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Brent s RV-8 Project N870BL

Builder:
Brent Owens
Location:
Blacklick, Oh - USA
Aircraft:
Vans - RV-8
Manufacturer:   
http://www.vansaircraft.com/
Engine:
Lycoming - TBD
Prop:
TBD

Welcome to my experimental aircraft web site. This site will chronical the construction of a kit-built Vans Aircraft RV-8. I hope my friends and any fellow RV builders who come to this site enjoy it.
Specs:
The RV-8 is a 2 seat all metal (riveted) kit aircraft. The airplane is an excellent all around performer, capable of aerobatics, short field takeoffs/landing, or extended cross-country flying at 200 mph in IFR conditions. As of this writing there are over 6000 RVs (of differing models) flying. It is very reliable and fairly straight forward to build for a high performance aircraft. Also there is an excellent "support group" of folks that have built, or are building, an RV. As a footnote, there are more RVs flying than there are Cessna Citations (all models).

Start Date: 10/05/06
Time in hours: 1500 hrs (not including research, etc)
Current in progress Sub-kit: finishing kit (started 06.01.09)
Fuselage - 85% (wing fitting/misc wiring & plumbing/misc items to go)
Empennage - 95% (fiberglass to go)
Wings - 95% (fiberglass to go)



Recent Activity
First Photo
Date

Work Log Summary

Note the light blue is the globbed on Superfil
09-01-2010
Cowling #16
New doubler taped on so I can flip it over and match drill
08-31-2010
Upper fwd fuselage skin #5
The white is hte mirco along the joint - I did this off the plan since the prop is installed
08-31-2010
Cowling #15
Dimpling the F-821-1. I'm wearing gloves as I had them on from scuffing the aluminum.
08-30-2010
Upper fwd fuselage skin #4
Upper fwd fuselage skin F-821-1
08-30-2010
Upper fwd fuselage skin #3
Looking more like an airplane
08-29-2010
Upper fwd fuselage skin #2
Soldering the resistors on the fuel sending units
08-28-2010
Wiring up the fuel sending units
Skin goes here
08-28-2010
Upper fwd fuselage skin #1

08-28-2010
Cowling - coat of epoxy on the inside
Grinding around the hinges to remove flox
08-27-2010
Cowling work - prepping for filler











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