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Ian's R​V-14A Project

A diary of building an Experimental Amateur Built Aircraft,
the Van's RV-14A

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I try to explain what I've done and any significant problems or milestones.
​I'll leave it to the videos to show the work.

Preparing and priming right elevator..

23/8/2020

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Preparing the right elevator for priming. First cleaning the aluminium thoroughly with PreKote then prime as soon as dry.

The priming the parts but no video of that.
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Right elevator....

22/8/2020

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Worked on the right elevator today. Bit of dimpling and prep.

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Primed and ready to move on....

15/8/2020

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Well the left elevator is now primed and it's time to put it all back together in preparation for riveting.
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Tried to prime

26/7/2020

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Tried to prime today but didn't have too much luck. Should have read the paint can better as it says to the thin the paint on a 50:50 ratio with thinner. This surprised me a little as when I got the primer, I was told it was a water based primer but no, it's not. Didn't have any thinner fluids or turpentine to clean up and it was too late to go and get any. Had to hope that I could still clean the spray gun tomorrow when I could get some turpentine.

Primer I'm using is: 
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More dimpling...

25/7/2020

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Continued with some more dimpling. Finished the left elevator and then washed with PreKote in preparation for priming.
Video cut out early as the SD card was full so I didn't get it all on video. Forgot to delete the previous videos. 
Mica helped out with a bit of dimpling but it didn't hold her interest for long.
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