Taking Inventory

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Michael

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.

Total Time – 1879 Hours

Empennage Total – 218 Hours
Horizontal Stabilizer – 83 Hours
Elevators – 53 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 – 1146 Hours
Canopy – 124 Hours
Engine: 103 Hours
Cowl – 57 Hours
Firewall – 62 Hours
Firewall Forward – 16 Hours
Forward Section – 285 Hours
Center Section – 57 Hours
Seat Substructure – 27 Hours
Mid Fuselage – 131 Hours
Aft Fuselage – 184 Hours
Wiring – 99 Hours

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