RV-4 build log: Controller

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Left elevator stiffeners

Drilled on the stiffeners on the upper surface. Had a visit from the controller yesterday. Everything was OK, and the books signed.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

The controller visited today, before I rivet on the skins. After a few adjustments to some rivets that were not squized enough, everything was OK. I think I will order a pneaumatic squizer from Avery tomorrow, or at least before I start with the wing spar.

Why?

For some reason people very seldom ask why I want to build an airplane, but they very often ask where. When I tell them, they immediately ask how I am going to get it out of there when it's finished...

Anyway, the real question to answer is probably why an RV-4 instead of some other plane. You just don't wake up one morning and say, "aha, it has to be an RV-4". Well, that was exactly what happened to me. I have always wanted to build real airplanes. I have looked at lots of kits, tried several finished ones, made large excel sheets, on and off for several years. Then I woke up one Saturday morning, everything was crystal clear, and the order for an RV-4 was sent to Van's before 10 AM the same day.

In hindsight, things like value, performance and so on can be brought up, and the RV-4 will come out among the best. But the truth is that some things in life has very little to do with logics and excel sheets.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Left elevator stiffeners

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Visit by the controller