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Post subject: RV Talk Posted: 21 Jun 2016, 19:52 |
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Joined: 05/11/10 Posts: 12403 Post Likes: +11412 Location: Indiana
Aircraft: Cessna 185, RV-7
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I'm building some RV-8 parts in my garage.* I know there are many other BT'ers who are. Speak up! I know there are RV forums online, but BT is better than any of them for at least two reasons: real names and photo hosting. So, even if we only have one thread, it might be worth BT RV builders coming out for some mutual support and photo sharing. Here's mine: Attachment: 2016-06-06 20.01.16-1.jpg I'm working on the left (first) wing, finished laying out the skeleton and skins, procrastinating on the tanks. QB fuse ordered, won't be here till some time between Thanksgiving and Christmas . People tell me SB wings and QB fuselage is backwards, but it's what I've done. *I tell people I'm building parts so I don't have to estimate when the airplane will be finished. And if I quit before it flies, I'll just say I finished all of the parts I intended to build!
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Post subject: Re: RV Talk Posted: 21 Jun 2016, 19:59 |
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Joined: 02/13/10 Posts: 20120 Post Likes: +23597 Location: Castle Rock, Colorado
Aircraft: Prior C310,BE33,SR22
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I'm jealous, Stuart. The RV-8 is near the top -- or maybe at the top -- of the list of the most fun airplanes to fly on this Earth.. There are times when I really miss my -6. If only I could have 2 airplanes....
_________________ Arlen Get your motor runnin' Head out on the highway - Mars Bonfire
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Post subject: Re: RV Talk Posted: 21 Jun 2016, 21:19 |
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Joined: 09/16/10 Posts: 394 Post Likes: +175
Aircraft: B33
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As the owner of an "ultimate quick build" (bought from builder) RV8, I can tell you it is an absolute delight to fly. Actually one of my all-time favorites.
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Post subject: Re: RV Talk Posted: 21 Jun 2016, 21:38 |
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Joined: 05/11/10 Posts: 12403 Post Likes: +11412 Location: Indiana
Aircraft: Cessna 185, RV-7
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Username Protected wrote: Stuart I love the idea. How did you set up your shop air system? Did you go buy Vans suggested tool list or did you buy a set from a vendor? You must give us more! I just went to Lowe's and bought a compressor, not the oil-free kind. For tools, I bought the RV starter kit from Cleaveland Tools. It was enough for the tail, but I've added a pneumatic squeezer, a DRDT-2, and another 300 3/32" clecos for the wings. I got a band saw, drill press, and disc sander from Harbor Freight. They're all adequate, but barely. Twenty years ago, I started an RV-6. It was a terrible time of life for such a project. Since then, I've always felt like Van's and I had unfinished business. A year or so ago, we moved into a house with a big garage. I added heat and air, spent some time researching kits, and wound up with an RV-8. I have days where I'm not at work but I have to be available on short notice. I can't fly on those days, but an airplane project is perfect. The most important tools are experienced builders who're willing to help and a wife whose father spent evenings in his wood shop. It seems normal to her, so she's very encouraging.
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Post subject: Re: RV Talk Posted: 21 Jun 2016, 22:30 |
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Joined: 08/11/08 Posts: 2938 Post Likes: +1733 Location: Sacramento, CA KLHM
Aircraft: S35, RV-7
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Username Protected wrote: Quick build kit, I completed it in 2001. 700 hrs and still going. They are hard to beat economy, speed, and relatively cheap to maintain. Sometimes though I wish I had more seats like a S model Bonanza or later, but the RV8 meets 90 plus percent of my flying needs. Recently I've been considering selling my S35 and getting an RV 6 or 8..
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Post subject: Re: RV Talk Posted: 21 Jun 2016, 23:31 |
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Joined: 10/19/08 Posts: 1492 Post Likes: +1778 Location: Far West Texas
Aircraft: B58, C180, GL 2T1A-2
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I built an QB RV-8 to about 50% completion (with about 90% to finish, as we all know). I really enjoyed the learning process, to include the Zen of riveting, countersinking, precise drilling, etc. One day my IA informed me that a totally cherry Pitts was up for sale. I went to see it, and it was all over. I could fly "right now", instead of building for another 4 to 5 years. (At my age, it is something to consider). I sold the RV project, and became an acro and biplane addict. There is something totally cool about peeling the canopy back on the overhead break; looking for that ever-elusive perfect three-pointer. I love the Baron for famlily use, Buuut... I still miss the RV thing, and may own one someday. I kept the rivet gun, bucking bars, rivet squeezeer, and all the neat tools, which I still use. The picture 'splains.
Tom
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Post subject: Re: RV Talk Posted: 21 Jun 2016, 23:36 |
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Joined: 11/09/09 Posts: 3186 Post Likes: +4072 Location: KHII & KREI
Aircraft: RV6A, C182M
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My RV just hit 1200 hours on the Hobbs and it's the funnest airplane I've ever flown. Keep pounding those rivets, Stuart! Dave
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Post subject: Re: RV Talk Posted: 21 Jun 2016, 23:50 |
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Joined: 01/06/11 Posts: 2918 Post Likes: +1630 Location: Missouri
Aircraft: C-120 RV8
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I'm building an RV-8 also. I'm thinking I might set some sort of record for the slowest build in the history of mankind I think you did good buying the quick build fuse if the budget allowed. The -8 is the only model which utilizes gear towers in the fuse. This area gets very tight and in my opinion is the hardest part of the build so far. I have completed my wings and while time consuming they weren't all that difficult. I think it would be much more difficult to build the fuse without the skills learned while building the wings. Like the balance of the wings, the tanks are time consuming but not really all that difficult in the grand scheme of things. Get a Semco sealant gun. You won't regret it. Some of these are old pics. I don't seem to have a current fuselage pic on this computer. Robert
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