3 – Wings – Leonard's RV-7A Build

Right Flap Repair, Step Polish

Polished steps, repaired dent on right flap.

Time: 3 hours.

Painted wingtips.

Time: 4 hours.

Masked entire airplane to paint the masked portion of the wingtips.

Time: 4 hours.

Fixed wiring error copilot control stick, installed wing walks, tested GPS, aileron trim causing error message.

Time: 4 hours.

Finished wing root fairings, tested radio with call to Felts Tower (loud and clear), cranked engine (177 rpm).

Time: 4 hours.

Connected ailerons, installed aileron boots, started wing root fairings.

Time: 4 hours.

Put on the wings.

Time: 4 hours.

Hired a wrecker truck to move the airplane to my hangar at Felts Field.

Time: 4 hours.

After masking and preparation was complete the blue and turquoise paint was applied to the wings, empennage, cowl and wheel pants.

Time: 6 hours.

Masking was done for the blue areas and for the turquoise stripes on the empennage, cowl, wings and wheel pants.

Time: 8 hours.