Thursday, May 25, 2023

Wing kit inventory, some issues noticed!

 The joy of unwrapping everything and completing the inventory!

Only missing one small plastic tube out of one of the bags.

I did have a couple back orders.  The bag of misc bearings and the stall warning stuff.  Hopefully that stuff shows up before I get around to that section of the directions.


Amazing how they get all these parts in these crates!  Once you take em out, it seems they expand and multiply!



Did notice some issues with my right spar.  There appears to be two smiley's on these rivets and the one rivet has what looks like two places where a drill started a hole.  Also one of the rivet heads looks to be a bit shifted out of its concentric position.  Finally there is a few minor scratches.  

My RV7 and RV10 wing spars were pristine out of the box so this surprises me.  I have sent the pics to Van's for advice.


Also on the flip side of these two rivets is this mystery material and what looks like a more serious scratch.  I have no idea what this stuff is but it looks nasty!




Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Pickup day!

 Van's surprised me and ended up shipping both my wings and fuselage kits at the same time.  They saved me a ton of money by doing so.  They also negotiated some better rates with ABF as well as pre-paid the shipping which was nice.  Overall I saved over $1000 with this shipment which is awesome!


Borrowed a friends gooseneck flatbed trailer to pick up the kits.

ABF was very kind to these crates which in the past has not been true.

All strapped in for the ride home.

Thanks for not damaging my crates ABF!