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RV8 Mirrors

Looking for a source for mirrors for the roll bar.

Mine is a USAF surplus F-15 mirror, from Davis Monthan AFB.

Someone bought a bunch of their surplus and was selling them for awhile. Sorry that was a long time ago, so probably not helpful, unless you can find someone like DG Airparts that has one.
 
Matt Dralle was working on a design for magnetically-attached mirrors earlier this year. Not sure if that's still a work in progress or not, but I was really interested in buying a pair if he got them to production.
 
At one time "Nordo" was making and selling them but I believe he sold his design to someone else to market them and I lost track of who now sells them.

There is a "homemade" mirror design on the web that others can copy.
 
Gary had sent me the DIY link above, a few weeks ago. EZ to make. Low $$$. Wanted to watch behind me when doing loose formation. And my next trip to OSH.
 

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You get the curved mirrors that match the canopy bow like we had in the A4 and the F/A-18 I flew in a past life, I'm in. :D
 
DIY mirror for my 7. EZ for an 8 also. Fits perfectly. Totally movable.

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I followed the instructions that Gary provided above. Added lightening holes and attached the magnets with JB Weld.
 

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I didn't want to use magnets near the panel, so I machined an aluminium ball and arm for a blind spot mirror. Threads into a hole drilled in the roll bar.
Stewart Willoughby, 6 final assembly
 

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