What's an RV-8?
This is a website that documents my efforts in building a
Van's RV-8. An RV-8 is an aluminum homebuilt aircraft. I will be building
a taildragger with a 200HP engine and an EFIS equipped cockpit.
Why?
I have always been fascinated by the idea of building my own airplane. Once it is
done, I will have a fast, economical airplane for much less than can be had on the
certified market. And I will know my ship from spinner to tail.
What's New
01 APR 09 - Primed and Riveted Rear Spar Components (4.0 Hours)
29 MAR 09 - Drilled, Deburred, and Prekoted Components (6.0 Hours)
25 MAR 09 - Edge Finished Rear Spar Components (3.0 Hours)
17 MAR 09 - Tie-Downs and Spacer Fabrication (4.0 Hours)
16 MAR 09 - Spot Priming (1.0 Hours)
15 MAR 09 - Spar Countersinking and Nutplate Installation
(6.0 Hours)
Status of Project
Wings (Spars)
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Random Thought
Currently Reading: Truman by David McCullough
Last Read:
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris. This Pulitzer prize winning
biography of the man who led the "strenuous life" captures his early life through
his ascent to the presidency. It is the first book of a three-part series on our
26th president. I normally have some difficulty getting through biographies, but
I couldn't put this one down. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested
in the man who said: "Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious
triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits
who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in that grey twilight
that knows neither victory nor defeat."
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