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RE: Spacing for shop tools …lipper03
As a person with a small shop ( one car garage space), movable is nice. I have my grinder on a single stand that I can move around. My sander is on a table, which I can move but really haven't. My drill press is in the corner, and I've moved it a handful of times to get long pieces (horz stab spar), same with the band saw, but I think that's only been once, and the next time I just used a cut off wheel instead of the band saw.
It's all lined up on the right side of the shop in the picture below. Grinder stand doesn't get moved much either, but sometimes for longer pieces it has. But I also used an angle grinder with a wheel attachment a lot too for the longer pieces and skins.
DRDT I have mounted on 2x4s and a rail of 2x4s I have in-between my eaa shop tables. That worked very well for me, as I could slide it forward and back depending on what skin I was working on. Otherwise it sits on the floor in the corner. Bottom two pictures of DRDT, but the last one has a better shot of the large stuff in the corner (drill press, band saw, grinder, and sander).
So it all depends on how much space you have. And if it's not large enough, you make it work!
…and mburch
RE: RV7 Landing Gear with fuse kit …PhatRV
I built two 2'x4' carts, standing 20 inches from the ground. I could easily move the fuselage assembly inside my small garage. You can decide to build the rotisserie when the fuselage is more completed. Putting the large structure on the EAA build table is hard work.
SmokinF15E RV-12iS
Weird one for the crowd. I'm having a problem with one of the two fuel pumps (the main, I'll call it Pump1) not operating with the switch on. Here are the details
2023 RV-12iS S-LSA
Pump 1 doesn't come on with the switch after Master-ON and before a start attempt.
Pump 2 will come on.
Swapped electrical connections between pump 1 and pump 2. Pump 1 operates on Pump 2 switch. Pump 2 does not operate on Pump 1 switch. (both pumps are good)
Returned the connections to normal.
Swapped electrical connections between switch 1 and switch 2. Pump 2 operates on switch 1. Pump 1 does not operate on switch 2. (both switches are good)
Returned to normal.
Wired both pumps to operate from switch 2 and both operated normally (the wiring from the switch to pump 1 is good).
Returned to normal.
HIC LED indicates normal power.
Swapped HIC (suspecting a logic or board problem in HIC A) with an HIC from an identical RV-12iS. (same problem, HIC is good).
So I'm pretty much out of ideas, unless the power wire from the HIC to the Pump 1 switch is bad... Anyone seen this problem before?
STARGATE RV-8
RVDan
Today, while climbing out of Cumberland, MD KCBE, I somehow experienced an inadvertent ELT activation (crew fault, it won’t happen again). I was talking to ATC picking up VFR flight following when I heard the ELT in the radio. I quickly checked the ELT switch panel and saw the active light flashing. I immediately reset the ELT and pressed on wondering if anyone observed the ELT. This is a 406 mhz ELT. Within a couple of minutes, my phone rang. I was unable to answer it, but a message was left saying they were the Air Force and were checking on the ELT activation. A minute later, they called my backup contact who was in the airplane with me and left the same message. 15 minutes later ATC told us that they had been contacted about the ELT activation and wanted to confirm everything was ok, which we confirmed all good and that we would be calling the Air Force on landing in KFDK. On landing, I promptly called the number they left and they said they were following me on flight tracking software. They had the lat and long of the activation from the position data that is output to the ELT and could see that I was still moving when the ELT was active.
Now this isn’t the same as a crash, with the antenna buried or broken, but is did prove that the 406 mhz freq is actively being monitored and that they get your precise position in a short transmission, in this case maybe a minute. Further, they followed up with the registered emergency contacts, followed up with ATC and did realize I was still aloft by using a flight tracking app. I am pretty sure that if the ELT were to activate in a crash, and the antenna was intact enough to get the transmission out, someone would be looking for me. By the way, in my memory items for an engine out is “turn on ELT, while still in the air and the antenna isn’t damaged.
This experience confirms that getting the signal out, even for a minute, will get my position to rescuers.
I hope that helps those wondering what good a 406mhz ELT does.
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RE: Spacing for shop tools …lipper03
As a person with a small shop ( one car garage space), movable is nice. I have my grinder on a single stand that I can move around. My sander is on a table, which I can move but really haven't. My drill press is in the corner, and I've moved it a handful of times to get long pieces (horz stab spar), same with the band saw, but I think that's only been once, and the next time I just used a cut off wheel instead of the band saw.
It's all lined up on the right side of the shop in the picture below. Grinder stand doesn't get moved much either, but sometimes for longer pieces it has. But I also used an angle grinder with a wheel attachment a lot too for the longer pieces and skins.
DRDT I have mounted on 2x4s and a rail of 2x4s I have in-between my eaa shop tables. That worked very well for me, as I could slide it forward and back depending on what skin I was working on. Otherwise it sits on the floor in the corner. Bottom two pictures of DRDT, but the last one has a better shot of the large stuff in the corner (drill press, band saw, grinder, and sander).
