Hi, I'm David Mack. In 2006, I decided to build my own Van's Aircraft RV-7 200+ mph two seat homebuilt aluminum airplane and this is a log of the experience.

Monday December 26, 2022
Various Left Wing Tasks
(2.6 Hours Wing Tips, 1.0 Hours Wings)
3.6 Hours Total

Emily helped me get down the left wing and I did some sanding on the wing tip.

Then we got down the right wing as well. I took the blue plastic off immediately after this shot.

I pulled some string through the conduit and tied it off at both ends. I can use this to pull wires through.

I made a new lens for the landing light cut-out (the old one had too much of a gap around it.

I laid up some fiberglass in a couple of spots on the inside of the wing tip to help strengthen some weak areas.

Then I put down some epoxy+microballoons in the low spots on the top. I think this will take one or two more coats to fill in.

I had previously put some epoxy on the inside of the corners of the wing tip lens cutout. Today I drilled the holes through the lens into the tip/epoxy and then tapped those holes for 6-32 screws. Here it is attached.

I still need to finish the surface of the tip (including priming) and install the navigation/strobe light in the tip cutout. I may install wiring from the landing light, nav/strobe light, and pitot tube (for heat) and leave a mate-n-lok style connector at the wing root. I also have the pitot mount to rivet in place and the aileron stop to install. Then the left wing should be pretty much done.

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