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My project finally became an airplane yesterday. Received airworthiness from Indy FSDO and they were wonderful to work with. Thank you VAF for having an answer for everything and for all the friendships it's allowed me to make over the years. There are so many people I need to thank and I'll probably miss a few; Bob Japundza, Ryan, Jake, Thomas, Jon, Bob L, Dwight, Gene, Carl, and Jack. I'm especially thankful for my Wife and kids who let me take time away from them to get this done. It takes a special Wife to put up with this!
Show us a pic of your FINISHED RV-10
That looks awesome! Do you have a build log? I'm curious as to how you did your windows. Hi Brett No build log but I have a bajillion pics if you want something specific. The windows are just done per plans except I used West G-Flex instead of the Lord adhesive. Two layers of glass over...
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Bullseye's RV-8 Build
Dec 12, 2025 - HS Disassembly and Skin Deburring Late today, I was able to sneak out to the garage and get some tedious deburring and dimpling done on the HS skins. First step, deburr each hole using an oversize drill bit, twisted once or twice in the fingers. deburring tool, front and...
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xCruise 100 autotrim module question
Hello from England I am fitting an xcruise 100 to our RV-8 and it is a new unit and is going well. I also would like to fit an autotrim unit but have several issues. The auto trim unit is an old version and bought it as a working unit. The two issues we have and really could do with some help...
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Pirep: Preval refillable spray system for touchups or small parts
These things are buried in other threads, thought the system deserved its own thread. I had to redo one of the few metal parts on my SeaRey (I messed up and put the Dynon OAT in direct sunlight, and I didn't like the way a couple of the mounting holes came out.) which meant cutting and...
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DIY dynamic prop balancer?
The author found quite a bit of delay between the readings and the actual data. Is this related to algorithmic delays when applying filters to the sample data? The higher shape factors have inherently increasing delays as additional samples must be collected in the buffer before they can be...
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Thoughts, advice & helpful hints
The plan this year for my -4 is to upgrade panel to include G3X, 7" cause it will fit better in the panel but gets too busy with all the info. I am considering replacing current MGL Blaze with a JP Instruments EDM 350. It's a bit more costly to do it this was but there will be enough room to get...
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Fire Ext
New to me RV12iS & I am having a blast flying it. Definitely have experienced the RV grin. I need to add a fire extinguisher & wanted to see what some of you were using? Thanks, Todd Wilemon Aberdeen, MS
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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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