![]() Here are the separated shoulder harness lug clips (F-01406D). Here I am making the cuts on the bandsaw to separate the shoulder harness lug clips (F-01406D). Reference lines were drawn for guiding me when I do the cuts on the bandsaw. *The reference page for this is on page 30-05, step 3 of the builder's manual. They need to be separated from each other. These are the shoulder harness lug clips (F-01406D). If you have been following along with the build process some of these parts are described in the end of the tailcone section. ![]() The aft half or "tailcone" is built in the empennage kit.Īccording to Van's Aircraft these "Quick Build" kits are built so that they are universal and it is up to each individual builder to do (or undo) the items that pertain to tri-gear or taildragger models so be sure to go through the builder's manaul and check each step to see what is left to be done in order to complete the front fuselage section.Īs I am getting the aft tailcone section (located in our garage) ready to join to the front fuselage section (located in our hangar), I began to work on some of the small individual parts that will be attached along with the tailcone when it finally arrives at the hangar location. *The RV14 fuselage kit is only the forward half of the entire fuselage. ![]() This is the fuselage after it was emptied from all of those parts *Make sure to check every scrap of paper! This is one of the three mounds of paper that all of the parts were wrapped in. Now the unwrapping and inventory can begin! *You can see the box I was referring to in the upper right hand corner of this photograph leaning against the hangar wall. There was another large box offloaded which contained smaller parts, hardware, and of course the builder's manuals. The Van's packagers take every advantage of space as you can see they stuffed the fuselage with parts wrapped in paper! The fuselage was placed on a dolly that they had on the truck and we pushed it into the hangar. *I wouldn't want less than three because the wings are unloaded by hand without the hoist and it would be very tricky to unload with only two present. There were only three of us at the hangar to do the unloading: the driver, my wife, and myself. The fuselage was offloaded using the hoist to set it down on a large dolly and we pushed it into the hangar.easy! There is a hoist system built into the roof of the freight trailer. We were the fourth delivery that they made on this trip. Here you can see our kits loaded on the truck. They did a great job and they really know what they are doing! We made arrangements to have our quickbuild kits delivered by Tony Partain. The majority of the aluminum structure is riveted together. It took 8 months, almost to the day, from the time we ordered the quickbuild kits until we received them at our hangar.Ī QuickBuild fuselage is approximately 75% complete. We also ordered the quickbuild wings at the same time. I decided that in order to have the airplane flying in the quickest time it would be nice to have the fuselage quick built by Van's quick build team called "Famous Secret" located in the Phillipines. Van's Aircraft offers a "QuickBuild" option for the fuselage.
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