Author: "dejavuan2" <wvu@...> Time: Wed Aug 25, 2004 3:30 am PDT Link
Spent 3 hrs tonight doing inventory and inspecting suspected items.
Amazingly the cabin top was ok. All subkits and loose items are
accounted for. All AL skins are fine. So far I only noted damage
to two items.
Both rudder pedals were slightly bowed in the middle. Holding a
straight edge to them showed a 0.5in difference between the two
ends. Also, the empenage fairing had a 4in crack.
All in all not as bad as the crate looked. Thank goodness to the
good packaging job Van's did. I'm sure the mountains of paper
helped.
Anh
Maryland
#141
--- In RV10@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Lauritsen" <mike@c...> wrote:
> I too just received my wing and fuse kits. Few of the plywood
stapled
> seams were tight any longer, but not as bad as yours. The wing kit
> however had a tine hole in the end of the box and mangled a few of
the
> skins (right where the $ was spray painted on the end). However
the
> replacement skins from the emp. cone that were damaged in the emp.
cone
> crate arrived fine inside the fuse crate : )
>
> Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dejavuan2 [mailto:wvu@m...]
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 11:17 PM
> To: RV10@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [RV10] Fuselage Delivery - A Horror Sight
> My fuselage was delivered today through Best Way - horrified
> experience.
> First the driver did not want to back the truck down my 350'
> driveway. Then I found out that he had poked a 2ft hole on the
top
> of the truck from hitting a low-hanging branch of a tree. He was
not
> in the best of mood. He finally backed the truck right to the
> garage, openned the back of this 45' trailer. Nothing was inside
> except for the crate I've been waiting to see - it couldn't be my
> crate.... When he pulled it closer to the back I said: Don't do
a
> thing. Let me get my camera.
>
> It was hard to believe this thing was a crate at one time. I
> thought hurricane Andrew had somehow found it while on the way
here
> in MD. The entire bottom of the crate was pushed inside and
upward
> about 8 inches. The top of the entire crate was also pushed
inside
> and downward. None of the 4 sides were attached to one another.
> They were held together by merely by two metal bands - one length-
> wise and the other cross-wise. I could only imagine what the
> contents looked like. BTW, I could see that a metal bar had
> slipped through one of the corners and was half hanging outside of
> the box. It turned out to be the rudder pedals. Some powder
> coating was scraped off but still haven't unpacked the whole thing
> yet.
>
> At this point I can only see the composite V/S fairing was
cracked.
> All AL sheets are intact. The cabin top appeared to be ok.
> Winshield is ok. The way the fuse is packed is that you have all
Al
> sheets at the bottom of the crate, then the cabin top itself
packed
> upside down. Then all subkits individually wrapped and put inside
> of the upside down cabin top. Tubings were tied to the sides with
> strings. What I believe protected the contents was actually the
> cabin top. It prevented the crate top and bottom from crushing
> everything else inside. The frame of the crate itself appeared
> somewhat flimsey as I found no wood larger than 1X6 along the
> edges. Others have receive similar crates fine so it must've been
> the trucking companies.
>
> I have called Best Way. They were apologetic and reassured me
that
> I'm covered and not to worry. Will report again after inventory.
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Author: "Bob Condrey" <bob.condrey@...> Time: Wed Aug 25, 2004 8:39 am PDT Link
I'm glad to hear that the damage is minor. I can't even imagine what
would have been going through my mind if that had happened. So far
I've been lucky...
Bob #40105
--- In RV10@yahoogroups.com, "dejavuan2" <wvu@m...> wrote:
> Spent 3 hrs tonight doing inventory and inspecting suspected
items.
> Amazingly the cabin top was ok. All subkits and loose items are
> accounted for. All AL skins are fine. So far I only noted damage
> to two items.
> Both rudder pedals were slightly bowed in the middle. Holding a
> straight edge to them showed a 0.5in difference between the two
> ends. Also, the empenage fairing had a 4in crack.
>
> All in all not as bad as the crate looked. Thank goodness to the
> good packaging job Van's did. I'm sure the mountains of paper
> helped.
>
> Anh
> Maryland
> #141
>
> --- In RV10@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Lauritsen" <mike@c...> wrote:
> > I too just received my wing and fuse kits. Few of the plywood
> stapled
> > seams were tight any longer, but not as bad as yours. The wing
kit
> > however had a tine hole in the end of the box and mangled a few
of
> the
> > skins (right where the $ was spray painted on the end). However
> the
> > replacement skins from the emp. cone that were damaged in the
emp.
> cone
> > crate arrived fine inside the fuse crate : )
> >
> > Mike
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dejavuan2 [mailto:wvu@m...]
> > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 11:17 PM
> > To: RV10@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [RV10] Fuselage Delivery - A Horror Sight
> > My fuselage was delivered today through Best Way - horrified
> > experience.
> > First the driver did not want to back the truck down my 350'
> > driveway. Then I found out that he had poked a 2ft hole on the
> top
> > of the truck from hitting a low-hanging branch of a tree. He was
> not
> > in the best of mood. He finally backed the truck right to the
> > garage, openned the back of this 45' trailer. Nothing was inside
> > except for the crate I've been waiting to see - it couldn't be my
> > crate.... When he pulled it closer to the back I said: Don't do
> a
> > thing. Let me get my camera.
> >
> > It was hard to believe this thing was a crate at one time. I
> > thought hurricane Andrew had somehow found it while on the way
> here
> > in MD. The entire bottom of the crate was pushed inside and
> upward
> > about 8 inches. The top of the entire crate was also pushed
> inside
> > and downward. None of the 4 sides were attached to one another.
> > They were held together by merely by two metal bands - one length-
> > wise and the other cross-wise. I could only imagine what the
> > contents looked like. BTW, I could see that a metal bar had
> > slipped through one of the corners and was half hanging outside
of
> > the box. It turned out to be the rudder pedals. Some powder
> > coating was scraped off but still haven't unpacked the whole
thing
> > yet.
> >
> > At this point I can only see the composite V/S fairing was
> cracked.
> > All AL sheets are intact. The cabin top appeared to be ok.
> > Winshield is ok. The way the fuse is packed is that you have all
> Al
> > sheets at the bottom of the crate, then the cabin top itself
> packed
> > upside down. Then all subkits individually wrapped and put
inside
> > of the upside down cabin top. Tubings were tied to the sides
with
> > strings. What I believe protected the contents was actually the
> > cabin top. It prevented the crate top and bottom from crushing
> > everything else inside. The frame of the crate itself appeared
> > somewhat flimsey as I found no wood larger than 1X6 along the
> > edges. Others have receive similar crates fine so it must've
been
> > the trucking companies.
> >
> > I have called Best Way. They were apologetic and reassured me
> that
> > I'm covered and not to worry. Will report again after inventory.
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Author: "dejavuan2" <wvu@...> Time: Fri Aug 27, 2004 3:40 am PDT Link
If anyone is interested, I've uploaded a few pictures in
the "Photos" section under "Anh's RV-10" of the damage to the
fuselage crate and parts. And also a few of my completed empenage
and wings.
Regards,
Anh
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