NEW V/S Modification video Anti-Splat-Aero

[meloosifah]

Wow. Allan, I just read this entire string. It seems that Dave and Trina have it out for you. I think you stated that Your SS Part is non magnetic. Thanks Dave and Trina for pointing out an irrelevant fact that not all SS is non magnetic. This guy has subscribed to the thread for seemingly the sole purpose of attacking every time the subject comes up.

For the record, I probably will not be buying this part because I am not convinced it is necessary. Others who disagree are welcome to do so. I will, however, be buying several others that you are making. Please keep up the good work! We need folks like you that are constantly looking for ways to improve the safety on our planes. If we keep this up we MAY get to keep our flying freedoms.

[meloosifah]

Oh yeah...Dave and Trina, you already made the joke about the wing attach bracket back on page 6. I doubt it gets funnier a second time. The bird is probably laughing in pity, not humor.

[Dbro172]

I got my empenage bolted up this weekend and installed the mod last night. As simple as it was to install; i cant think of a reason not to. Extra piece of mind when i kick this thing into a side slip. It took less than an hour, and that included an extra step of removing each piece for deburring the holes and clearing out the aluminum shavings from drilling the holes.

[bret]

Originally Posted by MauiLvrs

Not all stainless is non magnetic ...


BTW are you going to make a support bracket to reinforce the all aluninum horiz stab attach parts with SS. Ya know it might just break ...

Even the bird thought that was funny...

WOW! look what I found, Not that funny now with the new SB!

[flightlogic]

I installed the stainless before all this hot headed chatter showed up on my computer. Well engineered, easy to install and low cost. I somehow get the impression that someone at their keyboard wants desperately to be the smartest guy in the room. Anyone know how to make my leg less tired when I slip hard now?

[Norman CYYJ]

[quote= Anyone know how to make my leg less tired when I slip hard now?[/QUOTE]

Yes, plan further ahead.

[flightlogic]

I will indeed plan to slow down. But darn, going fast is so much fun.

[Jim Wright]

I for one would like to thank Allen for his selfless time and effort in addressing this crack problem. I didn't see anyone else even suggresting an alternate "fix" for the problem. I bought and am thoroughly enjoying my -8 in these latter years of my life. I am not an engineer nor a designer, I just love to fly and am grateful for people like Dick VanGrunsvn and Allan Nimmo that have contributed so much to the Experimental Aircraft industry and this fantastic aircraft that we all enjoy so much. The key word here is experimental which means trying new things and making things better. That's why we fly RV's instead of certified aircraft that are mired in bureaucracy.
We will have more cracks in the years ahead and I hope Allan and those like him will be looking over us. Meanwhile lets enjoy that which we share in common......that RV Grin.

[Fred.Stucklen]

So, for those of you that put Allen's mod on the Horz Stab, I have some questions:

1. Did you have to remove the Horz Stab (Actually the whole tail) to do this mod?

2. How long did it take you?

I have an RV-7A that I'd like to do this mod too, and need to schedule some down time.... I also have another friend with an RV-7A that wants to do the same mod, and another friend with an RV-6A that want's to do this mod... So we're all interested in hearing some answers...

Originally Posted by Jim Wright

I for one would like to thank Allen for his selfless time and effort in addressing this crack problem. I didn't see anyone else even suggresting an alternate "fix" for the problem. I bought and am thoroughly enjoying my -8 in these latter years of my life. I am not an engineer nor a designer, I just love to fly and am grateful for people like Dick VanGrunsvn and Allan Nimmo that have contributed so much to the Experimental Aircraft industry and this fantastic aircraft that we all enjoy so much. The key word here is experimental which means trying new things and making things better. That's why we fly RV's instead of certified aircraft that are mired in bureaucracy.
We will have more cracks in the years ahead and I hope Allan and those like him will be looking over us. Meanwhile lets enjoy that which we share in common......that RV Grin.

[mr.sun]

I am also about to install Allan's vertical and horizontal mods and I am interested in the same questions. To install both mods (4 pieces), do I have to remove the HS from my RV7? I understand from the video that to do the VS, I leave everything but the fairing installed, Looks to me, though, in the video of the HS mod installation, the HS is on a bench but I can't see why it had to be removed. Thoughts?