|
-
POSTING RULES
-
Donate yearly (please).
-
Advertise in here!
-
Today's Posts
|
Insert Pics
|
10-12-2019, 11:26 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Spring Hill, KS
Posts: 363
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by bkervaski
It's not, the latch is part of an entirely new open and closing mechanism to accommodate the panels. The geometry is different, it wouldn't work as a drop in replacement.
|
What do you have to change to install it then? Surely it doesn't require modifying the slot in the outer skin or drilling new rivet holes which would mess up your paint...?
__________________
Mark Navratil
Spring Hill, KS
RV-8A N2D #80583 - built/flew/sold
RV-14A #140017 - wings complete, empacone in progress...
|
10-13-2019, 06:44 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Posts: 1,635
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by czechsix
What do you have to change to install it then? Surely it doesn't require modifying the slot in the outer skin or drilling new rivet holes which would mess up your paint...?
|
You don’t have to drill through the outer skin. I’ll get some pics up when I do the install. It’s a very nice upgrade.
__________________
RV-14A #140376
N196 (Flying)
2019 Bronze Lindy
|
10-18-2019, 07:51 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Posts: 1,635
|
|
Install complete! Wow. They really finish up the airplane. Great quality. My favorite part is the new latch system, it not only looks nice the action feels very positive and not flimsy like the original. The install took about 8 hours over two days. Worth it.
(click pic for full resolution)
__________________
RV-14A #140376
N196 (Flying)
2019 Bronze Lindy
Last edited by bkervaski : 10-18-2019 at 08:04 AM.
|
10-18-2019, 08:09 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Kingsville, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 65
|
|
Wow!
Looks great.
__________________
Todd N.
Kingsville, Ontario
http://rv14.ca C-GLCV reserved
RV-14 - #140665 empennage: finishing tailcone, ordering SB fuse soon
RV-7 - #74495 empennage: FS, partly complete
2020 Contributor
|
10-18-2019, 11:35 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Willis Gliderport
Posts: 185
|
|
Would you be willing to reveal your interior price tag?
It is very nice.
R
|
10-18-2019, 11:36 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Haleiwa, HI
Posts: 112
|
|
Awesome
That is really nice. My kit just shipped and I?m going to install it the first part of November. Any tips on the install would be appreciated.
T-drift: I may have my XP-400 replacement soon also. I might be back in the air before 2020!
__________________
Jeffrey T Jones
RV-14 N588TJ Completed
First Flight July 10, 2018
Flight testing completed August 14, 2018
2020 VAF dues paid plus beer money😜
|
10-18-2019, 01:21 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Windsor, Ontario
Posts: 223
|
|
Who supplies the new latch system?
__________________
Glenn Martin
Windsor, Ontario
1942 Tiger Moth
2017 Waco YMF-5
Kit # 140694
Received RV-14 Empennage Kit October 22, 2019
Started Tail Cone Dec 2019
Received QB Kit April 2020
Finished a mounted Tail Surfaces to Fuselage June 2020
2020 Dues Paid
|
10-18-2019, 02:17 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: DFW
Posts: 65
|
|
very nice.
__________________
RV14-A QB
Factory Lycoming IO390 X, HZ CS 2 Blade,
Garmin Dual G3X 460, GTN 625, A/P 507, G5
GTR 200 & 20 COMM's, 245 audio, GTX 45R
Repairman Certificate
|
10-18-2019, 05:32 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: C27
Posts: 52
|
|
Whoa!
That looks fantastic! I'm debating whether or not to install the 45 degree brackets to mount the circuit breaker panel. Any thoughts?
Quote:
Originally Posted by bkervaski
Install complete! Wow. They really finish up the airplane. Great quality. My favorite part is the new latch system, it not only looks nice the action feels very positive and not flimsy like the original. The install took about 8 hours over two days. Worth it.
(click pic for full resolution)
|
__________________
Jim Fisher
Manchester, IA
RV-14A 140411 Began Jan 2018
Finishing up wheel fairings
2020 Dues Paid
|
10-18-2019, 07:29 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 3,344
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by jfisher
That looks fantastic! I'm debating whether or not to install the 45 degree brackets to mount the circuit breaker panel. Any thoughts?
|
I considered it and think it looks nice but since there is a serviceable item under that area and with a bunch of wires, it may cause the access a bit more pain so I decided against it.
__________________
Mehrdad
N825SM RV7A - IO360M1B - SOLD
N825MS RV14A - IO390 - Flying
Dues paid
|
| Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 04:39 PM.
|
