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MY FLYING INFO PAGES
Introduction
My Flying RV7A Page
2007
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Got an Experimental or a Light Sport Aircraft that you
bought and need an A&P Mechanic to do your Annual Condition Inspection?
Send me a email I am an A&P and I may be able to help you out!
Send me e-mail:
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Over the years my internet provider has changed a couple times and I have
decided to not keep my older construction pages active. I will continue
to add new pages though.
BUILDING
THE EMPENNAGE - 180 hrs
BUILDING THE WINGS - 428 hrs
BUILDING THE FUSELAGE- 347 hrs
I don't remember the total time but it was about right in line
with what was reported on the Van's web site.
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RV INFO SITES
Vans
Aircraft Home Page
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Current Status Pictures can be seen on this page
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This
is the second airplane that we have built. If you would like to read
about our first plane, you can by following this link: Bobby
Hester's Rans S12XL Site
I decided it was time to get a
plane that we could really go somewhere in. The RV7A will do that
nicely.
This plane cruises between 170-180 mph. Weekend trips take on an all
new outlook! We started construction on this new plane July 4th, 2001
and flew it the first time on Feb 18th, 2007, 5 yrs 7 months. We built
the RV7A which is a tri-gear model, and it has a sliding canopy. It has a
Superior XP O-360 engine, which has one mag and one Lightspeed electronic ignition.
The
picture at the bottom of this page was the first RV7A that I saw. I'll
fly mine for a while before I have it painted.
If you would like to learn more about the RV line of airplanes,
follow this link to the company web site:
Vans
Aircraft Home Page Here is another site that has a lot of really
neat RV stuff: Van's
Air Force - World Wide Wing
The
first thing that you
work on when building an RV is the tail section (the empennage), then
the wings, then the fuselage, next is the finish kit, and last is the
firewall forward (engine and prop). We built our plane in my hanger,
located at the Hopkinsville - Christian County Airport (KHVC), if your
passing thru the area stop by and see if we're there.
This RV7A belongs to
Pat Patterson near Shelbyville, KY
His first flight was in Nov. 2002 |
