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    • Vertical Stabilizer - Sec. 1 thru 6
    • Rudder - Sec. 7
    • Stabilizer - Sec. 8
    • Elevator - Sec. 9
    • Rear Fuselage - Sec. 10 thru 12
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    • Spars - Sec. 13
    • Main Wing Parts - Sec. 14
    • Ribs - Sec. 14
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    • Fuel Tanks - Sec. 18
    • Bottom Wing Skins - Sec. 20
    • Flaps - Sec. 21
    • Ailerons - Sec. 22
    • Aileron Control System - Sec. 23
    • Wing Tips - Sec. 24
    • Aileron Trim - Optional
  • Fuselage
    • Kit Delivery
    • Mid Fuse Bulkheads - Sec. 25
    • Mid Fuse Lower Structure - Sec. 26
    • Firewall - Sec. 27
    • Fwd Fuse Lower Structure - Sec. 28
    • Fwd Mid Fuse Side Structure - Sec. 29
    • Aft Fuselage Attach - Sec. 30
    • Fuel System - Sec. 31
    • Baggage Area - Sec. 32
    • Interior Painting - End Sec. 32
    • Rudder and Brake Systems - Sec. 33
    • Flap Actuation System - Sec. 34
    • Upper Fwd Fuselage - Sec. 35
    • Aileron & Elevator Systems - Sec. 36
    • Roll Over Structure - Sec. 37
  • Finishing Kit
    • Finishing Kit Delivery
    • Canopy and Window - Sec. 38
    • Seat-backs - Sec. 39
    • Landing Gear and Engine Mount - Sec. 40A
    • Wing Attachment - Sec. 41
    • Miscellanea - Sec. 42
    • Engine & Propeller Delivery
    • Engine Installation - Sec. 43
    • Spinner & Propeller - Sec. 44
    • Cowling - Sec. 45
    • Tricycle Gear Legs & Fairings - Sec. 46A
  • Firewall Forward
    • Engine Specifications
    • Cowl Baffle - Sec. 47
    • Exhaust System - Sec 48
    • Fuel & Oil Systems - Sec. 49
    • Control Cables - Sec. 50
    • Firewall Forward Misc. - Sec. 51
  • Panel & Instrumentation
    • Panel
    • Wiring & Equipment
    • Sensors
    • Avionics
    • Landing Lights - OP52
  • Move to KAIK & Final Ass'y
    • Empennage Installation
    • Wing Installation
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Empennage Kit Delivery: November 14, 2014

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Thie tail kit of N947RV was delivered today (Nov. 14,2013), Hooray! This picture will give you an idea of how Vans Aircraft ships their kit.  It came through the trek across the country in great shape even though the side was cracked by a fork lift.  The trucking country helped us get it off the truck and into the garage. Good job all around except the delivery was 3 hours late.

  • We inventoried the kit and loaded the big parts on our shelves and the hardware into labeled parts drawers
  • All was accounted for although some parts were backordered
  • I'm the guy in the first picture (Carl) and my partner in crime in the second picture is Rafael
  • I was impressed with the fiberglass parts, they are much better than those in my RV 7
  • Note the great care Van's Aircraft takes in packing the kit, good work!
  • Inventory and getting the part on the shelves and  into parts bins for the hardware and rivets
  • 8 Hours





Note: Section 1 through 5 are general building instructions and best practices, section 6 is the vertical stabilizer
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This is Carl or CJ the web guy doing the writing and Vans excellent crating, nothing bent or broken even though the side is split open. Fork lifts, ugh!
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Bag of hardware to be inventoried, there is a lot of rivets in them bags!
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More parts, it looks like 2-300 hours to me, we'll see
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Ribs, frames and spars. looks like a project to me
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New style fiberglass tips, they look pretty good to me compared to the tips in my RV 7A
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