Woke up Wed to this - the chance to RVate during my open window 0% <g>. We’ll keep trying, and have a wonderful Thursday.
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-3B Update….David Paule
"The recent thread here on VAF about engine heaters and AntiSplat Aero’s heater reminded me that I bought both that one and a pad heater, and haven’t installed either. My pad heater on my C180 has worked flawlessly since the late ‘80s, so I decided to install that one. I had to remove the carburetor to do it."
Scotsman
Follow-up on Canopy Hard to Close …TASEsq
HFS
Meat
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-3B Update….David Paule
"The recent thread here on VAF about engine heaters and AntiSplat Aero’s heater reminded me that I bought both that one and a pad heater, and haven’t installed either. My pad heater on my C180 has worked flawlessly since the late ‘80s, so I decided to install that one. I had to remove the carburetor to do it."
RV-3B Dave's in Colorado
Just a note to say that the surgery seems to have done what it was supposed to Stay tuned to this station! Dave Great news!! :D
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Scotsman
Tool for attaching flight control surfaces without swearing
Hey guys, I’m just at the point where I am attaching flight controls surfaces like the elevator and rudder to the HS and after ten minutes of cursing at my inability to insert the bolts into the rod end bearing I decided that I’d just try make a tool in onshape to do the job. It seems to work...
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Follow-up on Canopy Hard to Close …TASEsq
Canopy hard to close
Just got my canopy onto the aircraft for the first time, and I’m surprised at how much force there is on the canopy latch pins when closing. You can see how much the canopy needs to get pulled down by the pins to close. I’m not sure it’s the canopy glass contacting the roll bar or not. Was...
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HFS
EZ-SQUEEZY Yoke For Trailing Edge Rivets
Here's a yoke I made to finish squeezing the trailing edge rivets in some of Van's later models. The lower "foot" is adjustable to account for different trailing edge angles within the model spread it is designed for. Also, there is a "stop" at the back of the foot to insure the proper...
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Meat
Securing SCAT Tube to Oil Cooler on RV-14 w/EXP119?
Hi All, I'm building a taildragger RV-14 with the EXP119 engine. For some odd reason Van's used an irregular octagon shape on the oil cooler flange to secure the 5" SCAT tube instead of a circular flange as they did on the intake side of the oil cooler duct. The problem is securing the SCAT...
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nzrv8
RV-8 canopy skirt interior finishing
How did you guys finish the interior of your RV-8 skirts? Fabric? Paint? Photos would be greatly appreciated!
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Bicyclops
Rough running while accelerating
I built my Lycloning engine with 10:1 compression, Superior cold air sump, dual Lightspeed ignitions, and an FM-150 fuel servo. I recently posted a thread about going to smaller injectors. My problem predates the .024 injector installation but seems to have gotten worse. For some time, I've...
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