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What did you do with your RV this weekend (5/29/2021 - 5/30/2021)

Yesterday I was going for a short joy ride - taxied out, during runup switched ignitions from both to R, engine died. Taxied back to hangar. Troubleshooting revealed one dead LightSpeed Plasma III box. No problems for 14 years, so no complaints. I sent the dead one back to Lightspeed for repair/upgrade.
 
Fuel System

I installed the fuel plumbing from tanks to valve. What a pain. Glad I didnt wait until panel was installed. My hats off to those who did it like the plans. I gave up and spent $ 100 on extra AN fittings.

Time for margarita; i dont work on the plane after drinking, so i will tighten and torque strip tomorrow.
 

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My oldest daughter was competing in the State track meet, my wife went the day before but I had to stay behind and work.
This morning I used the RV to turn a 2:15 drive into 42 min, not to mention way more fun and some currency as a bonus. Started out on the high side of MVFR, and ended up getting a block altitude 050-060 so I could skim the cloud tops.
Got to watch my kiddo and her great friends compete in my first ever state competition, she’s a freshman so hoping for another 3 years.
My wife dropped lil’ dude and I at AAO and we flew 3 min to 1K1 to have a burger with my parents. Just happened to bump into another friend who invited us to his unmarked grass strip on our way home to share his tips on runway building. Lil’ dude even got a little night time as requested, he also requested to help clean bugs off the airplane.
And it’s only Friday.....
Edit—-looks like I’m gonna have to play with my portrait/landscape orientation with the pic thing
 

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epic leak chase

I'll be pulling the cowls (again) and hosing down the motor with mineral spirits or brake cleaner and trying to track down an oil leak. Not a major one, but a messy one and I'm tired of looking at it.

Got a siphon gun, a kiddie pool as a catch basin, blacklights and a rainy day.

And time. :)
 
3.7 hours from Birmingham to Ann Arbor this morning with my number four son to visit my oldest son and his wife. What a beautiful town!
 
Short hop out to Drumheller, AB to meet up with a bunch of different pilots from a a Facebook group I'm in. We had a trio of airshow performers in a Rocket, a Long-EZ and a Harvard (T-6). Great time at a great little airport. This is an airport that I've never had a good landing at. Went well today with a nearly direct gusty 15 kt crosswind. Got to practice a LNAV approach at both ends.
 
Flew into North Las Vegas and met my nephew who gave me a hangar tour of F-22s, what he flies. Then flew to my old stomping grounds in Prescott, AZ, to attend the western art show on the courthouse square.

No idea what stops I'll make on the trip back to Georgia...
 
Wife and I took 6 hour flight to Charlotte, NC for the Coca Cola 600 NASCAR race. Around 140-145 kts TAS LOP at 7 gph; this plane tickles my fancy!

Just beat out the non-flyable weather coming in to Rochester to start the flight. Did have to put up with 45 minutes of light rain.

Conditions down to absolute IFR minimums for our fuel stop in Bloomington, IN. Our G3X hollered out “MINIMUMS” just after we broke out of solid overcast at 200’. Been a while since We have flown to minimums. Felt REALLY good to see those runway Numbers appear in our windscreen. Had to hand fly it since I messed up my setup of the ILS approach with vectors; wasn’t the time to start playing with the electronics. I always choose to hand fly if something seems off. Fortunately, that doesn’t happen often, but I often practice it.

Hoping for better weather and easier/safer conditions for our flight home on Tuesday!
 
Found my fuel leak and hopefully my rough running, at idle, engine problem. I think my engine driven fuel pump is bad, ruptured diaphragm.
OTOH though, I did get about 2.5 hrs in the 172, all fun.
 
Added SXM WeatherLink to my panel. Then a night flight for currency.
 

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After a very long build I started my transition training on my 6A 😁 . Those landings need some work
 
Sunshine State Visit

A beautiful one stop flight to Tallahassee to see the son and daughter-in-law. Tested out the new Mountain High O2 system but didn't go into the teens today. Nice tailwind got us here in 4.4 on 35 gallons...gotta love it!
 

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Thanks mdevans9

This was one of the photos I wanted to attach, showing the MH installed using the idea Merrell suggested. Perfect mount for this AL-248 cylinder.
 

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25 Years!

I took my RV6 for a ride around northern AZ to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its first flight.

Ordered the empennage kit in May of 1991 for $740 plus $15 for crating. Took five years to complete. There were times when I thought I would never finish it.

First flight RV grin, May 1996, Danbury, CT:

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Still looking good after 25 years, Sedona, AZ:

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I don't like the fact that you used multiple couplings in the lines to the tanks. It adds to the ability to have unintentional leaks. A better approach is to use flexible hosing.

I installed the fuel plumbing from tanks to valve. What a pain. Glad I didnt wait until panel was installed. My hats off to those who did it like the plans. I gave up and spent $ 100 on extra AN fittings.

Time for margarita; i dont work on the plane after drinking, so i will tighten and torque strip tomorrow.
 
Weather was perfect over California, so my daughter and I decided to check out the little fly in and camp ground at Georgetown.
Flight up was just under 3 hours. We had to skirt the LA basin a bit to stay east of the overcast layer in the morning.
The airport at Georgetown put on a great little event. Lots of first responders, Cal Fire, and several food trucks to choose from. The campground was really nice, except for the lack of hot water in the showers.
We wanted to get breakfast on the way back, but our first two choices were both closed down. We ended up diverting over to Harris Ranch and had a nice early lunch instead.

Photos are here.
 
I agree

I don't like the fact that you used multiple couplings in the lines to the tanks. It adds to the ability to have unintentional leaks. A better approach is to use flexible hosing.

I agree in general it is not a good idea to add joints to a fluid line run. However in this case I am using a 300 psi rated line and couplings for about an 8 psi differential pressure; This is why I think it will be ok, your mileage my vary.
 
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