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11-06-2010, 06:38 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Utah
Posts: 8,145
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RV Specific Measurement Units
Very often we use our own RV measuring units. I am trying to create a list which could be used for all the airplanes.
1.Speed - Mock 1 Mock equals 100 knots. Invented by famous Don McNamara see post #30
2.Percentage - 180%=100% (90 completed, 90 to go) widely accepted. Inventor unknown.
3.Money - Airplane Units (1 AU=$1000) by Scott Schmidt I believe.
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11-06-2010, 08:47 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SC
Posts: 12,887
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RV time. It is kind of like dog years but it depends on what you are doing and how long you THINK the task will take to complete.
For example:
If you say, ?I WILL finish the plane in three years,? your actual time will be 5.6 years.
Conversely, if you say, ?That is a difficult task and it will probably take me six months to do,? it will really take you 3.8 months.
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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
www.repucci.com/bill/baf.html
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11-06-2010, 09:17 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Big Sandy, WY
Posts: 2,567
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"This will only take a minute" = about one Earth week.
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11-06-2010, 09:53 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Redmond, WA
Posts: 269
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Cruise speed = 200 kts - h
h = hours since first flight, and h <= 50
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-- Mike Culver;
RV-9 project sold  but details of the build at
www.mculver.com
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11-06-2010, 10:56 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Arlington, WA
Posts: 799
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I'm at the airport and I'll be home soon. = don't hold dinner for me, I'll be home around midnight.
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Scott "Grumpy" Stewart
RV-7 N957RV (First Flight on Dec 18, 2009 )
RV-14 N144P (Empennage complete, wings almost complete, fuselage almost complete)
#866 on the Van's RV-7 hobbs
#6563 on Van's generic hobbs
Arlington, WA
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11-06-2010, 11:39 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Calgary, Canada
Posts: 408
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Tuesday...
...in answer to the ubiquitous question, "When will it be ready to fly?"
Tuesday = an ambiguous number of years/months/days, the benefit of which is that it will never be more than a few days off, and you can arguably claim you were "early" if you actually fly on a Sat, Sun or Mon. 
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JV
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
RV7 QB - Airframe largely complete, sans canopy and glass... unfortunately sold
RV6 - O-360-A1A, Hartzell CS, dual G3X VFR... purchased
Dues paid 2015
"Being defeated is only a temporary condition; giving up is what makes it permanent."
-- Marilyn vos Savant
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