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Shawn's RV-7 (Desert Garage Works)

ShawnAM

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I finally got started on actual plane construction (barely) and thought it is a good time to start a progress thread.

The short version, here is where I am at:

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Working now to sand down those nasty file marks left from "breaking" the edges.

The LONG version, from the start . . .

I got first taste of an RV about 2 years ago when my cousin took me for a brief ride in his RV-7. From then on I was hooked and knew I need to get one "some day." I read about the kits on the mother-ship website and knew that building one was an experience I wanted.

This past June (2018) I sold my house and moved into one with an awesome garage setup. It has a two car garage and a separate one car garage. At that point I had planned on making the small one-car garage a "shop" for working on r/c planes and other small projects.

Soon after we moved in, my wife decided she much preferred to pull her car straight into the small garage, as opposed to having to make a hard left in the driveway to get into the bigger garage. It was then that the larger two-car garage became mine :D

Big Garage at move in:

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Small one:
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My imagination began to fly (pun intended), I immediately thought back to building a plane. But the garage needed some upgrades first . . .

Bought tool box and installed hanging storage rack in each garage (August 2018):

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Armorpoxy floor coating (September 2018):

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Tool kit arrives (Isham) (early October 2018):

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Found a quincy at-5 for sale locally at a nice price:

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Constructed 2 workbenches, found a nice band saw, practice kit arrived (October 2018):

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Late October 2018, It arrives . . .:D :D :D

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Deer hunting trip with Dad, no luck :( (First week of November 2018):

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TV installed :cool: added carpet to tops of work bench, made a shorter table for DRDT-2 so it will be same working height as workbenches, and installed LED shop lights (December 2018):

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December 16, 2018: baby Harper born :)

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Same day, hours before her birth, I thought I could do some last minute work running power to the compressor. Was not paying good enough attention when going up ladder to drill hole in the garage ceiling :(

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10 Staples later . . . and maybe a mild concussion

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We literally went from urgent care to the hospital so my wife could deliver our baby.
 
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Ran rapidair kit from small garage where compressor is to the Shop
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And here we are now (Feb 2019):

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Harper helping already :p

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Next on the list: I am going to install a mini split a/c right in that empty space on the wall

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[ed. Hey Shawn! Welcome! Just FYI the pics don't show - you can probably see them but we can't. Google pics are harder to embed offsite, which is why I use SmugMug and others. Maybe just post a link. Welcome again and best, dr]

I don't have the least issue with posting photos from Google.

It looks like the Permissions just need to be set, AND the sizes corrected down to 800 or less.
 
Please tell me photos are working now. Thanks Bill for the tips and DR for bringing the issue to my attention. You were right, I could see the photos when I was logged in but could not when logged out.

Google images is kind of a PIA. I moved all photos to a new shared album but even then they were not working right away. I tried a bunch of ways but it almost seemed like google needed its own time to consider the images as "shared."

Anyway, I hope you all can see now.

I also need to sell the dirt bike to make more room. I never ride anymore. Maybe I am just old enough to be tired of getting hurt on it haha.
 
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Congratulations, Shawn!

I'm about 1.5 years into building a 7 and am about halfway done with the SB wings. Loving every minute of it! I'm in eastern AZ (KTYL). Stop by if you are ever in the area.
 
Thanks for all the response so far!

I can see all 10 or 11 staples! Ouch! Congrats on the newborn. You had quite a day.

Thanks! Yes, it was quite the day and at least a good story now haha.

Is that a Yammy? I have a YZ250 (not F).

Congrats on the project, house, and baby!

Nice! I had a 99 125 and loved the 2-stroke. Yeah, its an 09 yz 450f.

'cause you own Huskies!

Mike

Haha for sure! I love those dogs. Huskies have such personalities. I feel bad for them when it gets so hot in the summer, they are indoors almost all day. But I keep the house at low 70's


Congratulations, Shawn!

I'm about 1.5 years into building a 7 and am about halfway done with the SB wings. Loving every minute of it! I'm in eastern AZ (KTYL). Stop by if you are ever in the area.

****, you are out there Ryan! If I can ever drag the wife out camping that way (big lake maybe) I will definitely let you know!
 
As a builder you're going to need to learn medical triage using nothing but duct or blue painters tape.
 
