Spent the weekend in the sim, so no RVating, but the WX was PERFECT for flying. Flew Fri so no complaints! Looking fwd to the reports, and hope you had a nice weekend.
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WDYDWYRTW? Oct 11-12, 2025.
....sure is a nice weekend in N.TX. Looking fwd to reading what folks are doing. Hope you're having a great one. v/r,dr
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Another First Flight! N24J (RV-7A)
Everything went smoothly. Engine temps below 400 (I think the cowl flaps and crazy attention to baffling really helped). Nice to see it in the air.
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Flying Behind the Hartzell 2C1-R419A1X/75CS08-2X Composite for a Bit
Hartzell reached out a few months back and asked if I would like to try their composite prop for a few weeks. Carbon Blended Airfoil / Engineering model designation: 2C1-R419A1X/75CS08-2X. Shortened a few places to '75CS08'. FMI pages 1-18 at...
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Rivet alignment issues
I’m working on drilling and aligning my first skin, the vertical stabilizer. Several of the rivet holes, particularly the ones that align with the root and tip ribs, seem to be ever so slightly misaligned when assembled (by what seem to be microns) to the point where the rivet is not 100% flush...
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IO-360 with counterweights question
The Lyc IO-360 angle valve crankshaft can be had with or without dynamic counterweights. I assume the crankcase is different for each. Anyone know?
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A productive day in the hangar
Good day... managed to get brightener through epoxy primer. The fillet material around the canopy wasn't on properly prepared aluminum so I removed it prior to today's steps. All in all I'm stoked with the progress.
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Hangar security
1. We live in a rural area and it is time to prevent mouse intrusions. I've seen and sprayed for ants at my public airport hangar. Do I need to put out stuff for mice? I am doing so at home. 2. If I am flying locally, say for up to an hour, I leave my hangar open. I increasingly have more...
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Adjusting Control Travel Limits on Flying RV-6
I have about 10 hrs in my recently purchased RV-6 and have been documenting a number of things to produce a POH for the aircraft. I have really enjoyed flying the plane so far, but at some point, I would like to do some acro. That said while documenting the plane as it is built and setup...
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