Welcome to my builder's log for N74HE, a Vans RV-7a. The log shows the latest recorded activity first so, if you want to start at the beginning, go to the bottom.
March 2012 Total: 81.9 hrs (1143.5 hrs to date)
03/29/2012 -- 14.0 hrs - Sanding & detail prep for inspection03/21/2012 -- 12.0 hrs - Sanding & more sanding with Bill & headphone jacks
03/15/2012 -- 11.5 hrs - Stow wiring and install baffling
03/13/2012 -- 10.0 hrs - Weigh the airplane
03/11/2012 -- 8.0 hrs - Install numbers and lots of little things
03/07/2012 -- 10.0 hrs - Torque wings and install stabilizers
03/05/2012 -- 14.4 hrs - Move airplane and install wings
03/03/2012 -- 6.5 hrs - Paint work and inspection
03/01/2012 -- 10.0 hrs - Fuselage prep for paint
February 2012 Total: 121.5 hrs (1061.6 hrs to date)
02/28/2010 -- 11.0 hrs - Installed steps and paint work02/25/2012 -- 15.0 hrs - Parking brake cable and canopy
02/19/2012 -- 11.5 hrs - Stow wiring and install baffling
02/17/2012 -- 14.0 hrs - More ffw and sanding and wiring
02/13/2012 -- 8.5 hrs - Oil cooler mount +
02/11/2012 -- 10.0 hrs - Mostly baffling and paint
02/07/2012 -- 12.0 hrs - Plenum fiberglass and continue painting
02/05/2012 -- 11.5 hrs - Paint prep and painting
02/03/2012 -- 13.0 hrs - More oil door and painting
02/01/2012 -- 15.0 hrs - Oil door, sanding, priming and painting
January 2012 Total: 88.5 hrs (940.1 hrs to date)
01/27/2010 -- 13.0 hrs - More paint prep w/Bill's time included01/26/2012 -- 15.0 hrs - Paint prep w/Bill's time included
01/24/2012 -- 7.5 hrs - Infinity grips and other wiring
01/23/2012 -- 8.0 hrs - More fairing work
01/21/2012 -- 8.5 hrs - Fairing work
01/18/2012 -- 6.5 hrs - Mostly firewall forward connections
01/13/2012 -- 7.5 hrs - Fitting flaps and steps
01/11/2012 -- 9.5 hrs - Fit the wing root fairings and incidental wing work
01/07/2012 -- 5.0 hrs - Drilled wings to set incidence
01/05/2012 -- 8.0 hrs - Set up wings for temporary installation
February 2011 Total: 14.0 hrs (851.6 hrs to date)
02/21/2011 -- 6.0 hrs - Firewall forward fuel work02/15/2011 -- 8.0 hrs - Build inflation access doors for wheel fairings
January 2011 Total: 38.1 hrs (837.6 hrs to date)
01/20/2011 -- 18.0 hrs - (2 days) Prep and fit canopy frame01/13/2011 -- 20.1 hrs - (3 days) Canopy work and begin building windscreen frame
October 2010 Total: 45.0 hrs (799.5 hrs to date)
