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Traci and Tom's RV-7A
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Date: 6-24-2013
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Number of Hours: 2.00
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Brief Description: Deburring, dimpling...oops.
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Just more routine deburring and dimpling the ribs and skin of the right side horizontal stablizer. I had about 10 more holes to dimple to have the stabilzer woudl be all done - then the mistake.
I think I must have bounced the handle on the DRDT-2 dimpler or something. When it happneed, it didn't feel right at all, then I looked. *sigh* I joined the club of builders who have done this.
I had to step back and cuss for 5 minuntes non-stop, then approach it and document with photos.
I'm now in the research stage again to figure out how this can be fixed, worked around, or simply contact Vans about a new skin of that is the case. Several other builders I've checked with say I can fill it later with epoxy, bondo(!), or some other method before painting.
I'll contact Vans and get the "official" word on this. Replace, or fix and build on? I'll find out.
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Right there. Where skin and foreward spar meet.
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Almost the common "8" hole, but not quite.
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