Rolled the "Canoe"! Short video, too.

BSwayze · Post by **BSwayze** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:41 pm

Well, at long last, I finally rolled the fuselage over for my RV-7A. This isn't a Hollywood quality production, but I'm fortunate to have a 26-second video of the milestone. Thanks to my son Daniel for the helping hand, and my daughter-in-law Andria for running the camera. And thanks to all my sons, Luke, Paul, and Daniel and Jamie's son Jesse for help with riveting over the last few weeks. The riveting sessions were often short and sporadic (everyone is so busy around here!) but we got 'er done!

Here's the YouTube video clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp1mi9BAJac

Before and after flipping it over.

More pictures and comments here:
http://www.europa.com/~swayze/RV-7A/Fus ... 90812.html

airguy · Post by **airguy** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:49 pm

It's funny - somebody outside the homebuilt airplane world would look at that and think "So? What's the big deal?", while those of us "in the business" recognize a major milestone accomplished.

It is said that only one tenth of one percent of the population earns a private pilots license. A very small fraction of that pilot population embarks upon a project such as experimental amateur built - and an even smaller subset of that population gets this far with their kit before giving up - much less finishing it. We truly are in a small club.

Good job!

rv7garage · Post by **rv7garage** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:07 pm

Congratulations, Bruce! Maybe in 2 years or so, I'll be where you are now, heh-heh. Keep it up!

Post by **Spike** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:59 am

Most Excellent!!

dons · Post by **dons** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:44 pm

Congrats Bruce, another milestone on the completed side!