Handle work February 4, 2014February 11, 2014 Ed 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 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 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 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 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 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
Door strut brackets February 16, 2014March 16, 2014 Ed Doors, Finish Kit, RV10 Build Today, I started locating the door strut brackets on the cabin top and the door. I have the PlaneAround strut brackets, which are machined with Read more
Right door pins drilled February 17, 2014March 16, 2014 Ed Doors, Finish Kit, RV10 Build Just like the other day’s work on the left door, today I match drilled the right door pins, sized up the door blocks, got the Read more
Building up door opening edges February 18, 2014March 16, 2014 Ed Doors, Finish Kit, RV10 Build Using the McMaster door seals required me to sand back the edges of the door opening in the cabin top to an even 1/4″ from Read more
Tires mounted! February 24, 2014March 16, 2014 Ed Finish Kit, Landing Gear, RV10 Build Since it’s freaking cold in Minnesota (who knew??), epoxy takes a long time to cure. While it is, I decided to mount the tires onto Read more