HI Chad I was anxious about the whole thing but to be quite honest it was a breeze thank the Lord ! I had taken abit of advice from a 3rd time RV builder who said all you need to do is have the process clear in your mind and if you do hit a problem be absolutley sure what you are trying to achieve I...

Hello I had a memorable weekend on the project in fact its carrying on for a couple more. Friday night I transported my fuselage and wings to Rotherham, where a friend of mine has a large industrial unit with enough space for mating the wings. Having levelled the fuse laterally and longitudinally, I...

Hey i started the same time as Jamie Painter and he is already a year + in front of me. i don't care how long it takes, because i know for a fact that when this Bird is ready to fly i will want another.

I took a long time preparing to bend the trim tab on the elevator and made a half decent job, better than some RV'S I have looked at. I read some where that some owners leave the trim slightly up or down when parked so the un even gap is not so obvious. When I hooked up the Trim tab to the elevator ...

Heres another shot of the switch plates for what its worth !

Hi The switch panel i had made up from a company called Front panel express. What you have to do is down load a Design programme and e-mail you order The company has two offices one in the US and one in Germany I paid £42 or for you guys in the states $ 83 For that I got switch /circuit breaker and ...

Hi Chad

CJ is right one conduit is for the wiring and one is for the coax's They are not secured in position yet,

Hi Chad
I Know what you mean, but this airplane is on a budget so
got to go with steam this time round; but my next RV is
going to be full of the latest stuff..... Just don't tell my wife !!

I have the standard VFR panel from Vans I like the idea of a cd player but dont have much room left ! Maybe
i can squeeze in an mp3 ?

Hi Scott

Go to Dan's web site
http://www.rvproject.com/
Click on "wrap up work" section and then click on December 28th 2003

Dan has posted a couple of pictures and an explanation...
It worked for me

Regrads

Mark

Hi Guys Found an answer for the flap position sensor Tim gave me his idea Thanks Tim ! :) Go to his web page http://www.go-7.co.uk/build/2006/may06/22may06.htm The cost of the sensor $33 and the LED $89 The sensor for the RV-7 is POS 12 Ray Allen also supplys the multi core wire you will need. When ...

Hi Guys Has any one fitted a Ray Allan flap position sensor? I want to order the sensor and LED indicator but i am unsure which sensor to order. There are three available all with different lengths of travel. 0.5" 0.7" 1.2" These are given by part number POS-5, POS-7, POS-12 Secondly, if any one has...

Hi Bill Know exactly what you mean, I went for a ride in G-KELS the first RV-7 to be completed here in England by John Kelsal. John installed a 200hp Lycoming and went on to win the Schneider Trophy air race in it. Any ways that was three and half years ago and im now at the finishing kit stage and ...

Hi Bob Thanks for your information; I know there are some differences between the 6 & 7. Although I only have experience with building the 7 Having only posted this question a couple of days ago I have now got some good ideas on how I think I want to do this. My main idea is to run it through the ce...

Hi Guys
I have been working on the cabin systems this week and completed the static line.
Has any one got any advice about routing the pitot line through the fuse,
or actual pictures

Hi yeah i remeber around ten months ago joining the two halfs of the fuse, thinking prety much the same ........ Dont worry when you have rivited in the lonegrons / side skins and then finaly rivet the aft deck this thing becomes very stong and ridgid indeed. Just make sure when you rivet the aft de...

Mark, I ran mine thru the vertical stab just above the center hinge point where I drilled a 1/2 in hole for the wire, and then ran the wire down the rudder thru a slot I cut in the rudder L.E. and down to the lower faring then back to the tail light in the faring. I protected the wire with some lin...

RVNewsletter wrote:RVAtor had an article on this awhile back. IN fact, I stuck some pix in the very firstRV Builder's Hotline. and I stuck a pdf of the article in the Yahoogroup file section.

Thanks for the info and link

Cheers

Hi Dan

Thanks for the advice, sounds a good way to me

Hi Guy’s

Has anyone got any idea on how /where to pass the wiring harness through the vertical stab, for the rear tail light on the rudder?
Scratching my head with this one!