Date
|
Task Description |
Done By |
|
01-02-2005 |
Visit to Van's Aircraft to see
the RV-7 as an option to build it. After landing from the test flight with
the RV-7 I saw the RV-9A in the hangar and at that very moment I
decided that this is the ONE.
|
Tal
|
|
01-05-2005 |
Ordered the Empennage and Wing
kits
|
Tal |
|
18-07-2005 |
The Empennage and Wing kits
arrived. Box 4 has an outside minor damage. ( the parts inside are O.K)
Packing List

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|
01-01-2005 |
Moved to a house with a
large yard and the most important a big
warehouse with a excellent potential to become a nice workshop.
|
Tal |
01-01-2005
To
01-12-2005 |
Converting the
warehouse into a
workshop.
1 - Electricity work, More lights, more outlets.
2 - Covering the inside walls and
ceiling with
plaster plates and thermal/acoustic
isolation plates between them and the
outside walls.
3 - Ordering and installing all the inside
furniture
needed for a workshop. (tables, shelf
etcetera)
4 - Ordering and installing all standard machinery (drilling machine,
clamp, strip saw, compressor etcetera)
|
Yossi
Tal
Orlev
Ronen |
01-12-2005
To
06-12-2005 |
1 - Unpacking and
recognizing the special tools kit.
2 - Unpacking and recognizing the Empennage and Wing kit parts.
Cleaveland Tools
|
Yossi
Tal
Orlev |
06-12-2005
Midnight |
OK READY TO START THE BIG ADVENTURE ! ! !
Our goal is to
See You in Dec - 2008
With a brand new ready to fly
RV-9A 4XOTY
|
 |
01-12-2006
To
05-12-2006 |
One year after the project began the shop is too small Mr Ronen and
his team came again ....
(Click here to view more pictures)
|
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18-07-2007
To
20-07-2007 |
After a
couple off weeks of 30 - 40 C with
60 - 80 % humidity which started to
slow down the work we
decided to
air-condition the work shop
Mr Ronen and his team
came again..... |
 |
Date
|
Task Description |
Done By |
Hours |
|
28-12-2005 |
1 - Fitting the stiffeners to the rudder skin. (riveting the stiffeners
to the skin will be done after priming all the parts of the rudder)
2 - Building the Rudder skeleton.
|
Yossi
Orlev |
9 |
| 29-12-2005 |
1 - Match drilling the Rudder
|
Yossi
Orlev |
4 |
| 30-12-2005 |
1 - deburr all holes and edges.
2 - dimple and countersink all parts.
|
Yossi
Tal
Orlev |
5 |
30-12-2005
to
31-12-2005 |
Priming the Rudder in 2
steps, First prime wash and after curing priming.
|
Tal |
3.5 |
|
01-01-2006 |
1 - Riveting the stiffeners
to the skin.
2 - Riveting the Rudder skeleton
|
Yossi
Tal
Orlev |
2.5 |
| 05-01-2006 |
1 - Riveting the skins to
the skeleton.
2 - Preparing the trailing edge for riveting. we used Epoxy
3M -460 and
an 3mm aluminum angle drilled and clecoed to the trailing edge. (see pic.)
|
Yossi
Tal |
2 |
|
10-01-2006 |
1 - Riveting the trailing edge.
we followed the instruction except that we insert the rivet flash head
from both side symmetrical. The results
are perfect, the trailing edge is straight
and the look of the rivets is nice and symmetric.
2 - Completing the leading edge.
|
Yossi
Tal |
1.5 |
28-12-2005
to
10-01-2006 |
Total time |
Yossi
Tal
Orlev |
27.5 |
Date
|
Task Description |
Done By |
Hours |
04-09-2007
to
06-09-2007 |
Fitting the
empennage fiberglass tips
|
Tal |
7.5 |
| 09-09-2007 |
Installing the elevator fiberglass tips with Pop rivets + 3M 460 Epoxy
glue
|
Tal |
3.5 |
| 15-09-2007 |
Installing the
rudder fiberglass tip with Pop rivets + 3M 460 Epoxy glue
|
Tal |
2 |
| 16-09-2007 |
Working on the elevator and rudder stabilizers tips
Fabricate VOR antenna bracket
|
Tal
Yossi
Orlev |
7.5 |
| 21-09-2007 |
Empennage tips …..
