Flyin' Bryan's RV-8 Adventure

This site was created to provide friends and family with a vehicle to track my efforts to build a Van's RV 8 Aircraft kit. The dream began in the Summer of 2008. The actual building began in 2009, with the arrival of the empennage or tail kit. I will periodically update the site with photos and comments about my progress.

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Sunday, January 17, 2021

Restarting yet again - a year and half later

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Hard to figure out exactly where to start this Blog again. Recap - I screwed up the inner and outer skin of my left wing LE Mode in April o...

Sunday, February 11, 2018

Small Amount of work done on the Leading Edge

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Life and weather getting in the way again. After enduring a snow storm yesterday, the weather finally warmed up enough to get out and do som...

Thursday, January 25, 2018

Dimpled the Cover Plate for the Fuel Tank rib

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Well I suppose that's a long enough break since my last post. Time for some updates. In my previous post I was trying to decide what sid...

Saturday, November 18, 2017

Drilled the Screw Holes in the Joiner Plate to Final Size and checked the Clearance

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After a lot more stressing over the fit of the edges of the fuel tank and LE skins and presence of any gaps, I finally got tired of trying t...

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Preparing to Cut the Outer LE skin

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I'll start this section with a huge disclaimer. I am not, nor have I ever been - a certified aeronautical engineer or aviation mechanic....

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Scarfing the wing skins - more info

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Wow. It's been a week and a half since my last post. In that time there has been a winter storm, large tree branches falling off the tre...

Sunday, October 15, 2017

Scarfing the Adjoining Corner of the Top WIng Skins, and More....

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There was a slight change to the sequence of tasks that I had defined previously after I ran into a small issue arose. I started today with ...

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Countersunk the Inboard Top Wing Skin Spar Flange Holes

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Tonight I countersunk the holes on the wing spar flange for the inboard top wing skin. Before I did this, I called Van's builder support...

Sunday, October 8, 2017

The Theme for Today was.....More Dimpling of WIng Skins and Ribs

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Yesterday I had managed to go as far as I could with the top outer left wing skin panel as far as dimpling is concerned. As previously poste...

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Dimpled the Top Outer Main WIng Skin Tonight

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With just about all of wing spar flange holes for the fuel tank, LE, and main wing skins countersunk, the next logical step was to dimple th...

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About Me

Bryan Raley: So who am I? Born in Dallas, TX, but consider myself a Colorado native, having lived in this beautiful state for all but two years of my life. I built my first plastic airplane model at the age of 7, and I was hooked on airplanes for life. I attended the University of North Dakota and obtained an Aviation Administration degree, earning my flight instructor certificate along the way. I became a search and rescue pilot and crew member for the Civil Air Patrol shortly after graduating from college - going on 26 years of service now. There is no greater satisfaction that using your aviation talents to help your community and the nation. I bcame a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association in 2008 and made my first visit to Airventure in Oshkosh, WI, home of the largest gathering of airplanes and aviation enthusiasts in the world for one week in July 2009. Of course you already know I am building an RV-8 airplane! Other than that, I enjoy living life, spending time with my wonderful wife and 2 great kids, and just enjoying all that life has to offer.

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