Welcome to the club good sir! Glad to see I'm not the only one managing to build with a new born. haha If you ever have any questions don't hesitate to ask!
 
Oblong Holes - Nooooooooo!

So I ended up with some oblong holes after match drilling the HS parts.

I have measured all holes against the table of rivet hole sizes specified in MIL-R-47196A : max hole size #40 is .103 in. and #30 is .135 in.

The holes makes with numbers in the following pictures exceed the maximum hole size and must drilled up to the next size.

First is HS-00001 both right and left side. Am I able to "repair" this many holes this close together? (3 holes in a row on left side HS-00001). Or, should I start with new parts? If I go the route of new parts, I will still require repair of the hole marked #1 on each side (oblong hole in HS-702s as well), unless I replace both HS-702 also.


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Second is both HS-707 ribs:

LEFT

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RIGHT:

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I sent an email to Vans to see if these holes can be drilled up or if I should order new parts.
 
Not ideal but if those holes are cause to scrap the parts, I'd be shocked and would have to re-evaluate my own standards of acceptability in my project. The worst offense I can tell is hole #1 on the doubler and MAYBE would consider replacing it due to its importance. Curious what Van's has to say.
 
Hi Shawn,

Van?s approve the mixed use of solid and cherrymax rivets in the SB, and you can get cherries in slight oversizes, it may save you going up a full size for a solid rivet? Let us know what Van?s says.

Hugh
 
These parts are pretty important structurally. Vans will offer the best advice, but you could scratch make some replacement parts of needed.
 
There are MS rivets that are oversized just a bit - 1/64" or so. Then there is the next size. Generally if the spacing is more than 2D (D is rivet dia) there should be no issue with going up a size. For minimum spacing consult AC43.13. Certainly you want a round hole, so you will have to go to a larger rivet, but I don't see any need to scrap it. I am an aero eng and have taken a bunch of rivet design courses back in the day, so I have some idea what I am talking about, but I don't work as a structural engineer and you don't know me from Adam so you shouldn't listen to me. I am simply posting to prevent unnecessary suffering while you wait to hear from Vans. I strongly expect that they will tell you to go up one size and build on. Also, try to figure out how you managed to do this so you don't do it again! (duh).
 
So Vans basically responded by referring me to SB-14-01-31. It addresses oblong holes on pg. 20 by basically saying drill any up 5/32 and use regular or cherry max rivets. On the next page, 21, it addresses edge distance. So the basic consensus seems to be drill up in size unless edge distance presents an issue.

Edge distance is where I noticed a problem. If you at the right hand HS-00001, hole #3 goes through the lowermost hole of the forward rib flange of HS-00005. Edge distance is exactly enough for a 1/8 rivet. So I can't enlarge to a 5/32 and am assuming I will need to replace any with that particular hole enlarged.

The left hand side of things should be fine. The three holes I am looking at drilling up to 5/32 (#21) present no edge distance issues. The distance between the rivets are all greater than 5/16.
 
Oh, and all of the oblong holes were drilled using this right angle air drill and Cleaveland threaded drill bits (the longer ones). I was starting my holes using HS-00001 as a guide rather than the thicker side at HS-714.

It just seemed like the bit was not actually drilling into the material but just spinning in place. As I pressed harder it began to wobble which is what I think led to the oblong holes.

Now I am making sure to start each hole by hand in the exact center of the hole or use a center punch where applicable.

I am also looking at making some drill guides.
 
If you are using a right angle drill on those parts above, I would stop (unless I'm missing something).

Its not the easiest to line up and keep lined up (control) those drills (on comparison to a normal air drill).

I only use the 90 when I absolutely have too (when space or the angle doesn't allow for a stnd drill/bit.

Using a normal hand drill also allows you to use the reflection of the bit on the piece to keep everything centered.
 
Enders makes a good point about The 90 deg drill. If you think about how short the business end is and how long the body is, it takes very little ?twist??and the bit will be wobbling. You also have figured out using thin material as your ?guide? led to more problems.
Keep swimming !
 
Here are pics of the problem: hole #3 below is on the Right side HS-00001.

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This is the back side of that hole:

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And the edge distance problem (hole being measured is #3).

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I am considering the cherry max CR3243 as the rivet diameter is .140. This might be just enough larger to clean up the hole and still make the edge distance work. Although .28 would be ideal distance, .25 might still be within acceptable limits.
 
