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Our website
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:37 am
by pgroell
Have a look here :
http://www.notreavion.net
We're building a RV7A.
And you could try to improve (learn) french as the website comes in two flavors.
Pascal
Wings in progress
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:12 pm
by Spike
Done, and welcome!! Good to see a new member, especially from another continent
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:06 pm
by John Courte
http://stjohn.openbar.com/airplane
go back a couple of months for pics.. Camera's had a flat battery since June.
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:56 pm
by rv6ejguy
The site for my completed RV6A
http://www.sdsefi.com/air9.html
For my -10 under construction
http://www.sdsefi.com/air46.htm
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:52 am
by Spike
Thanx Ross, Ill add them to the builder's resources.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:29 pm
by airguy
Wow - old thread, time to resurrect it.
I'm building a 9A in W. Texas, slowbuild. Currently working on the fuel tanks.
http://websites.expercraft.com/airguy/
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:10 pm
by cjensen
Good to see ya here Greg!
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:04 pm
by JohnR
Greg, Welcome to Rivetbangers. You will find a good group of enthusiast here.
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:43 am
by Spike
Welcome, glad to have you
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:45 am
by smittysrv
Welcome Pascal!
I can read your entries on your constructions now! Check out:
http://www.freetranslation.com/
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:19 am
by f14rio
Spike... I would imagine you already got my website through my signature.. but if you haven't here it is:
http://www.rv7x.com
Thanks!
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:40 pm
by matt_sturgis
www.mattsairplane.com
Just starting out with my -7
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:38 am
by cjensen
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:52 pm
by BSwayze
Matt,
Welcome to the greatest hobby on earth! Nice website, too! I looked at all your photos and your progress. Great job! Mind if I offer a couple of minor suggestions?
Conventional technique for aircraft riveting is to put the factory manufactured head of the rivet on the thinner of the two pieces being riveted together, whenever possible. I'm not suggesting that you drill out all those rivets on your HS spar, but it's something to keep in mind going forward.
One of the most common things seen with a new builder is under-dimpling. Under-dimpling results in those large shallow depressions around each dimple, kind of like a big moon crater. You see them when the reflection of the light is just right. The way to flatten them out and get a nice crisp, flush dimple is to screw the ram on your DRDT dimpler down some more. Mine hits or "bottoms out" before the arm is even pushed all the way down, even BEFORE any aluminum part is inserted for dimpling. When I'm dimpling, you can actually see the big beam deflecting or bending up a bit under all the pressure. That's what you want. I hit each hole twice; once to form the dimple and I "slam" it down the second time to really form and shape the dimple. I'm getting awesome results this way. Experiment with this on some scrap. You'll see the difference.
My first technical counselor visit revealed all of this to me, because I was doing the same thing... under dimpling everything I was doing. I wish I had known sooner, because my horizontal stabilizer might look a little nicer today. The rest of my dimples since then look great.
Good luck on the project... and have fun! You'll find a great bunch of guys here eager to help you and encourage you along the way.
Bruce
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:33 pm
by Bob Barrett
Welcome! I am located in Sartell,Minnesot just North of St. Cloud, Minnesota, which is named after St. Cloud France. I have completed my RV-6A and hope to have my test pilot come back from Florida and fly it in the in early May. The test pilot winters in Florida and won't come back until it warms up. Again welcome to the site and hope to meet you sometime!
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:05 pm
by matt_sturgis
Thanks guys for the welcome!!
Chad,
I found your site along with Mike B's a while go. Both sites helped me finally take the plunge! I also used them as a good way to show my wife just what I was getting in to.
Bruce,
Thanks for the great advice! I'm glad you gave it when you did, since I am just about to skin the HS. I will redimple everything a second time with the DRDT.
BTW, if any one is wondering. The header photo on my site of the runway, was taken while landing in Manzanillo, Mexico (camera on a mini tripod with the timer set.) Being parallel to the beach, you get some crazy crosswinds!!
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:15 am
by cjensen
Good deal Matt! Glad you were able to get started!
Keep us posted with you progress with pics, and ask any question you need to!
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:39 pm
by dons
Welcome Matt, you are really going to enjoy this process if you are like most people that start. Keeping at it for the long haul is the challenge.
What Bruce said is so right. I too way under dimpled my HS, but after figuring out how to work the DRDT-2, I did drill out every rivet, do the dimpling again, and put it back together, took a weekend total. Here is something I wrote that backs up what Bruce says above with a couple of pictures.
Using the DRDT-2
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:53 pm
by matt_sturgis
dons wrote:Welcome Matt, you are really going to enjoy this process if you are like most people that start. Keeping at it for the long haul is the challenge.
What Bruce said is so right. I too way under dimpled my HS, but after figuring out how to work the DRDT-2, I did drill out every rivet, do the dimpling again, and put it back together, took a weekend total. Here is something I wrote that backs up what Bruce says above with a couple of pictures.
Using the DRDT-2
Thanks Don,
Your write up is very helpful. Can you tell me more about the scale you attached to your DRDT-2?