Wanna see where the 10,000th rivet is set?

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:51 pm

Look all the way towards the tail...the seventh one from the end is number 10,000 (at least on my airplane).

(don't look too hard, you can't see it in this pic...)

The other side is done too!!

On to the center section!

svanarts · Post by **svanarts** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:53 pm

Cool! You've got a big silver boat in your garage! Don't it look perty!

dons · Post by **dons** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:21 am

Rivet 10,000, Wow Chad, that's great ... the 10,000th rivet that is, I don't know about the part of keeping track that closely

. Acutally, I think it's neat that you have kept track and know exactly how many are in each section. About 2/3 of the rivets installed, that must be quite a sense of accomplishment, way to go, looks great!

Womack2005 · Post by **Womack2005** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:29 pm

Chad, we were talking the other day here about how many rivets there are in a -7 kit. Do you have an approximate number for the whole kit?

RV7Factory · Post by **RV7Factory** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:42 pm

Sweet!

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:43 pm

Womack2005 wrote:Chad, we were talking the other day here about how many rivets there are in a -7 kit. Do you have an approximate number for the whole kit?

No clue. BUT, we'll know when I'm done!!

I've heard anywhere from 14,000 to 17,000. So, I figure at this point, I'm ABOUT two thirds of the way done with riveting, and one third of the way done with the airplane.

svanarts · Post by **svanarts** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:01 pm

Wait... you're ACTUALLY counting rivets? I thought it was just a metaphor for all the work you've put in on your plane.

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:22 pm

Chad, looking great! You've caught up to me. Hopefully I wil be able to get back on task in the next few weeks. I thought the aft fuselage was a fun area to work on. You get a great bigh piece and it goes pretty fast. Now the center section is a litle different stoty! Lots of parts.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:35 pm

svanarts wrote:Wait... you're ACTUALLY counting rivets? I thought it was just a metaphor for all the work you've put in on your plane.

YEP!! Here's the page where I keep track...

http://www.chadandbrittne.com/Numbers.htm

svanarts · Post by **svanarts** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:31 pm

Dude, you've got a disease.

And I mean that will all affection and respect.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:34 am

I know.

My curiousity gets the best of me at times, and this is one of those things that I just have to know.

TomNativeNewYorker · Post by **TomNativeNewYorker** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:29 am

Have you figured out the ratio percentage of time worked vs time spent counting rivetss?

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:50 am

Tom, I thought of you yesterday as I was driving home from the airport...I saw an SUV with the license plate "NY NATV" on it!

allbee · Post by **allbee** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:11 pm

Ok, now you've done it, you put some negative thoughts on my brain with the 10000 rivits that I have put in so far. Hummmmmm... I guess I'll just have to get some positive things into my brain, going flying, see ya.

TomNativeNewYorker · Post by **TomNativeNewYorker** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:11 pm

cjensen wrote:Tom, I thought of you yesterday as I was driving home from the airport...I saw an SUV with the license plate "NY NATV" on it!

Wasnt me, I drive a stolen SUV

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:15 pm

Well, I won't tell anybody! I didn't think you'd have Illinois plates anyway...

TomNativeNewYorker · Post by **TomNativeNewYorker** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:18 pm

A few weeks ago, the subject of the amount of rivets I have installed over my career came up. Since i never really kept track, I had to take an educated guess based on various mods i have done and and estimate of the rivets used for each mod.

A conservative estimate not including the many extra overtime hours and day should put me in the million rivet club. No wonder I dont do very well on hearing tests! LOL

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:02 pm

HUH!?!

What?

CJ

1:1_Scale · Post by **1:1_Scale** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:23 pm

cjensen wrote:I know. My curiousity gets the best of me at times, and this is one of those things that I just have to know.

So is your OCD bad enough that if I count a few more rivets than you on mine a few years down the road, are you going to go back and try to find where you missed some?

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:01 am

HA!

Nah, I'll be content with my count...