Jesse – Jesse's RV-7A Build

Building Vertical Stabilizer

This was a nice break from doing the HS, which seemed to be a lot more cumbersome. The VS was

I received the Torque Seal to finish off the rear spar. I opted for orange (many colors available). This stuff

It’s assembly time! I began with the rear spar. I found that all of these rivets could be squeezed using

1/1/2021 – Since it’s winter and I have a heated garage without a paint booth setup, I’m running the parts

There seems to be a bit of debate about what primer, if any, to utilize while priming aluminum in experimental

I spent quite a few hours deburring all edges, holes and dimpling. For the long, straight edges I used a

I did a couple side projects this week, in support of my airplane building efforts. First thing I worked on

With the left side done, I proceeded to complete the right side. This went a good bit faster now that

I got the build back up to speed with where I had left off, which was clecoing the HS skeleton

It has been about 5 months since my last build progress, which is really hard to believe! However, during that