Status Brantel #72823

dons · Post by **dons** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:10 pm

Wow! Congrats!

allbee · Post by **allbee** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:17 pm

AH! finish kit arrives by noon tomorrow.

Brantel · Post by **Brantel** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:25 pm

I just picked up my fuse kit!!!!

The crate bottom is curved open on one end and I can see skins in there. Hopefully when I get it home I will find no damage.

Those ABF freight people stink! I walked into the terminal and see my crate standing longways on its end. $$$ signs and arrows pointing sideways. Who knows how many times it has been toppled over.

They trashed my wing kit boxes as well. For the finish kit, I am going to request a different carrier. (Who knows they all may be the same)

At any rate, Fuse is here

RV7Factory · Post by **RV7Factory** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:34 pm

ABF Sucks! They delivered a shed last month and their truck dripped oil all over our concrete and slate driveway. Grrrrrr!!!!

I've had all my kits delived by FedEx frieght and have never had an issue, but I am also a lot closer to Van's than most.

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:00 pm

My finish kit was supposed to get here last week but I talked with Partain today and it will be a week or so yet. He ended up hauling a bunch of stuff to Osh for the manufacturers. Put him behind a little. At least I'm not really needing it yet.

All of my other kits I had shipped AFB and had no problems to speak of. This time I decide to use Partain and see how that went.

allbee · Post by **allbee** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:12 am

My finish kit arrived and was delivered by fedx, in fact all my stuff has come fedx and they are great, the driver was so careful and there was not a scratch on the box anywhere. They did a great job.

Brantel · Post by **Brantel** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:20 am

All parts of firewall fabricated, ready to drill!

TomC · Post by **TomC** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:37 pm

Hey Brantel,

Here's one watch out. When drilling holes in the empenage and wings, I got in the habit of drilling the hole and then wiping off the shavings with my fingers. When I began the firewall, I did the same thing. I then wondered where all the red paint came from. It was blood. The stainless burrs are very sharp.

Good Luck,

Brantel · Post by **Brantel** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:58 am

TomC wrote:Hey Brantel,

Here's one watch out. When drilling holes in the empenage and wings, I got in the habit of drilling the hole and then wiping off the shavings with my fingers. When I began the firewall, I did the same thing. I then wondered where all the red paint came from. It was blood. The stainless burrs are very sharp.

Good Luck,

Thanks for the tip! I already drilled all the firewall holes and luckily, I did not cut myself yet

I have pretty rough hands but every now and then I cut them. Hole burs seem to be the easiest way to make blood.

tmbg · Post by **tmbg** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:42 am

trying to squeeze my hands in between wing ribs proved to be a good way to test how thoroughly I deburred the rib edges

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:14 am

Great pic Ian!!

I sliced my fingers on the firewall the same way Tom did...BE CAREFUL!! It hurts!

RV7Factory · Post by **RV7Factory** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:53 pm

Said in my best Monty Python voice... It's just a flesh wound!

Brantel · Post by **Brantel** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:11 am

Firewall done and moving on to the F-704 bulkhead...

I am doing the "only prime hidden faying surfaces on the cabin interior" approach.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:30 pm

Brantel wrote:I am doing the "only prime hidden faying surfaces on the cabin interior" approach.

Brantel, Good call!

CJ

Brantel · Post by **Brantel** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:47 am

F-704 done!

Brantel · Post by **Brantel** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:10 am

Finished the F-705 bulkhead... Man this is the bulkhead from hades. Every time you look at the print, there is something else to do or make for this bulkhead. Glad to be able to move on, this is a time sucker!

Also, not to break the tradition, I finally drilled my finger this weekend

As I was slightly reaming out a seat belt bracket hole, I was holding the bracket in one hand and drilling in another when the very sharp #12 bit jumped thru and hit my finger at about 2000 rpm.

Here is the damage:

Brantel · Post by **Brantel** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:17 am

Not much time to work on the plane lately

But I did get the rear baggage compartment bulkhead done!

Vacation next week!!!! Yeah!

Brantel · Post by **Brantel** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:11 am

Got the tail cone section clecoed together this weekend, completed J stiffeners, completed tailwheel spring mount prep and cuttout the lower rear skin for clearance. Ready to drill!

Brantel · Post by **Brantel** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:15 am

Anyone who has gone thru this knows that this is a great thing to be behind. Looks simple but man is it ever so not.....

Glad this is behind me! I thought getting the tank and leading edge ribs in was tough! NOT!

Anyway, Rear fuse all drilled and ready to take apart and debur/prime!

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:33 am

Yeah, that part SUCKS!! Brad just went thru it as well, and his sentiments will be the same.

Glad you got it done! Now all ya gotta do is get it back together after deburring and dimpling...

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Fuse is here!

Firewall moving along!

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