L
|
Tal
|
6 |
| 21-09-2007 |
Fabricate VOR antenna bracket
|
Yossi |
6 |
| 23-09-2007 |
Empennage tips …..
L
almost done ….
|
Tal
|
6.5 |
| 27-09-2007 |
Empennage tips …..
L
almost done ….
|
Tal
|
7.5 |
| 02-10-2007 |
Empennage tips are done ….
J
|
Tal
|
4 |
| 05-10-2007 |
Fabricating VOR Ant. bracket
|
Yossi |
3 |
| 20-10-2007 |
Empennage fairing
|
Tal
|
4 |
04-09-2007
to
20-10-2007 |
Total time till now |
Yossi
Tal
Orlev |
57.5 |
Date
|
Task Description |
Done By |
Hours |
|
07-02-2006 |
preparing the workshop for the wing job.
1 - We decided to build a fixed (floor to ceiling) double wing working
stand with the main spar located at the shoulder height. the stand will
be made from wood.
2 - The finished wing cradle will be finished later using the wood from
the wing stand. 3 - for the tank and leading edge stands we made 4 individual stands (2
for each wing) so it will be used also to assist while working on the
fuel tanks.
|
Yossi
Tal |
8 |
| 10-02-2006 |
1 - Prepare the main spars. Machine countersink all nut plates holes,
local prime the countersink area.
2 - Rivet all nut plates.
|
Yossi
Tal
Orlev |
6 |
|
15-02-2006 |
1 - Prepare the rear spars. drill all reinforcement forks and doublers
plate Machine countersink the necessary holes in the W-970C. deburr and
prepare all components for priming.
2 - Start to prepare the ribs. straighten
up and deburring.
|
Yossi
Tal |
9 |
| 17-02-2006 |
1 - Deburring ribs.
2 - Assemble the spars (main & rear) on the jig.
|
Yossi
Orlev |
3 |
20-02-2006
to
21-02-2006 |
1 - match drill ribs to spar (R & L)
2 - Align the skeleton on jig.
|
Tal
Tomer |
3 |
| 22-02-2006 |
1 -
improvement on the jig to be abel to assemble the last outbord rib.
2 - Final improvement on the support at the skeleton
center.
|
Tal
|
1.5 |
| 23-02-2006 |
1 - more
improvement on the jig.
2 - Cleco skins W902,W903 on (R & L).
|
Tal |
2.25 |
24-02-2006
to
25-02-2006 |
1 - final
improvement on the jig and adjustments.
2 - Match drilling skins W902,W903 and J-stiffener W926A,B.
3 -
Match drilling skins W904,W905.
|
Tal
Orlev |
11 |
03-03-2006
to
10-03-2006 |
Finish match drilling skins.
|
Yossi
Orlev
|
4.5 |
14-03-2006
|
1 - Preparing jigs for wing leading edge.
2 - Assemble (cleco) ribs into left leading edge skin.
|
Yossi
Orlev |
6 |
|
17-03-2006 |
1 - Assemble (cleco) ribs into right leading edge skin.
2 - Assemble and drilling W-908 L & R with w-918 joint plate.
3 - Modifying the outboard spar attachment to the jig to allow the
assembly of the leading edge later.
|
Yossi
Orlev |
7 |
| 18-03-2006 |
Match drilling leading edge skin (R & L).
|
Tal |
1.5 |
07-02-2006
to
18-03-2006 |
Total time |
Yossi
Tal
Orlev |
62.75 |