10/30/2010 -- 7.0 hrs - Wheel pants & nose gear10/23/2010 -- 13.0 hrs - Fitting the canopy & intake (w/bill's help)
10/18/2010 -- 7.5 hrs - Cowl & wheel pants
10/12/2010 -- 8.0 hrs - Continued canopy work
10/08/2010 -- 9.5 hrs - Gear leg fairings, canopy and cowl
May 2010 Total: 21.0 hrs (754.5 hrs to date)
05/25/2010 -- 7.0 hrs - Cowl & canopy latch work05/05/2010 -- 6.5 hrs - Continued canopy work
05/01/2010 -- 7.5 hrs - More canopy work
April 2010 Total: 46.5 hrs (733.5 hrs to date)
04/28/2010 -- 7.0 hrs - Canopy fitting & attachment04/26/2010 -- 9.5 hrs - More canopy fitting
04/20/2010 -- 9.0 hrs - Fitting the canopy
04/18/2010 -- 7.0 hrs - Cutting the canopy
04/15/2010 -- 4.5 hrs - Fitting the canopy slider
04/02/2010 -- 9.5 hrs - Wheel pants and exhaust cowl
March 2010 Total: 42.0 hrs (686.5 hrs to date)
03/28/2010 -- 7.0 hrs - Lower cowling louvers03/25/2010 -- 9.5 hrs - Intake lower cowl
03/21/2010 -- 11.5 hrs - (3 days) Begin building intake system
03/15/2010 -- 7.0 hrs - Cutting the cowl
03/05/2010 -- 7.5 hrs - Fitting the cowl - again
03/01/2010 -- 5.5 hrs - Wheel pants and cowl
February 2010 Total: 20.5 hrs (642.5 hrs to date)
02/20/2010 -- 7.0 hrs - Fitting the cowl02/13/2010 -- 6.5 hrs - Top skins & cowl
02/10/2010 -- 7.0 hrs - Top skin & wiring
January 2010 Total: 36.5 hrs (622.0 hrs to date)
01/20/2010 -- 9.5 hrs - Top skin, roll bar, cowling mount01/17/2010 -- 4.5 hrs - Test panel and finish up panel wiring
01/16/2010 -- 9.0 hrs - Baffling, install prop and test radios
01/13/2010 -- 4.5 hrs - Baffling & oil cooler
01/03/2010 -- 9.0 hrs - Baffling
April 2009 Total: 24.0 hrs (585.5 hrs to date)
04/22/2009 -- 6.0 hrs - Heat muff and engine work04/20/2009 -- 3.5 hrs - Install alternator and exhaust
04/15/2009 -- 5.0 hrs - Work on FADEC and exhaust
04/10/2009 -- 4.5 hrs - Work on FADEC FFW install
04/01/2009 -- 5.0 hrs - Injectors and prop extension
March 2009 Total: 31.5 hrs (561.5 hrs to date)
03/25/2009 -- 3.5 hrs - FADEC control units03/18/2009 -- 4.0 hrs - Panel, exhaust and wire headphone jacks
03/13/2009 -- 7.0 hrs - Firewall forward work & rework
03/11/2009 -- 6.0 hrs - Panel work & HANG ENGINE!
03/09/2009 -- 4.5 hrs - Wirning and antenna work
03/02/2009 -- 6.5 hrs - Wiring
February 2009 Total: 15.0 hrs (530.0 hrs to date)
02/27/2009 -- 6.0 hrs - Wiring and wiring and wiring02/25/2009 -- 9.5 hrs - Wiring, antennas, elevator tube and troubleshooting (isn't that enough?)
