The Tire Block
A staple at Monk’s shop at 52F. Many of them. About 5” thick with an axle sized hole in the center. Planes get put up on these and the jack moved to the next thing while various landing gear items get loved up. Been kicking these around Monk’s hangar for 20 years. They’re covered with shop...
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RV-12 Flaperon Tube Corrosion?
While performing the annual condition inspection on my RV-12, I put my boroscope into the outboard end of the Flaperon Tubes and was surprised to see the reddish brownish areas. Have others seen this and what have they done about it? I’m assuming that it is light rust due to the powder coating...
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QA my soldering please
It has been decades since I did any component level repair with solder. Can someone please take a look at these and let me know if any look completely janky? I wanted to get some extra eyes on it before I call it good and clean up the residue. Thanks!
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Nose wheel brake out force keeps getting lower
On recent landings I encountered nose shimmy so I took the wheel fairings off and adjusted the brake out force to be ~26lbs (it was about 10lbs). I also made sure the Belleville washers were installed correctly. That worked for a small time but the shimmy reappeared after 5-10 landings. Lifted...
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Cowl Clearance Conundrum
I know this isn't strictly a propeller question but this is the closest forum I could find. I'm attempting to adapt a cowl that was originally trimmed to fit an RV-7 with a Subaru engine and fixed-pitch prop to a newly installed O-360 with a constant-speed prop. (See here for background.) My...
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“Fortunately, that record also lists the high pitch, 33 degrees. Unfortunately, with this configuration of high pitch and blade design you will have interference if you reduce the bulkhead spacing. The 0.250" spacer is predicted to only have ~0.028" of clearance at nominal dimensions and high pitch, so I'd recommend an 0.063" washer as well as the spacer as the minimum.”
The attached pic illustrates the problem.
So I think it's back to plan A: Sand down the flange. Thanks again to all of you for sharing your insights.
First Flight: Monique Gentry & Steph Brown’s RV-10 | Temora New South Wales, Australia RV-10 #42598
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140088 is back in construction after a 9 year hiatus... All flying surfaces are done and engine is here. Now all I need to do is rob a bank to be able to activate SteinAir.
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THE VAF LIST (a list of RV-related lists)
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The VAF List ...a list of RV-related lists. RV-related things you might want to browse over (a closed post that is sticky and maintained by dr). Link to this in 'Links' in the menu. v/r,dr Small businesses that help bring you this list of RV-related lists: 360 Avionics www.360Avionics.com Ace...
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