Category: Doors

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tonight I started working on the pilots side door to get the consistent 1/4″ gap for the McMaster seals.       

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

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