02/21/2009 -- 5.5 hrs - Nose wheel & wiring
December 2008 Total: 25.5 hrs (515.0 hrs to date)
12/20/2008 -- 11.5 hrs - Panel wiring (accumulated over several days)12/07/2008 -- 14.0 hrs - Panel wiring (accumulated over several days)
September 2008 Total: 9.2 hrs (489.5 hrs to date)
09/20/2008 -- 5.2 hrs - Panel work and wiring09/05/2008 -- 4.0 hrs - Panel work and wiring
August 2008 Total: 14.3 hrs (480.3 hrs to date)
08/22/2008 -- 5.0 hrs - Wiring08/15/2008 -- 4.2 hrs - Panel work
08/01/2008 -- 5.1 hrs - Fuel system and firewall recess
March 2008 Total: 21.5 hrs (466.0 hrs to date)
03/18/2008 -- 3.5 hrs - Radio stack and fuel pump test03/15/2008 -- 5.0 hrs - Fitted roll bar and some wiring
03/04/2008 -- 7.0 hrs - Cut holes in panel for guages and switches
03/02/2008 -- 6.0 hrs - Cut holes in battery box and panel
February 2008 Total: 23.0 hrs (444.5 hrs to date)
02/16/2008 -- 6.0 hrs - Electrical wiring begins02/13/2008 -- 6.5 hrs - Panel support and aileron trim servo
02/08/2008 -- 4.5 hrs - Panel support and controls
02/02/2008 -- 6.0 hrs - Forward cockpit infrastructure and brakes
January 2008 Total: 41.0 hrs (421.5 hrs to date)
01/30/2008 -- 4.5 hrs - Second static system and more brake work01/29/2008 -- 4.0 hrs - Brake system and 2nd static system
01/21/2008 -- 5.5 hrs - Battery box and cabin heat
01/15/2008 -- 6.0 hrs - Nose gear yoke, armrest support, cabin fuel plumbing
01/13/2008 -- 5.0 hrs - Brake flange, ECU mounting, cabin brake lines
01/09/2008 -- 2.0 hrs - Install cabin heat box and fire test 3M fireblock
01/08/2008 -- 2.5 hrs - Blue Mountain EFIS set up and bench test
01/05/2008 -- 3.5 hrs - Gascolator and magnetometers
01/03/2008 -- 4.0 hrs - Fire test, parking brake and engine mount
01/01/2008 -- 4.0 hrs - Gascolator bracket and fuel flow sensor
December 2007 Total: 17.0 hrs (380 hrs to date)
12/06/2007-9 -- preliminery - 1.0 hrs - Engine build12/06/2007-8 -- preliminery - 1.0 hrs - Engine build
12/06/2007-7 -- preliminery - 1.0 hrs - Engine build
12/06/2007-6 -- preliminery - 1.5 hrs - Engine build
12/06/2007-5 -- preliminery - 2.0 hrs - Engine build
12/06/2007-4 -- preliminery - 1.5 hrs - Engine build
12/06/2007-3 -- preliminery - 1.5 hrs - Engine build
12/06/2007-2 -- preliminery - 1.5 hrs - Engine build
12/06/2007-1 -- preliminery - 0.0 hrs - Engine build - NOT UPDATED
12/04/2007 -- 2.0 hrs - Fuel meter and odds & ends
12/01/2007 -- 4.0 hrs - Brake fluid reservoir and gascolator placement
November 2007 Total: 4.5 hrs (363 hrs to date)
11/25/2007 -- 4.5 hrs - Brake bracket, pump cover and firewall recess
September 2007 Total: 6.0 hrs (358.5 hrs to date)
09/19/2007 -- 5.0 hrs - Aux fuel pump, static ports and misc
August 2007 Total: 6.0 hrs (352.5 hrs to date)
08/01/2007 -- 6.0 hrs - Cabin paint and began plumbing
November 2006 Total: 8.5 hrs (344.0 hrs to date)
11/19/2006 -- 3.5 hrs - Drilled and installed the right landing gear bracket & began gear work11/17/2006 -- 5.0 hrs - Inspecting prior work and safety wire fuel pickups
October 2006 Total: 0 hrs (335.5 hrs to date)
10/23/2006 -- 0.0 hrs - More hanger setup - no building yet10/08/2006 -- 0.0 hrs - A little hangar work - but mostly young eagles
10/07/2006 -- 0.0 hrs - Continued work on setting up the hangar to begin building
09/05/2006 -- 0.0 hrs - Rented Hangar at Benton
04/01/2005 -- 0.0 hrs - Work offically stops on N74HE - But not forever!
January 2005 Total: 51.5 hrs (335.5 hrs to date)
01/27/2005 -- 3.0 hrs - Worked on landing gear mounts.01/25/2005 -- 3.0 hrs - Installed the rudder peddles and drilled the cernter brace.
01/23/2005 -- 3.5 hrs - Built the cabin heat duct.
01/22/2005 -- 4.0 hrs - Began installation of the gear leg mounts.
