My dad and I were working on our RV-7 aileron tonight and we had some bad luck. We made a bit of an error putting it together and bent the skin before we put the stiffeners on. We tried riveting them on after but this was very difficult and resulted in damage to the skin. We are being pretty fussy with this plane so we have decided to replace the skin. We have so far replaced several parts (rib in HS, Spar channel in HS, fuel tank cover panel to name a few) I'm sure we could have fixed most of these if needed but we just decided it was best to replace them.
This got me thinking, what and how many parts have others replaced when building their RV's
So here is your chance to spill the beans.
We are 600 hours in and have replaced 6 parts. How about you guys?
This got me thinking, what and how many parts have others replaced when building their RV's
So here is your chance to spill the beans.
We are 600 hours in and have replaced 6 parts. How about you guys?