Taking Inventory

Finally got a chance to open up the two boxes that comprise the empennage to my RV-8. A detailed inventory was taken and only one missing part was left out from the factory. Will seal these boxes back up for the transport to Chicago in October.

My Hobbs Meter

Total Time – 1806 Hours

Empennage Total – 217 Hours
Horizontal Stabilizer – 83 Hours
Elevators – 52 Hours
Vertical Stabilizer – 22 Hours
Rudder – 37 Hours
Fiberglass – 23

Wings Total – 518 Hours
Wing Structure – 216 Hours
Fuel Tanks – 129 Hours
Ailerons – 53 Hours
Flaps – 42 Hours
Wiring – 7
Fiberglass – 56
General – 15

Fuselage Total – 1073 Hours
Canopy – 124 Hours
Engine: 70 Hours
Cowl – 32 Hours
Firewall – 62 Hours
Firewall Forward – 16 Hours
Forward Section – 285 Hours
Center Section – 54 Hours
Seat Substructure – 27 Hours
Mid Fuselage – 130 Hours
Aft Fuselage – 183 Hours
Wiring – 90 Hours

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