After priming I can start today with assembling and riveting. My dad still had an armor steel plate from the army (he retired decades ago). It’s 8mm thick and I can use MDF to embed it so I get a nice back-rivet table. The back-rivet results are prefect. Which makes […]
First time I used a paint spray gun. Was easier than I thought it would be, however I need two coatings, because it doesn’t cover in one coat. Not sure if I have the settings wrong of my gun or if I need to use less reducer. I created some […]
The second part of the RV Training project consists of building a short section of control surface. The plans mentioned using the 12″ drill, however since the control surface itself is small a misunderstood it as a #12 drill. Since that hole needs a AN4126AD3-4 rivet, there is no way […]
With the Empennage kit, I also ordered the RV Training project. This small sample project consists of two tasks that allow you to get familiar with the documentation style of Van’s, the materials in the kits and your tooling. Turns out following the plans and riveting looks easier on YouTube […]
Today the Isham Oshkosh Full RV Tool Kit cleared customs at Schiphol Airport. So I dashed off to Oude Meer (old Fokker terrain) to get the boxes from the warehouse. After unpacking and taking inventory, I can start cleaning up the tools. The DRDT-2 needs to be assembled and the […]
I’ve targeted our (unused) horse stables as the place to build my RV-7. At the beginning of the summer it looked like this. Some stuff, such as the trailer and the lawn mower need to go to the garage (so my car will be parked on the drive way the […]