OK, the net has been busy with Red Oak messages here lately so here is change of pace. BTW, after attending several gathering and host it twice, I must say, if you are interested in the KR airplane or simply want to hang out with some great people who share similar interests, do not miss the gathering. Just get ready to start building, or get back to building, when you leave:-)
I am going to have to miss this years gathering. I am on the staff of a AAAA high school football team. My commitments to that endeavor preclude me from attending. Have a great time. OK, let the slideshow begin.........this has been a fun week. Here is a shot from the front. It's all come together. http://rvflying.tripod.com/fus1.jpg One from the back http://rvflying.tripod.com/fus2.jpg A neat one through the firewall recess......notice the armrests:-) http://rvflying.tripod.com/fus3.jpg And finally............I GOT TO MAKE AIRPLANE NOISES!! http://rvflying.tripod.com/fus4.jpg I got my fuselage kit on July 2 and have missed out on about 10 days of building, not including the 6 days for Oshkosh. I will end up having my fuselage to the quickbuild stage in less than 2 months (a savings of $3500)............did I mention.............I have the "slow build" variety:-) You gotta love it. Although most builders have the fuselage upside down at this stage, it has been much easier for me to build it rightside up and just lean over, instead of crawl under. I used two sawhorses and an adjustable roller as my third sawhorse. When I got it all together I put the Smart Level on it. From firewall to aft bulkhead it was 2/10 of a degree out. A rear deck is installed later and is used to "straighen things up". I'm not sure I can do any better than 2/10 of a degree with a drill and rivets, I'm going to try though:-) After this I fabricated two false spars and bolted those onto the center carrythrough, put casters on the bottom and stood in on it's "gear" for the first time. In the pictures above. the top longeron is sitting 6/10 of a degree tail low for level flight attitude. I'll remove the casters and adjust the tail height when I get to the stage of installing the wings for incidence setting. I plan on a good weekend of work with final drilling, removal, deburring, dimpling, priming and reassembly. By next weekend, I'll have it all riveted together. Dana Overall 1999 & 2000 National KR Gathering host. Richmond, KY RV-7 slider/fuselage Finish kit ordered!! Buying Instruments http://rvflying.tripod.com do not archive _________________________________________________________________ Enter for your chance to IM with Bon Jovi, Seal, Bow Wow, or Mary J Blige using MSN Messenger http://entertainment.msn.com/imastar
