Hi,
looking to upgrade the tail of my 6a and wanted to see if the 8 tail is the same as the 7?
Thanks,
D
The ask was because I found an 8 tail for sale which I was hoping to put on the 6. I will look for a 7 tail that's done already.
Just dont have the time to build at the moment.
Not sure why it's necessary. The 6 tail will seek a little in turbulence, true, but it's easy to damp out with your feet. The 6 rudder, even the non-counterbalanced one, is plenty for directional control. Slipping works just fine even if you don't get C-150 freight elevator rate of descent out of it. Adding weight to the tail can make CG problems worse with light props. Additional wetted area doesn't do anything good for airspeed either. I think the small tail makes a better looking airplane too.
The later -6 kits shipped with an -8 rudder because Van wasn't happy with the -6's spin characteristics.
If the designer doesn't like it, that has to count for something.
I have the original small rudder on mine. I've recovered from enough spins to know I can recover if I need to, and having established that I don't feel any need to do deliberate spins in it anymore. My approach to this would probably be different with a different rudder.
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This is not correct.
The only reason the RV-6 emp. kits began to be shipped with the RV-8 vertical stab. and rudder some time in the late 1990's was for parts commonality (fewer different parts to manufacture) and because the RV-8 emp. was largely matched hole pre-punched, it added that benefit to the RV-6 kit which up until then had no pre-punched parts.
Scott, I have a -6A completed in 2000. How does one tell which VS and rudder was used? Not that I plan to change anything, just curious.