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1000 hours RV-6
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GLPalinkas
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Welcome to VAF. I see you are a relatively new member (by posts).
Great to hear your RV-6 is serving you well. It may be a few years before I catch you but I'm trying
Great to hear your RV-6 is serving you well. It may be a few years before I catch you but I'm trying
Louise Hose
Well Known Member
Still a youngster!
I've never heard of any special service recommendations at 1000 hours. In the States, we do pretty thorough inspections and maintenance once a year and, I think, that checklist is sufficient at 1000 hours. There are now quite a lot of 1000, 2000, and 3000+ RVs out there now and I don't know of a common issue with age except, maybe, carefully checking all the motor-mount and landing gear brackets and junctions as cracks can develop through hours of vibration, landings, and taxiing on rough fields.
I've never heard of any special service recommendations at 1000 hours. In the States, we do pretty thorough inspections and maintenance once a year and, I think, that checklist is sufficient at 1000 hours. There are now quite a lot of 1000, 2000, and 3000+ RVs out there now and I don't know of a common issue with age except, maybe, carefully checking all the motor-mount and landing gear brackets and junctions as cracks can develop through hours of vibration, landings, and taxiing on rough fields.
aguiraf
Well Known Member
I have also just completed 1100 hrs in my RV6A and in addition to the condition inspection required in the USA I am doing a bit of maintenance at the Firewall forward:
- replacing fuel and oil lines
- replacing a vacuum line connected to the manifold pressure sensor
- replacing the brushes in the alternator
- emptying the oil cooler
- relocating the oil cooler from the firewall to the baffle behind #4 cylinder
Buena suerte en Argentina,
Augusto
- replacing fuel and oil lines
- replacing a vacuum line connected to the manifold pressure sensor
- replacing the brushes in the alternator
- emptying the oil cooler
- relocating the oil cooler from the firewall to the baffle behind #4 cylinder
Buena suerte en Argentina,
Augusto
1050+ Hours RV-6A
I have a fairly extensive annual condition inspection list but anything beyond that is "as required maintenance for failed or worn out items." I run the RV-6A hard in racing but there are no signs of a need to change my maintenance procedure.
Bob Axsom
I have a fairly extensive annual condition inspection list but anything beyond that is "as required maintenance for failed or worn out items." I run the RV-6A hard in racing but there are no signs of a need to change my maintenance procedure.
Bob Axsom
