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Old 05-24-2006, 04:31 PM
BradC BradC is offline
 
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Default RV-8 Fastback with Sliding Canopy?

I apologize for this question as I know some of it will be tainted with material that has been beaten to death but ... I cant seem to find anyone who supplies the fastback option to be combined with a sliding canopy on an RV8. I have looked into the showplanes.com kits but they are not sold as component parts and are not offered with a sliding canopy as an option.
It seems like John Harmon's kits are sized for an RV4 and I have no idea what is going on with the F1 rockets in terms of the fuselage dimensions. I have not contacted either John Harmon or Mark Frederick about this as I figured I would tap the collective wisdome here first. Thanks for entertaining my newbie questions.

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Old 05-24-2006, 05:31 PM
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yes, there is this one,

http://members.cox.net/rv8fastback/

no experiance with it though
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Old 05-25-2006, 06:24 AM
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Tom Clark has a nice kit.

Clarktm@cox.net

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Old 05-25-2006, 09:03 AM
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I purchased the Clark Fastback kit and have received it but not installed it yet on my QB kit.

The parts are very nicely done and the instructions from Tom seem to be very detailed and easy to follow. The 4x8 2024T3 skin is not included...I'll purchase that locally.

I bought the associated canopy from Todd at Airplane Plastics in Ohio.

I also plan to modify the front canopy frame per Tom's design.

I have deleted the unneeded canopy from my Van's shipment. I think the net cost delta will be about $1100.

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Old 05-25-2006, 10:30 PM
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Someone should make a kit for the -4...I contacted John Harmon with no luck. I have a feeling the rocket guys want to just sell rockets, not modify RV-x's to make them look like a rocket.
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Old 06-07-2006, 05:05 PM
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Vans is prepuching the entire rv-8 fuselage and along with that there is talk of a fast back option available from vans that will also be prepunched.
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Old 06-07-2006, 05:16 PM
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Vans is prepuching the entire rv-8 fuselage and along with that there is talk of a fast back option available from vans that will also be prepunched.

WOW! do you know when that will happen? I too want the fast back option and would be interested.
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Old 06-07-2006, 07:24 PM
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The last time i was at Vans the standard rv-8 fuse was already prepunched in the prototype shop but i haven't heard from the tech guys if they have started on the fastback yet but it was to follow.
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Old 06-07-2006, 07:42 PM
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Default prepunched or match hole

I believe the 8 fuse is prepunched on the skins but not match hole. The wing is match hole. Are you saying they have made the fuse now full match hole?
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Old 06-07-2006, 07:49 PM
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What i saw was completely matched hole.
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