VS is happening
VS is happening
By posting this I'm breaking one of my own rules.
That is not to post anything of any part until it's done. It just looked so pretty sitting there I
had to share.
That is not to post anything of any part until it's done. It just looked so pretty sitting there I
had to share.
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Current Build: 2 years into a beautiful little girl
Current Build: 2 years into a beautiful little girl
i finished riveting the vs spar, front spar/ribs, cleco'd the skin on, and riveted the top and bottom of the vs! my dad and wife are busy today, so i can't finish it 'til tomorrow.
here's my work today:
i used my pneu squeezer for all but a few rivets today, and i'm getting the hang of this thing. i have to say, it's worth every penny to have one of these things!
here's my work today:
i used my pneu squeezer for all but a few rivets today, and i'm getting the hang of this thing. i have to say, it's worth every penny to have one of these things!
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Chad,
Told you that the squeezer was awesome! What kind of primer are you doing and what kind of motorcycle do you have?
Take care,
Jim
Told you that the squeezer was awesome! What kind of primer are you doing and what kind of motorcycle do you have?
Take care,
Jim
cjensen wrote:i used my pneu squeezer for all but a few rivets today, and i'm getting the hang of this thing. i have to say, it's worth every penny to have one of these things!
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NEWS FLASH!
Save those lightening hole cut outs from the VS Spar Dubblah!
The 1.5" ones will serve quite nicely as reinforcement plates when you add the extra Vapor Return lines into your fuel tanks (if you elect to do so)!
I just found this out today while rummaging around for parts. I came across these cutouts and the idea just "struck" me!
CJ
P.S. Nice work, Chad!
Save those lightening hole cut outs from the VS Spar Dubblah!
The 1.5" ones will serve quite nicely as reinforcement plates when you add the extra Vapor Return lines into your fuel tanks (if you elect to do so)!
I just found this out today while rummaging around for parts. I came across these cutouts and the idea just "struck" me!
CJ
P.S. Nice work, Chad!
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Garmin G3X with VP-X & a TMX-IO-360 with G3i
It's all over but the flying! 800+ hours in only 3 years!
Garmin G3X with VP-X & a TMX-IO-360 with G3i
It's all over but the flying! 800+ hours in only 3 years!
hey jim,
yeah, i'm really glad i bought one! and glad i bought it now to get used to it before i start on the wings. it definately would have made the HS easier!
for primer, i decided to use a rattle can self-etching primer-NAPA 7220. here in the midwest, corrosion is really not an issue, and i don't plan on moving out to one of the coasts, so this will work fine. i had a 1968 cherokee 180 with nothing but alclad inside, and it looked brand new!! it was a sight-seeing airplane early in it's life in florida, then went to ohio for the majority, then to me in illinois. that NAPA 7220 is really tough stuff!! sticks great, hard, doesn't scratch easily, and dries in about 4-5 minutes. a case of six cans cost me about $25.
that little motorcycle you see is actually my little fuel-efficient-drive-me-to-work-and-back-at-95mpg scooter! it's a 2005 yamaha zuma. i love it!! i used to ride a yamaha seca II 600 in college. that was a fun bike, but this little thing is a blast, and i can fill it up for about $3.50!! funny you ask that, cuz i was actually thinking about posting a pic of it today i didn't think it was in that pic, but i guess that camera pics up a little extra on the sides. you ride?
CJ,
i was thinking the same thing about the lightening hole cut outs! not for a specific use, but they look cool, and i thought that they might be useful for something. if nothing else, i'll make something with them and put my college degree to use for once (art degree!). thanks for the heads up on that!
yeah, i'm really glad i bought one! and glad i bought it now to get used to it before i start on the wings. it definately would have made the HS easier!
for primer, i decided to use a rattle can self-etching primer-NAPA 7220. here in the midwest, corrosion is really not an issue, and i don't plan on moving out to one of the coasts, so this will work fine. i had a 1968 cherokee 180 with nothing but alclad inside, and it looked brand new!! it was a sight-seeing airplane early in it's life in florida, then went to ohio for the majority, then to me in illinois. that NAPA 7220 is really tough stuff!! sticks great, hard, doesn't scratch easily, and dries in about 4-5 minutes. a case of six cans cost me about $25.
that little motorcycle you see is actually my little fuel-efficient-drive-me-to-work-and-back-at-95mpg scooter! it's a 2005 yamaha zuma. i love it!! i used to ride a yamaha seca II 600 in college. that was a fun bike, but this little thing is a blast, and i can fill it up for about $3.50!! funny you ask that, cuz i was actually thinking about posting a pic of it today i didn't think it was in that pic, but i guess that camera pics up a little extra on the sides. you ride?
CJ,
i was thinking the same thing about the lightening hole cut outs! not for a specific use, but they look cool, and i thought that they might be useful for something. if nothing else, i'll make something with them and put my college degree to use for once (art degree!). thanks for the heads up on that!
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I bet everyone here had (or still has) a bike!
