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Making airplanes since 2010

Category: RV-10 Pre-Build

Figuring out where, when and how to build a kit and getting ready for it.

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RV-10 Empennage / RV-10 Pre-Build

Tool Time

Over the course of equipping ourselves to work on this project, we made a tremendous number of tool purchases. This is a bit about what we got, and a few surprises we had. In...

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RV-10 Pre-Build

Pregnant with RV-10

In the weeks between purchasing our empennage kit and going to Van’s Aircraft in Aurora, OR to pick it up, we were kept busy cleaning and preparing the workshop. With the pickup scheduled for the...

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RV-10 Pre-Build

A Riveting Workshop

This weekend, Miguel and I attended an EAA SportAir Workshop. If you’re not familiar, SportAir workshops cover a variety of techniques needed to build all kinds of airplanes, from the metallic ones like the...

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Featured / Flights / RV-10 Pre-Build

Vans Visit

I heard that a test flight at Van’s is supposed to be the most expensive free flight any pilot can make. After the flight, nobody can help but buy an airplane. So we headed down...