So it all depends on how much space you have. And if it's not large enough, you make it work!
Spacing for shop tools
I have the following for building an RV10 Harbor Freight Band saw-small, not on wheels HF Bench Grinder A 4" belt sander The DRDT dimpler For now these are in temporary locations, only the bench grinder is mounted. I've used and am using these on the practice kits, so everything is small right...
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…and mburch
Spacing for shop tools
I have the following for building an RV10 Harbor Freight Band saw-small, not on wheels HF Bench Grinder A 4" belt sander The DRDT dimpler For now these are in temporary locations, only the bench grinder is mounted. I've used and am using these on the practice kits, so everything is small right...
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RE: RV7 Landing Gear with fuse kit …PhatRV
I built two 2'x4' carts, standing 20 inches from the ground. I could easily move the fuselage assembly inside my small garage. You can decide to build the rotisserie when the fuselage is more completed. Putting the large structure on the EAA build table is hard work.
RV7 Landing Gear with fuse kit???????
Hello VAF family, looking for some insight on the Fues kit for the RV7. I'm going to be ordering my Fuse kit at some point this year (unless i find a started project)....... Is the landing gear supplied with the Fuse or is it part of the Finishing kit? With my limited building space I want to...
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SmokinF15E RV-12iS
Weird one for the crowd. I'm having a problem with one of the two fuel pumps (the main, I'll call it Pump1) not operating with the switch on. Here are the details
2023 RV-12iS S-LSA
Pump 1 doesn't come on with the switch after Master-ON and before a start attempt.
Pump 2 will come on.
Swapped electrical connections between pump 1 and pump 2. Pump 1 operates on Pump 2 switch. Pump 2 does not operate on Pump 1 switch. (both pumps are good)
Returned the connections to normal.
Swapped electrical connections between switch 1 and switch 2. Pump 2 operates on switch 1. Pump 1 does not operate on switch 2. (both switches are good)
Returned to normal.
Wired both pumps to operate from switch 2 and both operated normally (the wiring from the switch to pump 1 is good).
Returned to normal.
HIC LED indicates normal power.
Swapped HIC (suspecting a logic or board problem in HIC A) with an HIC from an identical RV-12iS. (same problem, HIC is good).
So I'm pretty much out of ideas, unless the power wire from the HIC to the Pump 1 switch is bad... Anyone seen this problem before?
RV-12iS Fuel Pump issue
Weird one for the crowd. I'm having a problem with one of the two fuel pumps (the main, I'll call it Pump1) not operating with the switch on. Here are the details 2023 RV-12iS S-LSA Pump 1 doesn't come on with the switch after Master-ON and before a start attempt. Pump 2 will come on. Swapped...
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STARGATE RV-8
Common sense check / dumb question
I'm getting back into building after a life-imposed hiatus, and I'm looking for a common sense check on something I've been staring at for a bit. I've read some build logs and watched some videos and I know these steps cause some reordered parts. I'm working on the HS front spar. The HS-00003...
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RVDan
Today, while climbing out of Cumberland, MD KCBE, I somehow experienced an inadvertent ELT activation (crew fault, it won’t happen again). I was talking to ATC picking up VFR flight following when I heard the ELT in the radio. I quickly checked the ELT switch panel and saw the active light flashing. I immediately reset the ELT and pressed on wondering if anyone observed the ELT. This is a 406 mhz ELT. Within a couple of minutes, my phone rang. I was unable to answer it, but a message was left saying they were the Air Force and were checking on the ELT activation. A minute later, they called my backup contact who was in the airplane with me and left the same message. 15 minutes later ATC told us that they had been contacted about the ELT activation and wanted to confirm everything was ok, which we confirmed all good and that we would be calling the Air Force on landing in KFDK. On landing, I promptly called the number they left and they said they were following me on flight tracking software. They had the lat and long of the activation from the position data that is output to the ELT and could see that I was still moving when the ELT was active.
Now this isn’t the same as a crash, with the antenna buried or broken, but is did prove that the 406 mhz freq is actively being monitored and that they get your precise position in a short transmission, in this case maybe a minute. Further, they followed up with the registered emergency contacts, followed up with ATC and did realize I was still aloft by using a flight tracking app. I am pretty sure that if the ELT were to activate in a crash, and the antenna was intact enough to get the transmission out, someone would be looking for me. By the way, in my memory items for an engine out is “turn on ELT, while still in the air and the antenna isn’t damaged.
This experience confirms that getting the signal out, even for a minute, will get my position to rescuers.
I hope that helps those wondering what good a 406mhz ELT does.
Effectiveness of ELT
Today, while climbing out of Cumberland, MD KCBE, I somehow experienced an inadvertent ELT activation (crew fault, it won’t happen again). I was talking to ATC picking up VFR flight following when I heard the ELT in the radio. I quickly checked the ELT switch panel and saw the active light...
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