Me? I had a Honda Nighthawk, Yamaha Virago and a Honda Sabre 1100 that was a SCREAMER!
I was just today thinking about a fuel efficieint mode of transportation, as the college class I am taking now is 150 miles round trip from my house!
It is funny how we all seem to save those funny litle cutouts! Thermos still has his! I guess we are all anal retentive!
CJ
Me? I had a Honda Nighthawk, Yamaha Virago and a Honda Sabre 1100 that was a SCREAMER!
I was just today thinking about a fuel efficieint mode of transportation, as the college class I am taking now is 150 miles round trip from my house!
It is funny how we all seem to save those funny litle cutouts! Thermos still has his! I guess we are all anal retentive!
CJ
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It's all over but the flying! 800+ hours in only 3 years!
Garmin G3X with VP-X & a TMX-IO-360 with G3i
It's all over but the flying! 800+ hours in only 3 years!
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VS Done
finished up the VS today! thanks to my dad for taking some time to come over this morning to help finish up. he's been busy this weekend with his home projects, but he knows how important this is to me...thanks dad!
here's the day's results:
on to the rudder!!
here's the day's results:
on to the rudder!!
VS looks good!
On the creeping thread note, I hit a pothole on a friend's scooter around the end of June; big chin laceration, smashed a tooth, broken finger, lots of road rash. Just got the k-wire out of my finger last week. All the DDS bills, ER bills, etc have been over $4K (being young and healthy, I have cheap high deductible insurance - which I thought I'd never need!!). Think of all the toys I could have bought with that!
The thing is, the single most expensive part (aside from the DDS charges !!) was the fee from the outpatient surgery center. I spent <20 minutes in the room, literally walked in and out with a gown over my clothes and my sleeve pulled up, no IV, etc - the bill for the room was 3900$. It is no wonder that healthcare is out of the reach of so many people in the USA.
How's that for thread creep?!?!
Thomas
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On the creeping thread note, I hit a pothole on a friend's scooter around the end of June; big chin laceration, smashed a tooth, broken finger, lots of road rash. Just got the k-wire out of my finger last week. All the DDS bills, ER bills, etc have been over $4K (being young and healthy, I have cheap high deductible insurance - which I thought I'd never need!!). Think of all the toys I could have bought with that!
The thing is, the single most expensive part (aside from the DDS charges !!) was the fee from the outpatient surgery center. I spent <20 minutes in the room, literally walked in and out with a gown over my clothes and my sleeve pulled up, no IV, etc - the bill for the room was 3900$. It is no wonder that healthcare is out of the reach of so many people in the USA.
How's that for thread creep?!?!
Thomas
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Chad,
Congrats on finishing the VS.
I use the same primer. Agree with your take, and since I will be moving to the midwest (hopefully) next spring, I concur.
I do ride. Last summer I bought a Honda CBR 600RR. Nice and lite, but wicked fast. I ride very conservativly, almost like a cruiser, but no matter how safe you are, it is still a dangerous hobby.
I used to ride my buddy's Yamaha Seca Turbo in high school. Had a hell of a kick when the turbo kicked in!
Hey, in a later post, you show your VS on its side. The thing that concerns me is that you have a tray of a hundred rivets sitting open. It is a good idea to keep them in an enclosed container. Want to know what it is like with hundreds of rivets on your floor?!? I bought some containers at HD that had a squeeze top to them. Kind of like the little change things banks used to give out. Somebody here posted a thread, but I can't find it. Makes things a whole lot less nervracking when you accidently hit a tray of rivets with your airhose.
Take care,
Jim
Congrats on finishing the VS.
I use the same primer. Agree with your take, and since I will be moving to the midwest (hopefully) next spring, I concur.
I do ride. Last summer I bought a Honda CBR 600RR. Nice and lite, but wicked fast. I ride very conservativly, almost like a cruiser, but no matter how safe you are, it is still a dangerous hobby.
I used to ride my buddy's Yamaha Seca Turbo in high school. Had a hell of a kick when the turbo kicked in!
Hey, in a later post, you show your VS on its side. The thing that concerns me is that you have a tray of a hundred rivets sitting open. It is a good idea to keep them in an enclosed container. Want to know what it is like with hundreds of rivets on your floor?!? I bought some containers at HD that had a squeeze top to them. Kind of like the little change things banks used to give out. Somebody here posted a thread, but I can't find it. Makes things a whole lot less nervracking when you accidently hit a tray of rivets with your airhose.
Take care,
Jim
cjensen wrote:...for primer, i decided to use a rattle can self-etching primer-NAPA 7220.
....that little motorcycle you see is actually my little fuel-efficient-drive-me-to-work-and-back-at-95mpg scooter! it's a 2005 yamaha zuma. i love it!! i used to ride a yamaha seca II 600 in college. that was a fun bike, but this little thing is a blast, and i can fill it up for about $3.50!! funny you ask that, cuz i was actually thinking about posting a pic of it today i didn't think it was in that pic, but i guess that camera pics up a little extra on the sides. you ride?
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