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David Paule 12-20-2016 04:43 PM

I just bought a Van's fuel tank test kit for a friend. It's pretty lean; some builder stuff required. Larry, you ought to offer your kit on the market - it's a very, very good kit. Seriously.

I have the deluxe locking tank caps. Mine leaked through the center stem. I friend sent me some Fuel Lube, this stuff. It did the job. I recommend the 5 oz. tube. It'll be enough for several lifetimes.

Dave

Z-EDD 12-21-2016 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by rzbill (Post 1135620)
I am pretty sure I have seen that Vans is now pre-cutting the landing light hole in the wing skin. That's fine if you want the landing lights in the position they have selected. (mine are in the tips).

Man I hope not! But at least a couple of years ago they weren't. They ARE cutting the leading edge for the stall warner access though.

Regarding flop tubes, consider the following. If fitting the float senders they must be moved to the next bay outboard and installed through the rear baffle. In this position they will read neither completely full, nor completely empty, not such a big deal.

HOWEVER, if you ever need to access the senders for maintenance, even just to fix a bad connection, the tank will have to be removed from the wing! A major Pita.

Capacitive senders would solve this but vans must have discontinued the kit for a reason. This is just a guess, but it could be to do with maintenance down the line. A bad connection inside the tank would be really hard to fix.

Are you looking for a heated pitot or do you just want AoA? If the latter then there are other ways to accomplish this than the expensive pitots from Dynon or Garmin. Most any tube or hole pointing down at an angle of ( I think) 30 degrees from horizontal will do the trick. See the following thread

http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...ad.php?t=34040

rv8ch 12-21-2016 09:59 AM

Angle
 
+1 on the angle - get more than you think you will need in all thicknesses.

CubedRoot 12-21-2016 10:17 AM

Added the extra W-730 aileron jig to the list.

I am planning on using a heated Pitot/AOA but have not decided on which pitot mount yet. Either Gretz or the one Dynon sells.

I've still got a few days before I get the order in, since the price increases are not done yearly anymore. I may want until after the holidays to order the kit.

David Paule 12-21-2016 10:21 AM

Price increases generally seem to happen sometime in the middle or late in the first quarter.

Dave

Draker 12-21-2016 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by nilberg (Post 1135472)
Things to consider:
Get the RV7/7A drawing DVD, it has all the OP drawings as well. Including the capacitive drawings (OP07). Pretty easy to make.

Anyone have an idea why Vans stopped selling the capacitive fuel level senders? From what I read they seem to be superior in several key ways. There must be a reason they aren't sold by them anymore.

Caummisar 12-21-2016 10:13 PM

Mark those extra angle pcs
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by rv8ch (Post 1135814)
+1 on the angle - get more than you think you will need in all thicknesses.

+2 on more angles. You will need them eventually for all sorts of things. Braces, mounting instruments, etc. May I suggest that as you inventory the parts, figure out which angles belong in the kit and mark the others you ordered as extra or "stock material" From what I remember, some that came before cannibalized kit parts, not knowing they were part of the kit, and had to order more. The longerons should be obvious, but then that is in the fuselage kit down the road. The fuse kit has lots of angle that can be confused with "in stock" angle you order now.

cczarnik 12-27-2016 07:04 AM

Newb here reading with great interest- I'm almost ready for the wing order too-

Question- why the extra longeron a with the wing? Aren't these fuse parts and extras can be ordered then?

Also, are there any parts on the wing with a high probability of a re-do? It would have been nice having my second set of front spars in the emp kit- and the extra trim tab :D

RV6_flyer 12-27-2016 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by cczarnik (Post 1136989)
Newb here reading with great interest- I'm almost ready for the wing order too-

Question- why the extra longeron a with the wing? Aren't these fuse parts and extras can be ordered then?

Also, are there any parts on the wing with a high probability of a re-do? It would have been nice having my second set of front spars in the emp kit- and the extra trim tab :D

The Fuselage Longeron ships with the Wing Spar.

The cost to built another box that long would increase crating cost a lot therefore it is more economical to just include the LONGEST part of the airplane project with the wing kit that also has the 2nd longest part.

wirejock 12-27-2016 07:55 AM

Longerons
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by cczarnik (Post 1136989)
Newb here reading with great interest- I'm almost ready for the wing order too-

Question- why the extra longeron a with the wing? Aren't these fuse parts and extras can be ordered then?

Also, are there any parts on the wing with a high probability of a re-do? It would have been nice having my second set of front spars in the emp kit- and the extra trim tab :D

The wing spar crate is made long enough to ship both the wing spars and the fuse longerons. Vans ships the fuse longerons with the wing kit for that reason as it saves shipping costs to the builder.
Most builders have fewer problems with the wings so no need for re-do parts. The suggestions i this thread are a good reference.


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