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Builder Name:Allen Thoe   -  
Project:   Vans - RV-14A   -   VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:3118
Total Flight Time:8
Total Expense:$21996.00
Start/Last Date:Jul 01, 2020 - No Finish Date
 
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Apr 17, 2022     Wings 3 Bottom Skins - (30 hours)       Category: Wings
Took a very long time to finally rivet the bottom skins in place. Dealing with the pitot tube was annoying and had to take out the mounting bracket before ri could put the pitot tube out.

Thankfully my mentor was willing to spend several hours with me over 4 days getting these skins riveted.

I ended up moving all the wiring for the nav and landing lights so that it stays along the spar and kept the shots mid rib for the pitot tube and power, the GMU11 adhrs (left wing) and the VOR antenna and A/P servo (right wing).

I did find two issues with the quick build kit. First the attach tab for the right aileron was installed without hardware so the bolt did not line up. I contacted support and they advised me to bend it slightly outboard and that should relieve the pressure on the bolt. Upon inspection the tab was bent slightly inboard so when I adjusted it to slightly outboard the bolt went in fairly close to straight. With the bearing inside the addachemeny it will not be an issue.

The second issue I found was they had installed the wrong nutplates on one of the access panels. This just also happened to be under 2 skins. So I had two drill out half a dozen rivets and gently peel back the skins to remove the nutplate and install the correct one. Luckily you cannot even tell since I have become a pro at removing rivets 🫣


 


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