Timely Post.....In Progress!
My -6 is 91-92 kit, and I am currently in the process of changing over. As of right now, it does not look like a huge deal. The biggest obstacle that I have discovered is that my fresh air vents are mounted too far forward (as are all the early RV-6's that I have looked at) The forward edge of the vent needs to be about 4.5' aft of the firewall, and mine is 1.5".
So, I will have to remove the vent, flush patch, cut new openings, and move the vents aft. At this time, I am not sure of how I will do the patch. It appears that the shop head of the rivets will preclude the nylon blocks for mounting the pedals from sitting flush against the inside of the fuselage skin. I may have to use shorter rivets to minimize the shop head and also bond the patch for added strength. There is no real structural load there, so I think that it would be fine. Anyone else done the swap and had this problem to deal with?
The other problem that I ned to solve is figuring out how to attach the center support bracket, as I have the governor box in my firewall which precludes being able to rivet the bracket to the aircraft structure.
I do not have the drawings here at home so I cannot quote the numbers
Also, if you are switching to the dual brake setup, as I am, the newer model plans call for the hyd reservoir to be mounted more centrally on the firewall. Mine is on the left side, but once again I do not believe that it will be a huge issue.
