http://www.oncloud7.com/rv10 This is the RV10 site with the picture of the RV-7A Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:25:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I decided to use LED's for nav lights.  After looking around the web at some of the solutions, I landed on Jeff Bordelon's design.  Jeff built a 7A and in doing so developed the LED nav lights for his plane and good designs attract attention in the experimental world so ... http://www.oncloud7.com/rv10/?p=14 This past week (Feb 17-22) the weather has been miserably cold.  So cold that it was no fun to work in the garage so I didn't.  I've been trying to finish up the wings and had set the goal of finishing the month of February.  (No hard goal, just something ... http://www.oncloud7.com/rv10/?p=13 I'll post some pictures in the next few days but I've been working a couple hours a night... brought the wing tips into the basement as it's been pretty cold around here and the garage isn't much fun.   I did the RYO Marker beacon by taking the shielding off of 40 ... http://www.oncloud7.com/rv10/?p=12 Finished putting all the nutplates on the wing tips - including riveting in Archer nav antennas in each wing tip.    ~4 hours http://www.oncloud7.com/rv10/?p=11 Used the "old" version of the Gretz pitot on the -7A. The new version has a more elegant brain where it will manage the heat on the pitot instead.  If I understand correctly, it's supposed to cycle the heat on and off as needed instead of remaining on whenever the power ... http://www.oncloud7.com/rv10/?p=7 Not much to this but follow the picture.  After installing, it does appear to me that the AP servo will limit the max travel of the ailerons..... not sure what to do about this... tried playing with the stop and the length of the push rod to no avail[gallery=9] http://www.oncloud7.com/rv10/?p=6 2-10-08  Spent only an hour or so in the garage where I riveted the wing tip ribs into the wing tips.  The outside temp is around zero and when it gets that cold my little heater can not keep the garage work area warm.  http://www.oncloud7.com/rv10/?p=5 Sat Feb 9th, 2008 First post on the RV10 site but I've been working on the -10 since Sept of 2007.  I'll go back and update the empennage section later.....  Spent the day working on the wing tips.  It's amazing how you can do both wing tips the same and get different ... http://www.oncloud7.com/rv10/?p=3 Just a few pics of the Horz Stablilizer..... [gallery=6] and Rudder [gallery=7] and Vertical Stabilizer [gallery=10] and finally the tail cone [gallery=8] http://www.oncloud7.com/rv10/?p=9 This was done last October - Early December of 2007.  You'll find I'm not documenting the building as there are already plenty of great building sites.  This is just for friends and family to be able to see a little of what the process is.  Also writing this post in ... http://www.oncloud7.com/rv10/?p=8