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First Flight
Long time. Very slow builder. 12 years. Lucy fledged today. Wow! She flew exactly as I dreamed. Tiny bit of heavy left wing but nothing worthy of Phase one adjustment. First flight was just a buzz around the pattern to a full stop. Pulled the cowl. Performed a thorough check with multiple eyes...
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Fire Extinguisher Fit
I haven't gotten to installing my Classic Aero seats yet. Trying to figure out the best location for a small fire extinguisher. I've looked through a bunch of threads and seen that on the floor in front of the fuel selector is a pretty common location. Is there enough room for the...
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Adding a provision for tie-down eye bolt
Adding wing tie-down receivers: F-1 with the sport (RV4) wing which was built with no provision to screw-in eye bolts. How hard is it to add tie downs receivers, or is there another way to tie down the F-1?
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Paint scheme question - Paint underside of wings/rear horiz stab?
Do builders by and large paint the underside of their wings including any patterns? And horizontal stabilizer bottom surfaces? Not many pictures that show the undersides out there, just wondering what's more commonly done?
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The Baffling Paradox……
Just a quick question: Do I understand correctly you used this resin? Looks like the Heat Distortion Temperature is (only) 290 F. Did you ever had any temperature related problems with the diffuser? We've talked about HTR212 here previously, as the specs seem high. However, I have not had...
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A.I. generated song (remake of Soundgrden’s Black Hole Sun in a Motown way. I would be literally terrified to be a musician in 2025 trying to make a name.
It’s that good. I prefer humans, but it's really, really good.
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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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