01/21/2005 -- 2.0 hrs - Organized parts and set up new band saw - maybe not really airplane work!
01/19/2005 -- 6.0 hrs - Finished drilling out baggage rivets and started installing steps.
01/13/2005 -- 4.5 hrs - Completed the rudder peddle assembly including the brake cylinders.
01/11/2005 -- 4.0 hrs - Worked on flap actuator cover panels.
01/10/2005 -- 3.0 hrs - Installed flap actuator assembly.
01/09/2005 -- 4.5 hrs - Installed baggage compartment floors & brake peddle work.
01/08/2005 -- 2.5 hrs - Continued work on the flap actuator system.
01/07/2005 -- 4.5 hrs - Finished work on the flap actuator channel and installed flap motor.
01/05/2005 -- 3.5 hrs - Finished seat back adjustment and support system.
01/04/2005 -- 3.5 hrs - Began fabrication of new seat back adjustment design.
December 2004 Total: 32.0 hrs (284.0 hrs to date) (284.0 in 2004)
12/29/2004 -- 3.0 hrs - Built the forward tunnel cover.12/28/2004 -- 2.5 hrs - Continued work on seat backs.
12/27/2004 -- 3.0 hrs - Began construction of the seat backs.
12/23/2004 -- 3.0 hrs - Installed the TruTrak pitch servo.
12/21/2004 -- 2.5 hrs - Began work on the seat back adjustment supports.
12/17/2004 -- 4.0 hrs - Fabricated access doors for the baggage compartment floor.
12/13/2004 -- 2.5 hrs - Fabricated and installed the center elevator bellcrank.
12/11/2004 -- 3.0 hrs - Continued work on the wingtip and VOR antenna.
12/08/2004 -- 3.0 hrs - Fitting wingtips and antenna installation.
12/05/2004 -- 3.0 hrs - Final closure of right wing and remade spacers and brackets.
12/01/2004 -- 2.5 hrs - Installed the Angle of Attack sensors and tubing.
November 2004 Total: 21.0 hrs (252.0 hrs to date)
11/27/2004 -- 2.0 hrs - Built the mounting brackets for the front fuel tank supports.11/19/2004 -- 2.5 hrs - Finish kit arrives - inventory time!
11/15/2004 -- 5.0 hrs - Final preparations for closing right wing.
11/12/2004 -- 4.5 hrs - Fuel sender + odds & ends.
11/09/2004 -- 2.5 hrs - Beginning the wing closing process.
11/05/2004 -- 4.5 hrs - Preparing to close wings with final wiring details.
11/01/2004 -- More time spent working on paint booth and selecting paint.
October 2004 Total: 14.5 hrs (231.0 hrs to date)
10/22/2004 -- 4.0 hrs - Setting up the paint booth - is this really plane building?10/20/2004 -- Just to show I have been doing something - the link to paint schemes.
10/15/2004 -- 2.0 hrs - Mostly wiring work.
10/09/2004 -- 4.0 hrs - Installed TruTrak roll servo in right wing.
10/07/2004 -- 4.5 hrs - Nav lights and pitot tubes.
September 2004 Total: 38.5 hrs (226.5 hrs to date)
09/30/2004 -- 2.0 hrs - Converted PC power supply to serve as 12v bench power.09/29/2004 -- 4.0 hrs - Made new set of wing tip lighting reflectors and some wiring.
09/12/2004 -- 5.5 hrs - Mounted strobes and worked on landing lights.
09/10/2004 -- 6.0 hrs - Pitot tubing and work on the strobes.
09/08/2004 -- 4.5 hrs - Worked on heated pitot, wiring and mounting strobe power.
09/06/2004 -- 4.5 hrs - Wiring and flap hinge rework.
09/04/2004 -- 7.0 hrs - Attached left aileron and flap hinge and drilled wing.
09/02/2004 --5.0 hrs - Riveted flap braces and other work on the wings.
