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Absolutely,

Cowl work is almost complete, airfilter almost done and the installation of a landing light in the cowl complete.


The engine is now off and ready to be sent in for rebuild, got some intersection fairings to do,then tidy up electrical, then pack the fuselage off to the hanger.

All in all a lot of progress.

Bring the wings in from the hanger, sort out wingtips, electrical and lighting, fit the final skin underneath each wing. Wings to hanger, fit check incidences, Fit empennage, check incidences and then off to paint. Oh, sort out electronic ignition.

Whilst that happens, upholstery and CAA paperwork.

Seems simple.

Build on.....
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So after a slow down as a result of real work, we decided to move the fuselage to the hangar and get the wings into the workshop so I would have something to do over the lockdown. Theo took the wingtips, fibreglass stuff and will be sorting out the lights.
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That is it for now, build on....

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Well done guys - it is now looking like an RV10 =D>
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Hey! Why so quiet here? Already lockdown day 3 and still nothing.. :?
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So wings almost done, one or two big riveting sessions and we will be there.
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Engine also ready once we get to level 3.
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Strange washing you okes have on those lines :D
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Jan wrote: Wed May 27, 2020 5:41 pm Strange washing you okes have on those lines :D
I don't understand it, the missus came out shouting when I started spraying near her undies. I spent the night in the garage. Most strange.
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So it is done. First flight 28 July 2023.

4 small snags, all to do with instrumentation, flies beautifully, no trim needed. So we built her straight.
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,,,,what a success story again - well done and 1000s more happy hours.

Just check the date of first flight - says 28 N0v 2023????
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V5 - LEO wrote: Tue Aug 08, 2023 9:37 am ,,,,what a success story again - well done and 1000s more happy hours.

Just check the date of first flight - says 28 N0v 2023????
Fixed it 28 July, the 7 flew on 25 Nov 2013, so now another date to remember.

Vans certainly put together a phenomenal kit.

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Congratulations for completing the project, that last 10% is certainly character building. :D

Now enjoy an absolutely awesome machine, hopefully you can keep the engine cool during the run-in period.
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