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04-09-2013, 02:38 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Medford, OR
Posts: 287
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Step Removal
For the folks that have finished the RV12, is it fairly easy to change out the steps? I am at the point of installing the step onto the fuselage and I do not want to pause to figure out a color scheme and get the steps powder coated.
Jeff
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04-09-2013, 02:59 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: La Feria Texas
Posts: 3,822
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Just two easy to get to bolts, I have had mine on and off several times.
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04-09-2013, 03:49 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Riley TWP MI
Posts: 3,068
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Leave the steps off for now so that you do not bang your shins while working on the plane. When you eventually do install the steps, you will not be used to them being in the way. Then you will bang your shins for sure. 
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04-09-2013, 04:13 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: La Feria Texas
Posts: 3,822
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But Joe, it leaves such a pretty crescent shaped scar, that you can proudly display, that marks you as a builder!
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04-09-2013, 04:29 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Arlington, TX (DFW)
Posts: 1,164
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Don't forget to drill a 'weep' hole in the bottom of them too, before you take them to powder coat / final install. Oh, and the furniture tips/caps finish off the ends beautifully
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Gary Robertson
Arlington, TX
RV-12 Built / Sold / Flying
Currently Flying: Cessna Skyhawk 172
Rebuilding a true barn find J-3 Cub
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04-09-2013, 04:57 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Irvine, CA
Posts: 416
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Get the right kind
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Originally Posted by txaviator
...the furniture tips/caps finish off the ends beautifully |
If you use nicely streamlined caps it adds .042 knots to cruise. Someone told me that. 
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John Halcrow
Tustin, CA
RV-12 120682
Emp/TC done; Wings done; Fuse kit done
"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives." --Abba Eban
Paid up until Aug 2021
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04-09-2013, 08:13 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Independence, OR
Posts: 316
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I heard, from an un-named source, that capping them off actually causes a 0.0421 knot decrease in calibrated airspeed AND a 0.66 foot increase in take-off distance since the air can no longer flow through the step. Something about increased frontal area.
Maybe I should spend less time at EAA morning coffee and more time building.
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John Horn (donated for 2020)
Independence, OR
LSRM-A, CFII
Rotax Service, Maintenance, and Heavy Maintenance Trained
Building an RV-12, N7878H reserved
Flying a Flight Design CTSW
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04-09-2013, 08:34 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posts: 1,647
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Exaggerated claims ....
Come on now guys! The increased speed originally claimed for these caps and based on informed guesswork was only 0.02 kts. These rumours are just getting out of hand!!
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04-09-2013, 08:58 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 2,818
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Oh yeah!?
I installed venturis in the steps and drilled holes in the sides to meet the throats. Eductor action Adds 0.025 KTAS !
(5 Pinochios!). :-)
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04-09-2013, 10:58 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Irvine, CA
Posts: 416
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RFSchaller
I installed venturis in the steps...Adds 0.025 KTAS !
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That doesn't suck too bad.
(Hey, c'mon...SOMEbody had to say it!)
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John Halcrow
Tustin, CA
RV-12 120682
Emp/TC done; Wings done; Fuse kit done
"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives." --Abba Eban
Paid up until Aug 2021
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