August 2004 Total: 36 hrs (188 hrs to date)
08/31/2004 -- 3.0 hrs - Mostly work on the position lights.08/27/2004 -- 2.5 hrs - One aileron bracket & began work on the position lights.
08/25/2004 -- 3.0 hrs - Fitting aileron brackets.
08/18/2004 -- 1.0 hrs - Making bracket to hold a timer & 1 hr cleaning shop (I'm not counting that)
08/16/2004 -- 2.0 hrs - Wingtip lens fitting.
08/14/2004 -- 4.0 hrs - Completed the fuel tank end plates.
08/12/2004 -- 3.5 hrs - Successful work on the aileron rods.
08/09/2004 -- 2.0 hrs - Unsuccessful work on the aileron rods.
08/07/2004 -- 6.5 hrs - Worked on aileron push tube ends and installed one bellcrank.
08/05/2004 -- 4.5 hrs - Installed the lower rudder tip and cut the aileron push tubes.
08/02/2004 -- 4.0 hrs - Rework! Fitting the tail light and struggling with fiberglass.
July 2004 Total: 28.5 hrs (152 hrs to date)
07/31/2004 -- 3.0 hrs - Some riveting and fitting the Whelen Comet flash.07/29/2004 -- 1.5 hrs - Fitting the bottom rudder tip.
07/28/2004 -- 5.0 hrs - More installing the HS and VS and fixing a few mistakes.
07/25/2004 -- 4.5 hrs - Continued installing the HS and VS.
07/23/2004 -- 3.5 hrs - Began installing the horizontal stabilizer.
07/14/2004 -- 2.0 hrs - Odds and ends and the VS tip.
07/09/2004 -- 4.0 hrs - Attached VS tip and rudder top tip and found a potential problem.
07/07/2004 -- 1.0 hrs - Made solid spacers for elevator horns/elevator tube bearing.
07/05/2004 -- .5 hrs - Replacement parts arrive - wrong stuff - Ugh! Ugh!
07/02/2004 -- 3.5 hrs - Aligned and drilled the elevator horns.
June 2004 Total: 16.5 hrs (123.5 hrs to date)
06/26/2004 -- 7.0 hrs - Fit and finish work on the HS & elevator fiberglass tips - Ugh!06/22/2004 -- 3.0 hrs - Installed last HS tip and drilled elevator horns.
06/18/2004 -- 2.0 hrs - Worked on right elevator fit and mounting.
06/17/2004 -- 2.0 hrs - Installed the left elevator tip.
06/14/2004 -- 1.0 hrs - Glued reinforcing to elevator fiberglass tip.
06/02/2004 -- 1.5 hrs - Notched flange for clearance of aileron horns and installed counterweight.
May 2004 Total: 12 hrs (107 hrs to date)
05/22/2004 -- 1.5 hrs - Inventory and selecting the final color.05/16/2004 -- 2.5 hrs - Found a defect and painted samples.
05/15/2004 -- 3.5 hrs - Inventory the big box.
05/14/2004 -- 3.0 hrs - BIG boxes arrive!
05/09/2004 -- 1.5 hrs - Installed the trim servo brackets and servo.
April 2004 Total: 5 hrs (95 hrs to date)
04/13/2004 -- 4.0 hrs - Hung the left elevator on the HS.04/11/2004 -- 1.0 hrs - Rough fit elevator counterweight.
March 2004 Total: 90 hrs (90 hrs to date) 03/26/2004 -- 14 hrs - Finishing the horizontal stab.
03/25/2004 -- 19 hrs - Attaching the trim tab and bending the elevator leading edge & more...
03/24/2004 -- 18 hrs - It's hard to say if empennage is 20% done or 80% done???
03/23/2004 -- 20 hrs - Second (of building) and already there are recognizable parts!
03/22/2004 -- 19 hrs - The first rivet! Day one at SynergyAir. (count helper husband time too.)
Kathleen Evans
- 20 mar 2012 -