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So after a follow up response from Vans, I am going to use the cherry max oversize 1/8 rivet in hole #3. This way I enlarge the hole to smallest extent possible.
 
So I ended up reaming all the HS-00001 holes up to 5/32 (except #3) and they came out nice and round this time.

For the #3 hole the #27 reamer did not quite fully fix the hole. It is still somewhat oblong and the on upper margin of the cherry max hole size limit.
 
Preparing for Primer

I moved onto preparing the HS parts for priming.

Here are few pics of how I went about the alumiprep/alodine process.

Small parts were done in these plastic containers.

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The larger parts were done in these troughs made of a wood frame lined with plastic.

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Result -

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After all this, I realized I had forgot to counter sink the 4 holes in HS-710/714 for the dimpled HS-702 holes.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to the better way to proceed? I am thinking these are my options.

1.) Perform countersinks now and then re-do above process before priming; or

2.) Proceed to prime. Then counter sink when dry and simply add small amount of primer to the fresh countersink face (no alumiprep/alodine).

Thanks for any and all suggestions!
 
After all this, I realized I had forgot to counter sink the 4 holes in HS-710/714 for the dimpled HS-702 holes.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to the better way to proceed? I am thinking these are my options.

1.) Perform countersinks now and then re-do above process before priming; or

2.) Proceed to prime. Then counter sink when dry and simply add small amount of primer to the fresh countersink face (no alumiprep/alodine).

Thanks for any and all suggestions!

I would do option number 2 personally. You will end up doing it on the wing spars too.

P.S. great idea for making the little baths!
 
I would do option number 2 personally. You will end up doing it on the wing spars too.

P.S. great idea for making the little baths!

Thanks! I appreciate the response. Option 2 also seems like much less work too, so I will proceed with priming.

I am also thinking about how to prepare the skins. I plan to prime the interior of the skin. But I don't plan to paint the outside right now so dipping the part does not seem like a good idea. Or, since did not scuff the alclad off will the alodine not stick anyway?
 
Thanks! I appreciate the response. Option 2 also seems like much less work too, so I will proceed with priming.

I am also thinking about how to prepare the skins. I plan to prime the interior of the skin. But I don't plan to paint the outside right now so dipping the part does not seem like a good idea. Or, since did not scuff the alclad off will the alodine not stick anyway?

I think for anything to work including alodine the aluminum oxide layer must be removed by scuffing first. As for how I did my skins; scuff, clean real good with acetone wiping, prime, then dimple. This method worked really good and the primer is bullet proof! The only time I used acid or anything else was on ribs or parts where I couldn't scuff easily, the acid was needed to get into fine nooks and crannies. I always primed within about an hour of prepping my parts so alodine wasn't really needed.
 
I realize my previous post was somewhat unclear. Where I am at now is: I have only scuffed in the inside of the HS skins and wiped them with acetone. I am wondering if I now dip the skins in acid then alodine, if the alodine will bond to the interior but fail to stick to the outside? This would be ideal

The only other advice I have been able to find was to use a play sprayer (pump style) to mist the skin interior with acid/alodine.

I am really starting to think about skipping the acid prep and alodine on the skins.
 
I realize my previous post was somewhat unclear. Where I am at now is: I have only scuffed in the inside of the HS skins and wiped them with acetone. I am wondering if I now dip the skins in acid then alodine, if the alodine will bond to the interior but fail to stick to the outside? This would be ideal

The only other advice I have been able to find was to use a play sprayer (pump style) to mist the skin interior with acid/alodine.

I am really starting to think about skipping the acid prep and alodine on the skins.

Ah, I see now. I did one or two skins early on in the project where I used acid, some of the acid leaked through the rivet holes before it could get washed off. I suspect to some degree this would happen and when you dipped in alodine the alodine would mark to some degree where the acid touched the top of the skins. This is one of the reasons why I started skipping the acid and alodine on the skins. The other reason being that it seems to be unnecessary as the Akzo I used stuck like crazy with the method I mentioned in the previos post. I also suspect that even though you didn't prep the top of the skin I would imagine alodine would show up to some degree on it, probably not very pretty either.
 
Hi Shawn. Greetings from the Southern California desert. Also have a small child, also working on an RV (6, rebuild).

Wishing you best of luck. Pro tip: get as much done as you can before she works out how to walk.

James
 
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