SB 14-01-31; RV-6, 7, 8

[akarmy]

Yep, I ordered the kit, like you Bret I'm going to do the mod to my finished but unmounted HS. I figure if it gets too messed up I can build another one before I match drill it to the fuselage!

[Snowflake]

I was going to order one and then heard that they had stopped shipping them because Van's engineers were putting their heads together... Sounded like there may be a change coming. Maybe Scott can comment whether that is true or not? If not, i'll be ordering the kit pretty quickly.

[Pilot Dog Ship]

It was post #319 that I may have mis-interpreted.
I read it as there might be a different type of fix coming down the pipe from Engineering...

[bret]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

I was going to order one and then heard that they had stopped shipping them because Van's engineers were putting their heads together... Sounded like there may be a change coming. Maybe Scott can comment whether that is true or not? If not, i'll be ordering the kit pretty quickly.

Hum...no word of a .....change order for the mod, just a delay of getting the next BATCH out?

[Bavafa]

Originally Posted by bret

Hum...no word of a .....change order for the mod, just a delay of getting the next BATCH out?

I talked to them and asked if there maybe another solution than already exist. They told me that there is no other engineering work is being done other than including this part into the regular kit.

[tracy]

Originally Posted by Bevan

I was thinking the same thing. My spar web looks the same as in the picture above. No notches per MY plans (dated Feb 28/01). Instructions say to "trim to fit"

Bevan

My older kit has the same narrow spar web as shown in my previous pic. Hopefully this will avoid any future cracks!

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Pilot Dog Ship

It was post #319 that I may have mis-interpreted.
I read it as there might be a different type of fix coming down the pipe from Engineering...

I read it that way too, but it sounds from later posts like the current one is the only fix though, so I'll get over to Vans and order the kit.

[330drvr]

RV-7A
500 hours
Notches yes
Cracks no

IO-360
2 blade aluminum C/S MT (now replaced by 3 blade MT)
mild aero
paved runways

[Jim Wright]

RV-8A N698BS
470 hours
No Notches, No Cracks.
IO-360
2 blade aluminum C/S MT
No aero
Almost exclusively paved runways

[BillFear]

RV7a
915 hours
0-360 with 2 Blade hartzel CS
No notches
Very little acro
Very little grass strip

No cracks, HS or Elevator spar