Starting to Build Quick Build Wings: Laser Cut Part Inspection

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At Last, we are starting the build process on our Quick Build Vans Aircraft RV-14A Wings. Our first order of business is doing a deep and close inspection of all of the Rivets and Dimples looking for Laser Cut Parts.
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26 сен 2024

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@pjskluzacek 8 месяцев назад

Ken and Melissa, we chatted at OSH Van,s gathering. My QB wings arrived the same week yours did. Mine was assembled by Xemplar. I took a lot of pics of dimpled but unriveted holes. I can tell that I definitely have ribs that are laser cut. You can see there is a very slight burn mark in the same relative position on each hole. None of the rivets that were done during the QB process that I can see cracked. These may have been the vendor that did parts as Van engineers has speced and as they talked about during their OSH forum presentation. I would like to exchange some of these photos with you 2 and get some of yours at higher resolution. Always good to get someone else perspective.Fingers crossed, we might be lucky. I also want to share these with the engineers at Vans too for their input. I know you mentioned you planned to do that too. Let me know. Thanks. Paul. P.S. our dog is named Millie, short for Vermilion, her full name. It is shade of red!

@N14VE 8 месяцев назад

What I did is upload all my pictures to a Google drive and then I sent the link to support@vansaircraft.com and they looked at them for me. You can also find me on Facebook and send me a message and I can look at your pictures (although I am not an expert like Vans Support team is)

@N14VE 6 месяцев назад

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@N14VE 6 месяцев назад

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@N14VE 6 месяцев назад

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@MetroDrones 9 месяцев назад

Happy Holidays you guys... :)

@N14VE 9 месяцев назад

Same to you! Hope everyone has a great Holiday this year as Vans *MAYBE* starts shipping kits to us!

@toddhoover6023 9 месяцев назад

Great content and attitude. What borescope did you buy that allowed for high def pics?

@N14VE 8 месяцев назад

We used this one off of Amazon: amzn.to/48GErvf

@usafape 9 месяцев назад

I will be one of the builders that will not go with the RV14 anymore. I'm still early enough to change course. My hope now is that I get my tail kit deposit.

@N14VE 9 месяцев назад

I can't fault you for that. If we were much earlier it is hard to say what we would have done ourselves. I do think about how amazing the RVs fly and wonder if I would still regret going with another kit. I am hopeful Vans will be able to recover from this and new builders in a year or so will feel confident in starting a new build.

@TexasScrumBan-hb8dy 2 месяца назад

Has vans given you any real expectations on when you might see some or allof your deposit back?

@donnalocker3677 9 месяцев назад

👍

@richardturner6278 9 месяцев назад

U could easily put a Viking Aircraft engine on instead of that Thunderbolt and save tons of money that you may desperately need to finish before all is said and done . The little things really add up towards the end. If yall arw interested in saving any money that would be the way to really save a lot without compromising any performance or safety. On top of that the customer service with Viking is unmatched. Amazing company. Wish yall losts of luck.

@N14VE 8 месяцев назад

Are there any good examples of RV-14s flying with a Viking Engine? We are not the type of builder who wants to go way outside the documented normal. I know it is something you can do as a homebuilder. Can do and should do are two different things. I think it would be a great project for someone with more Engine and Airframe experience than we have.