Bobby Hester's RV Site


MY FLYING INFO PAGES My Flying RV7A Page 2007 My 2008 Jan-July Flying Adventures My 2008 Aug-Dec Flying Adventures My 2009 Jan-July Flying Adventures My 2009 Aug-Dec Flying Adventures Places I've Flown To Replacing Internal Garmin GPS Battery Over the years my internet provider has changed a couple times and I have decided to not keep my older construction pages active. I will continue to add new pages though. TIPS FOR BEGINNING BUILDERS Things I have found that work for me BUILDING THE EMPENNAGE - 180 hrs BUILDING THE WINGS - 428 hrs BUILDING THE FUSELAGE - 347 hrs FINISHING THE FUSELAGE Finish Kit Assembly - Pg3 Send me e-mail: bobbyhester@newwavecomm.net This site last updated Aug 21, 2009 LINKS TO OTHER RV INFO SITES Vans Aircraft Home Page Van's Air Force Ontario Wing Ohio Valley RVators Tennessee Valley RV Builders Group RV-List Subscription When your asked if someone referred you tell them Bobby Hester member# 0525185 did.		Current Status Pictures can be seen on this page My 2009 Aug-Dec Flying Adventures This is the second airplane that we have built. If you would like to read about our first plane, you can by following this link: Bobby Hester's Rans S12XL Site I decided it was time to get a plane that we could really go somewhere in. The RV7A will do that nicely. This plane cruises between 165-180 mph. Weekend trips take on an all new outlook! We started construction on this new plane July 4th, 2001 and flew it the first time on Feb 18th, 2007, 5 yrs 7 months. We built the RV7A which is a tri-gear model, and it has a sliding canopy. The picture at the bottom of this page was the first RV7A that I saw. I'll fly mine for a while before I have it painted. If you would like to learn more about the RV line of airplanes follow this link to the company web site: Vans Aircraft Home Page Here is another site that has a lot of really neat RV stuff: Van's Air Force - World Wide Wing The first thing that you work on when building an RV is the tail section (the empennage), then the wings, then the fuselage, next is the finish kit, and last is the firewall forward (engine and prop). We built our plane in my hanger, located at the Hopkinsville - Christian County Airport (HVC), if your passing thru the area stop by and see if we're there. This RV7A belongs to Pat Patterson near Shelbyville, KY His first flight was in Nov. 2002