Hi all! My name is Nathan, I'm first time builder in Vancouver, Canada and I'm building a S7 Super Sport.

The current plan in summary form is to go with the following:
  • Engine: Rotax 912iS
  • Prop: 70inch 3-blade Airmaster (with whirlwind blades)
  • Gear: Grove Spring Gear with Beringer 8inch wheels and brakes and a T3 Tailwheel
  • Covering: Stewart Systems
  • Avionics: Full Garmin suite with a Garmin G3X Touch (10 inch) as the main PFD


The kit arrived on March 25th. I met Brandon and Heather in Bellingham WA and transferred the kit into a rental truck to bring it across the border into Canada.

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I immediately started building a couple of wing rotisseries and a stand for the fuselage to stand on. There was another aircraft in the hangar for the first couple of weeks as it waited to depart for its new home, so I was delayed getting the rotisseries and stand finished due to that. Once that other aircraft was gone, I completed inventory which took just 2 days, and then started on the horizontal stabilizer.

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It's been a few weeks since then, and a lot has been done and learned. The ribs and rib stiffeners are glued into the horizontal stabilizer and elevator, and I'm going to be mounting them into the fuselage next.

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It has been an interesting start to say the least. There's been days when I've been able to get a lot done, and other days where I've spent most of my time just figuring out what I needed to do a particular piece of work; with a lot of trips to hardware stores. It's all part of the experience so I'm not at all demotivated by it. In fact its the opposite, I'm feeling like I'm learning a lot and getting more into a rhythm with each day.

I'm working full time on the build until at least the end of August, and we'll see where we can go from there.

The forums have been a hugely helpful resource thus far. Thank you to everyone who has contributed. I've been following a lot of other build threads and have notes from many of you of ways to do things better, easier, faster, etc. I'm going to be incorporating much of your ideas into my build.