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07-04-2007, 06:03 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Keith:
If you're using an air rivet gun rather than a squeezer, try setting your regulator pressure to around 40. Also, for the 1/8 in rivets (4s), I'd suggest a heavier bucking bar, as the tool kit bars tend to be on the light side. You can go with a tungsten bar (expensive) or just a little more mass with steel. Should give you a much better set.
Terry
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07-04-2007, 06:16 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: ...
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Originally Posted by Yukon
IAsk any of these guys and they'll tell you they are right side up most of the time going somewhere.
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That is absolutely true, but I think more of it depends on who you fly with. The -9 drivers around here (SoCal) fly alone most of the time. The -4/6/7/8 guys fly in formation and do tail chases all the time. It's a whole different outlook on flying.
Just need to figure out which group fits you best. It's not just about your own "acro" but it also has to do with how you envision yourself fitting in (or not).
Yeah, I do acro here and there, but to be honest I'm having more fun with my -7 than should be allowed -- mostly because of the group of guys at Chino who tear it up on a regular basis.
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07-04-2007, 06:58 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SC
Posts: 12,887
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I went back and forth
First it was an -8, then a -7, and finally the -9.
What got me was how I hope to use it. Nora and I like to do a lot of camping so I figured the -9 might be better at getting in and out of short strips with all of our stuff. Which brings me to the use of an O-290.
I started with the idea of building the -9 as a faster T-Craft (which I have owned) and the thought of using an O-235 sounded very good to me. Heck, 150 MPH on 5 GPH is outstanding! Plus, look at the usefull load you get with the smaller engine. The O-290 sort of fell in to my lap and I couldn't turn down a $3,500 0 SMHO engine.
Add to all that Nora's desire to learn to fly. After she masters the TW thing, heck the flying thing, I might just start on a -3 or -8, who knows.
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RV-9 (Yes, it's a dragon tail)
O-360 w/ dual P-mags
Build the plane you want, not the plane others want you to build!
SC86 - Easley, SC
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07-11-2007, 09:02 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Merritt Island, FL
Posts: 602
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Originally Posted by khm
I was actually thinking about a Sonex after totally messing up the practice kit this morning. Man can I mess up driving / bucking rivets!
Keith
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You can, and will, master the art of riveting. It takes a little bit of time and you will screw up after even after you think you finally have things figured out, but don't let the fear of riveting stop you. It scared me for a while, and I am having to rebuild some surfaces due to my screw ups, but with anything you try to build, you will have the same types of issues. Just remember, a bunch of housewives in the 1940's learned how to do it!
Pick the plane that will best serve your needs and budget, and then make the plunge.
But, back to your original question, I have no regrets about chosing a -9 over a -7. I wavered a bit reading Dan Checkoway's observations of flying a -9 to his -7, and his saying how his 7 was a lot more responsive, and he does lots of xc flying but.....being a low time former Cessna driver and getting up in years, a nice stable -9 is all that I need.
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RV14 - Working on Empennage/Tail Cone
RV9A - Completed! First flight on July 18, 2012!
Based at Merritt Island, FL (KCOI)
VAF Number: 1170
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Star Trek Quote: "Logically, it could work. Also, logically, there are a hundred variables, any one of which could put us in a worse position than we're in now." Mr. Spock in Return to Tomorrow
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07-11-2007, 12:39 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Corvallis Oregon
Posts: 3,547
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I have a lady friend
Strictly a friend, here at work, she is single and in the market for a fine gentleman but has never found one that quite measures up.
She indicated she might be interested in learning to fly (I took her flying a few years back and she learns incredibly fast).
Of course I pointed out to her that if she owned an RV she would be almost irresistable!....
AJ, can you hang on for about 4 years?....
Frank 7a
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07-11-2007, 03:47 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: St. Paul, MN.
Posts: 4,792
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I don't have any regrets, but given that I'm battling this vertigo problem, there is ZERO chance I'm going to use the "7" for any (intentional) aerobatics. I probably should've gone with a "9"
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07-12-2007, 08:13 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Tulsa, OK
Posts: 40
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I took a quick flight with a gentleman in his -9A. He had built and flown several high HP aerobatic planes over the years and probably flown most every make and model GA aircraft, but he said he enjoyed the -9A more than any plane he had ever flown. His was set up with 160 HP/ CS. Climb out was simply astounding. Handling was crisp, but rock solid. Very sweet plane. (BTW, he was not trying to sell the -9A.)
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07-12-2007, 09:50 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dallas area
Posts: 10,769
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No Regrets, BUT!
I've been flying my -6 for a long time and do not regret one minute of it. Having said that, as I get older, I find myself doing less and less acro. If I started building another RV, it would be a -9. I like the low speed characteristics of the -9.
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Mel Asberry, DAR since the last century.
EAA Flight Advisor/Tech Counselor, Friend of the RV-1
Recipient of Tony Bingelis Award and Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award
USAF Vet, High School E-LSA Project Mentor.
RV-6 Flying since 1993 (sold)
<rvmel(at)icloud.com>
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07-12-2007, 11:09 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: St Louis, Mo
Posts: 178
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Originally Posted by Mel
I've been flying my -6 for a long time and do not regret one minute of it. Having said that, as I get older, I find myself doing less and less acro. If I started building another RV, it would be a -9. I like the low speed characteristics of the -9.
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Mel -
How would you 'dress out' the -9 you would build? Engine, prop....
thanks,
John
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07-12-2007, 04:07 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: AUSTRALIA
Posts: 749
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Initial Impressions From a 9A Novice
I have just flown my 9A for the first time and now have 3 hours. The only other RV I have flown is a 6A from the right seat (no take-offs or landings) so I am no RV guru and can?t make comparisons with other RVs. However I find the 9A is one sweet aircraft.
Initial impressions:
Delightful feel to the controls. When you want to bank the aircraft it just sort of happens with little apparent physical input. Once in the bank it just sits there, ball centre.
Take-off performance with the 0-320 and C/S prop is awesome compared to any other aircraft I have flown. Took a few take-offs before I had the raging monster tamed.
Very solid and stable at low speeds. This is the main reason I decided on the 9A so that I could operate out of my short farm airstrip.
Nicest plane I have ever landed in. I think the C/S prop helps here. I already have my approaches down to 65kts and it is rock solid at this speed and feels like it is on tracks down to the touch down point, a gentle flare and it just sort of lands itself at what feels like a safe slow speed.
I am very happy with my choice of the 9A. It is the low speed handling that has convinced me I made the right choice.
Fin
Australia
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