Our propeller is here already! The lead time was supposedly 10-12 weeks, but it shipped less than a month after I ordered it. We’re not ready for it yet, so we’ll need to figure out where in the house we …
I installed the door struts, which hold the door open. There are several reports of struts failing to hold doors open in moderate/heavy wind, so I opted for the “heavy duty strut” option.
Also, there were reports of RV-10s with …
The cabin top has been fit to the fuselage for some time, but all the work wasn’t finished. The outside of the cabin top was in a fiberglass mold, so its surface looks pretty good. The inside is a different …
As I mentioned before, the doors are probably the most notoriously difficult/tedious part of the RV-10 build. Though we’re not completely done with the doors, I’m happy to report we’re done with the fitting. Both doors have the latches and …
We decided to go with the “blue” engine color. One of the benefits of an Aero Sport engine is that they’ll paint it one of six colors for no additional charge. Here’s what our color will look like.
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These aluminum blocks aren’t part of the kit–they’re one of the many aftermarket “mods” (modifications) that are available. These give the door pins extra engagement, which provides greater assurance that the door will stay closed.
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The upper forward tailcone skin is left open for a while, because it provides good access to the stuff installed in the tailcone: an elevator bellcrank, pitch servo, ELT, ELT antenna, GPS antenna, strobe ballast, master relay, and battery box. …
Kelly and I attached the engine mount. The engine mount attaches the engine to the fuselage and is also the attachment point for the nose gear. Attaching the engine mount involves enlarging the 6 holes that attach it to the …
Time to start attaching the windows. There are 5 windows (or “transparencies” as the plans say): one rear window on each side, one window in each door, and a windscreen (a.k.a. windshield). The process before gluing is basically:
- Rough trim
Did this a while ago, but just getting around to documenting it.
All the sensors for the flight instruments are in the same box as the display (on the instrument panel), with the exception of the remote compass, the little …