Building a Vans RV7-A 65-85 thousand

jim_geo · Post by **jim_geo** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 2:29 am

Getting to roll it out the door for the first time; Priceless.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:54 am

Sweet Jim! That is a priceless pic!

You did a QB fuselage, correct?

jim_geo · Post by **jim_geo** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 12:54 pm

Yup, It's a QB and and it has the little wheel in the front. For me it was the right choice.

svanarts · Post by **svanarts** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:32 pm

Congrats Jim! That IS the beauty of these planes. You build the one you want. Enjoy your nosewheel!

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:20 pm

Nice Jim!

A $90,000 experiment, huh?

Isn't that cool!

CJ

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:28 pm

Looking good Jim! The little wheel on the front is right for me also.

Wicked Stick · Post by **Wicked Stick** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:21 pm

I wonder if all this talk about the wheel up front being the right choice for you guys is making weathervane rethink his choices again.

Way to go Jim. I'm getting ready to align and drill my Grove Airfoil'd gear legs onto my 8 in the coming weeks if I can ever get out from a pile of work I have been busy with lately.

jim_geo · Post by **jim_geo** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:37 am

Hey Dave how ya doin? I want to see some pictures of that landing gear it sounds cool.

Wicked Stick · Post by **Wicked Stick** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:06 am

I'm doing great Jim, thanks for asking.

The gear definately was an expensive hunk of aluminun, but it will save me weight over the steel gear. The other advantage is the brake lines are "gun drilled" inside the legs so there's no chance of leakage/breaks like an external line. These are also the air foil shape gear, so I won't have to wrap the fiberglass fairings around them.

Once I get them hung, I'll be sure to take and post a pick for ya.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:19 am

Wicked Stick wrote:I wonder if all this talk about the wheel up front being the right choice for you guys is making weathervane rethink his choices again.

That'd be a big NEGATIVE!