---------------------------------------------------------- RV7-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 03/06/03: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:34 AM - SportAir RV workshop (Paul Parashak) 2. 10:46 PM - SEC: UNCLASSIFIED Re: SportAir RV workshop (Francis, David CMDR) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:34:47 AM PST US From: Paul Parashak Subject: RV7-List: SportAir RV workshop --> RV7-List message posted by: Paul Parashak I am a future 7A builder at the preview plans stage, as I like to say. I am going to the Atlanta March RV workshop, and I would like to ask some questions of those who have attended these in the past. What questions do you wish you asked at the time? What skills do you wish you learned there that weren't taught? How many instructors per student were there? Regards, Paul Parashak http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:46:54 PM PST US From: "Francis, David CMDR" Subject: SEC: UNCLASSIFIED RE: RV7-List: SportAir RV workshop --> RV7-List message posted by: "Francis, David CMDR" Paul, I have not attended a Sportair workshop, but did a weekend course with the local Australian teacher accredited to Vans. We learned the basics, but not enough to be self-sustaining. In the months following the school I found that the key to success is to learn judgement about how to deal with mistakes. The technical counsellors will leave you alone when they establish confidence that you can sensibly assess when to accept a defect (because the damage caused by rectification could present a worse risk than accepting a minor error) and when to scrap it and start again with new parts. Examples: A flange at the intersection of a rib and spar - 3 rivets, one is outside the edge distance, no room to put a fourth in, accept or reject? If you reject it you will be drilling out 3 ribs and scrapping the entire spar. Ten rivets in a line, on a tailplane spar, three, widely spaced, have been drilled out twice, still bad rivets - can I use oops rivets? Same three rivets, now they are all together in a row across a highly loaded junction with a rib - now can I use oops rivets or should I go up to full sized 1/8 rivets and ruin the appearance? Hope this helps, David Francis, VH-ZEE, fuselage kit arrives today!!! What questions do you wish you asked at the time? What skills do you wish you learned there that weren't taught? Regards, Paul Parashak http://taxes.yahoo.com/