A in Aurora
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Flying! 8/28/2011
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Van's RV-9A in Aurora
Flying! 8/28/2011
Photo by E. Menezes
Follow along as Chip skins his knuckles to finally have his own plane.
Van's RV-9A in Aurora
Flying! 8/28/2011
Build Stats
Total Time: 2596 Hrs
Other Time: 107 Hrs
Rivets set: 17111
N207LT is flying!
Hobbs Time: 700 Hrs
Other Time: 107 Hrs
Rivets set: 17111
N207LT is flying!
Hobbs Time: 700 Hrs
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Photo by E. Menezes
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- Canopy (2)
- Elevator start (1)
- Finish Kit (1)
- Fuselage "finished". (1)
- Fuselage Started (1)
- FWF (1)
- Horizontal Stabilizer (1)
- HS Done (1)
- Rudder complete (1)
- Rudder Start (1)
- Tools (1)
- Vertical Stabilizer (1)
- VS Done (1)
- Why? (1)
- Wing fabrication done (1)
- Wing Kit (1)
Blog Archive
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2010
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August
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- 1.2 hrsCut the steel cowling hinge pin in half to ...
- 1.2 hrsSince I was wondering about the engine moun...
- 7 hrs.Continue fitting cowling.Scallop upper cowli...
- 6 hrsFinished installing canopy pin hold down bloc...
- 1.3 hrsStarted fitting aft canopy hold down blocks...
- 2 hrsFinish fitting the canopy latch. For a seemin...
- .8 hrsContinue fitting canopy latch. Trim latch ha...
- .9 hrsContinued fitting the canopy latch. Trimmed...
- 2.5 hrsMisc. canopy and cowling work.Deburr roller...
- Sika notes
- 5 hrs, 24 rivetsMake nutplate strips for canopy ra...
- 2.3 hrs.Just finished watching "The Aviator", rele...
- .8 hrsStarted making the canopy rail nutplate stri...
- 1.2 hrsTrimmed the lower corners of the cowling at...
- 1 hrMasked, primed, and painted inside turtle deck...
- SikaFlex!
- 5 hrsSpent some time during the week on the cowlin...
- 1.4 hrsTrimming on the upper cowl with sandpaper, ...
- 2 hrsPlaced the order for SikaFlex on Friday from ...
- 3 hrsTrim windscreen to final size.Make PVC spacer...
- .7 hrsBought a new garden hose at home depot, then...
- 1.2 hrsCleaned up the windscreen aft edge and star...
- The Big Cut!
- 5 hrsContinued cutting the canopy. Used a unibit t...
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August
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