Lycoming Factory Overhauled O-360-A3A
Good Afternoon VAF, Lycoming Engines currently has a certified O‑360‑A3A engine available for sale. This engine has been fully overhauled; however, the original customer has withdrawn from the order, and we are now offering it to the VAF community. The engine is complete and ready for shipment...
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WDYDWYRTW? March 28-29, 2026
.....getting this weekend's thread started. OVC low and Xwinds here in N.TX. Hope better in your neighborhood. v/r,dr 1pm CST
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Meditations on a Grounded RV
XXVI. On Baffles Upon an idle engine A divider to endow, In shiny sheets of silver Borders bracing on the brow, A royal crown for cooling On the queen of throbbing thrust, To guard against a galling Overheated head to bust; Behold! The angled anchors Latch the leaves upon the...
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RV-12iS #121708
Hi All, Here's the first post for our RV-12iS #121708 build log. While we don't technically need this due to us going the E-LSA route, I figured it would be nice to get some opinions from the community as we build that we can either choose to listen to or ignore, haha. I've wanted to build a...
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Slowly solving some challenges assembling my panel. I ordered a key to push button start from Advanced Panel. These components came with no basic instructions. I learned that I’d have to use a multi-meter and test for continuity in all key and push button positions. Once I discovered what terminals did what, I soldered wires in the correct pattern. Not intuitive at all. Was hoping for “red tab into red slot..blue tab into blue slot”. I revisited Coax crimping for more antennas and and ran wires through my three circuit breakers and back out to the components. Also with wiring up the mags, the directions were not clear so after multiple emails from Dynon support and some “not in the manual” pics he provided, I got it done. I told the guy he should re-write the manual with all the answers to the most frequently asked questions!
Irv’s RV-7A journey
I added an inspection window I saw on another builders project. I recommend you remove it and reinstall the solid inspection plate. The RV-7 already has an problem with flutter of the vertical stabilizer and rudder if VNE is accidentally exceeded. Reducing torsional stiffness in the bay...
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When I was in second grade, Santa brought me a blue Timex wrist watch. I've had a fetish for timepieces ever since. It's hard to admit, but I wore a Swatch when I was in college. Don't judge, that was my artsy phase...and it was the '80s! I've worn a variety of watches since then, until I finally bought a nice chronograph about 20 years ago, and aside from my last tour in Iraq, I've worn it nearly every day since then.
Shortly after we moved back from Japan in 2011, I joined the local Commemorative Air Force unit, where I made friends with Andrey. Andrey and I are the same age, and he immigrated from Russia a few years before I met him. At the time, his girlfriend, Oxana, still lived in Moscow and would visit him every few months. (Oxana later immigrated to America and they were married shortly thereafter.)
About five years later, Andrey and Oxana gave me a replica wall clock of an АЧС-1 Soviet military aircraft clock for my birthday. Oxana hand carried it from Moscow on a trip to visit Andrey. It's been hanging in my workshop ever since. The АЧС-1 was the standard timepiece in every Soviet aircraft since the 1950s.
It finally happened!
I first learned about Experimental Amateur-Built aircraft shortly after joining the U.S. Marine Corps in 1989. Over the years I read magazines and books about homebuilt airplanes, attended EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, and spent countless hours dreaming about what it would be like to build and fly one...
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THE VAF LIST (a list of RV-related lists)
THE VAF LIST (a list of RV-related lists)
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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