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03-21-2019, 04:08 PM
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unqualified unfluencer
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Highland Village, TX
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RV Law of ?
A stab at comedy. I’ll get the ball rolling with:
"RV Law of Clean Leading Edges / Dirty Belly"
If you just clean the leading edge of your wings after a flight, the longer a visitor stares at them the probability of them believing the belly is also clean approaches one.
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- Part time: Supporting Crew Member CAE Embraer Phenom 300 (E55P) @ KDFW.
- Occasionally: Contract pilot (resume).
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03-21-2019, 05:06 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Wilsonville/Aurora KUAO Oregon
Posts: 746
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Law Two
RV LAW OF STATED PERFORMANCE NUMBERS
If you state any performance number on your craft someone in the audience will have always have a better one for theirs.
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Bruce, Katie, Hana and RV-8 HulaGirl
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03-21-2019, 05:47 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Estes Park, CO
Posts: 3,947
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RV Law of Tailwheel Superiority
If you even think A model, be prepared for the fuel and flames.
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Larry Larson
Estes Park, CO
http://wirejockrv7a.blogspot.com
wirejock at yahoo dot com
Donated 12/03/2019, plus a little extra.
RV-7A #73391, N511RV reserved (2,000+ hours)
HS SB, empennage, tanks, wings, fuse, working finishing kit
Disclaimer
I cannot be, nor will I be, held responsible if you try to do the same things I do and it does not work and/or causes you loss, injury, or even death in the process.
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03-21-2019, 06:56 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Defiance, MO
Posts: 1,674
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The law of
The RV humility law
The more someone compliments you on your workmanship on your RV, the more mistakes and dings you will point out.
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Philip
RV-6A - 14+ years, 950+ hours
Based at 1H0 (Creve Coeur)
Paid dues yearly since 2007
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03-21-2019, 08:03 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Ponte Vedra, FL
Posts: 1,474
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RV humility law corollary: As soon as you start to think you are a competent builder, you bungle a part and humbly call the mothership for a replacement.
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03-21-2019, 08:22 PM
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Moderator, Asst. Line Boy
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Flower Mound, TX
Posts: 1,473
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... Vectors.
The RV Law of Vectors.
No matter how many times you checked...
? and rechecked...
...no matter what precautions you took...
? the drill bit is ALWAYS perfectly aligned dead center with your thumbnail. 
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Sid "Scroll" Mayeux, Col, USAF (ret)
52F NW Regional/Aero Valley Airport, Roanoke TX (home of DR's Van Cave)
"KELLI GIRL" N260KM RV-7A tipper
Catch her on YouTube's "Because I Fly!" channel
Exemption waived.
Proud and grateful 2020 -=VAF=- Contributor
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03-21-2019, 09:11 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Posts: 1,565
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The RV Laws of Opinions
1st Law: "The first law states that for every opinion about building/flying/maintaining an RV, there is an equal and opposite opinion."
2nd Law: "The second law states that the entropy of any discussion about an opinion will always increase."
3rd Law: "The third law states that the entropy of any discussion around an opinion approaches a constant value just prior to being locked by a moderator."
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Brad Benson, Maplewood MN.
RV-6A N164BL, Flying since Nov 2012!
If you're not making mistakes, you're probably not making anything
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03-22-2019, 05:18 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 1,670
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DeltaRomeo
A stab at comedy. I?ll get the ball rolling with:
"RV Law of Clean Leading Edges / Dirty Belly"
If you just clean the leading edge of your wings after a flight, the longer a visitor stares at them the probability of them believing the belly is also clean approaches one.
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But if you just walk away without ANY cleaning, the visitor with think the plane is already clean. And if the visitor was a passenger, they will be so thrilled with the flight that no amount of dirt/grease/oil will be even slightly noticeable, because they are not nearly as anal as we are! 
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Pete Hunt, [San Diego] VAF #1069
RV-6, RV-6A, T-6G
ATP, CFII, A&P
2020 Donation+, Gladly Sent
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03-22-2019, 06:55 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: MS
Posts: 310
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The Law of Auto-Resolving Problems
If the aircraft starts to make a strange sound and subsequently the sound goes away, the problem has not resolved itself; there's at least a 50% chance it's gotten worse.
==dave==
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03-22-2019, 07:36 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Irvine, CA
Posts: 416
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The Law of Perversity Tending to the Maximum
- Everything affects everything else. There?s no such thing as one domino.
- Any small item dropped while working in the engine compartment will never come out the bottom.
- Any small dropped item that hits the floor will not be in the direction you saw it bounce.
- The ?most likely? explanation/cause/solution is only applicable to other airplanes ? not yours.
- There are only three places in RVs that fuel leaks will occur:
- bad places;
- really bad places;
- and much worse places.
- There?s always something.
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John Halcrow
Tustin, CA
RV-12 120682
Emp/TC done; Wings done; Fuse kit done
"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives." --Abba Eban
Paid up until Aug 2021
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