Starting on the doors January 16, 2014January 21, 2014 Ed 1 Comment Doors, Finish Kit, RV10 Build The doors on the RV10 have a reputation of being one of the more difficult, frustrating, and time consuming portions of the build process. Historically, Read more
Door trimming January 18, 2014January 21, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Doors, Finish Kit, RV10 Build I just had a little time to work on the plane today, so I decided to pull the pilots side door off the cabin top Read more
Another quick trim January 19, 2014January 21, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Doors, Finish Kit, RV10 Build Just like yesterday, I just had a little time to put into the plane today. Also just like yesterday, I did some of the rough Read more
Half hinged? January 20, 2014January 22, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Doors, Finish Kit, RV10 Build The goal for today was to get the hinges installed on the pilot door. To accomplish that, I first needed to make sure the upper Read more
Hinges in place January 23, 2014February 11, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Doors, Finish Kit, RV10 Build Tonight was just like the other noght, except on the right door. I finished getting the upper portion of the door shaved down to fit Read more
Right door work January 25, 2014February 11, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Doors, Finish Kit, RV10 Build Tonight, I continued to work down the door to get the fit to the cabin top closer. Having the door hinged in place made this Read more
More right door seal prep January 26, 2014February 11, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Doors, Finish Kit, RV10 Build A continuation of last night. Slowly working my way around the door trying to get the consistent 1/4″ gap. One issue I ran into is Read more
Gapping the left door January 30, 2014February 11, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Doors, Finish Kit, RV10 Build Tonight I started working on the pilots side door to get the consistent 1/4″ gap for the McMaster seals. Read more
More tweaking, and starting the handles February 1, 2014February 11, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Doors, Finish Kit, RV10 Build I started off tonight by going some more tweaking on the fit of the left door. Then I changed it up and started to work Read more
Handle work February 4, 2014February 11, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Doors, Finish Kit, RV10 Build With the right sized drill bits in hand, I was able to continue on the door handle assemble. The instructions are fairly straight forward, but Read more
Pin blocks and pushrods February 5, 2014February 11, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Doors, Finish Kit, RV10 Build The RV10 doors are secured in the closed position by two pins at the bottom front and bottom rear corners of the door. These pins Read more
More handle fun February 6, 2014February 11, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Doors, Finish Kit, RV10 Build There is a safety feature built into the handle of the RV10. There is a button on the inner handle you need to push before Read more
More handles February 8, 2014February 11, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Doors, Finish Kit, RV10 Build Tonight was spent figuring out how everything actually fit into the door. Again, there was a lot of tweaking, grinding, sanding, and cutting to make Read more
One door latched closed! February 9, 2014February 11, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Doors, Finish Kit, RV10 Build More door latch work today. I finished up putting the pilots door handle parts together. The last step that I needed to do was to Read more
Door blocks February 13, 2014February 13, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Doors, Finish Kit, RV10 Build Tonight, I started by fine tuning the PlaneAround angled door pins. Since the door pins have a slash cut angle at the end of them Read more