RV-12 revisions updated(again)

[OregonRVguy]

Van's web guy's must have been paying attention to the previous threads on here...They have re-vamped the RV-12 update page http://www.vansaircraft.com/public/notices2.htm

The new page and instructions look good.Should help 12 builders alot

 

[KRAUSEGB]

REVISIONS

THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP!!
SPENT TWO HOURS THE OTHER NIGHT CHECKING TO SEE IF I HAD THE LATEST REVISIONS OR NOT.

 

[Denny Myrick]

Why is finding what has changed in revisions so tough?

Why is it so difficult to find what has changed when a revision is issued? I might be missing something but whenever a revision is made I have to read through word for word and/or compare the drawings on the revised plans page with the original plans page to find what has changed. Seems to me that changes should be highlighted, italicized, or identified in a similar fashion.
A related question: Why do some of the revisions show "0", rather than 1, with only a date change? Does the "0" mean the change doesn't pertain to me? I usually can't find anything has changed on those revisions showing "0".

Denny Myrick
Scottsdale, AZ
(RV-12 wings and empennage completed)

 

[Hal-san]

Agree

Denny you are so right. They need to identify the changes in some manner!!

 

[Newbie_Doo]

The United States Soccer Federation has to update the Laws of the Game every year. They note the updated sections with a bar in front of the new or changed items. Since they make changes annually, one only need look at the year version to note the changes for that year. So in reviewing the laws, one only need look for the bar to catch the changes for the year.

Similarly, Van's could make notation on the plans in the same manner, along with the current revision number and revision date in the page information block. Subsequent revisions would remove the previous bar and add a bar on the changed items for the current revision number.

Like this:

Previous revision item: 1. Dimple 4 holes in firewall as noted
Newest Revision item: | 1. Dimple 6 holes in firewall as noted

Changed items for that revision would be noted with a bar, previous revisions would have the bar removed. Simple.

Regards,

N_D

 

[ARPENN]

Bars work great when your dealing with text changes, however draftsmen generally add a cloud around a changes on a drawing and add the revision number next to it. Frequently they will do this with text changes on a drawing as well. I agree they need to make some sort of notation. Some may be important technical changes; others may only be text clarifications.