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David Paule -3B Update
I started mocking up the hoses. With the guidelines on Aircraft Specialty Flightlines and a thread here a while back on VAF, it was reasonably straight-forward. The big ones, -8, are for the remote oil filter and the oil cooler. There are a couple sensor hoses and the fuel lines still to go.
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RE: Bottom Rivets on F-882 / Canopy Rail Receptacle?
…inktomi
RE: Placed Timing Mark on back of prop.
…DanH
I dug around and came up with an old, cheap timing light. So I gutted it and attached the internal board (with strobe tube) out by the timing pointer, then extended the trigger circuit back to the cockpit with some scrap wire and an old push-to-talk switch. Works great. I can now close and latch the canopy, hold the stick aft with my right hand, and trigger the strobe while operating the throttle. Trashy (yeah, that's duct tape), but it works great.
skalrad
RE: Lower Cowl doesn't match plans with newer nose strut
…John Stoll
I think the issue is the drawing depicts a cowl for a carburated engine and not the fuel injected cowl. I have the a RV-9A with the new gear and a carburated engine/cowl and the bottom of the cowl is horizontal like the plans and the bolt hole has plenty of clearance, just like the plans I don't think you are crazy or did anything wrong, the drawing isn't clear on cowling style. I don’t have the plates installed at the moment, but the LE of the nose-strut pant ends inside the cowl, so I will not be making a fairing. I have heard people say the fairing for the old style strut would crack due to movement of the nose strut. If you feel the need to cover the gap, I would add the fairing to the LE of the nose strut pant and not the cowl. This doesn’t solve the bolt issue but hopefully makes it sense why the plans seem wrong.
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SN-00062. SN-00108. SN-00114. SN-00115. Posted on Mothership 5/8/25
...posted on the Mothership 5/8/2025. SN-00062 All RVs: (was SL-00062) Changes Made Outside RV Plans and Design - Updated for consistency with the below documents SN-00108 - RV-10, 14/14A: Extended Range Fuel Tank Limitations - New document related to Vne limits that are to be imposed...
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David Paule -3B Update
I started mocking up the hoses. With the guidelines on Aircraft Specialty Flightlines and a thread here a while back on VAF, it was reasonably straight-forward. The big ones, -8, are for the remote oil filter and the oil cooler. There are a couple sensor hoses and the fuel lines still to go.
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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N.TX Hangar Slot Open
….next to Danny King’s ‘Beautiful Doll’
Hangar Spot Available: 52F (N.TX). $400/mo.
Posting for Danny King. My RV-6 was in that spot for 10 years. Bravo turnoff midfield, east side. One of the better spots. Any RV model except -10 (too big). If interested, reach out to Danny. danny.king at verizon.net (Danny King in the forums) Location...
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Wheel Halves Aligned
This was caught today as I was installing new tires ….log book entry was by an A&P that installed tires the last go around… Hard to believe you could screw up this bad … and the tube lasted without problems for the life of the tire . Wheel half looks like scrap … waiting on an answer from the...
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RE: Bottom Rivets on F-882 / Canopy Rail Receptacle?
…inktomi
Bottom Rivets on F-882 / Canopy Rail Receptacle?
I was going to get my aft skin riveted tonight, but I ran into an issue on these three rivets in the bottom of F-882. Any ideas? I tried all my tricks, but because there's both a sloping edge and a flange in the way it's hard to get things into place. Now that I've riveted the rest of it, I see...
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RE: Placed Timing Mark on back of prop.
…DanH
I dug around and came up with an old, cheap timing light. So I gutted it and attached the internal board (with strobe tube) out by the timing pointer, then extended the trigger circuit back to the cockpit with some scrap wire and an old push-to-talk switch. Works great. I can now close and latch the canopy, hold the stick aft with my right hand, and trigger the strobe while operating the throttle. Trashy (yeah, that's duct tape), but it works great.
Placed Timing Mark on back of prop.
I wanted to find a safe way to check the timing of my electronic ignition without being so close to the prop, and without the need for another person. I made a bracket that would mount in the left inlet and allow an adjustable pointer to be mounted 3" from the back of the prop. I then set the...
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skalrad
MAP Sensor Plumbing
The MAP hose bulkhead fitting from Van's has a small restrictor on it (looks like the tubing they send for it is around 3/32" ID). I understand the need for the restrictor, but is there any issue using an adapter to then upsize the tubing to 1/4" ID so it fits the sensor Dynon uses? Is it okay...
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RE: Lower Cowl doesn't match plans with newer nose strut
…John Stoll
I think the issue is the drawing depicts a cowl for a carburated engine and not the fuel injected cowl. I have the a RV-9A with the new gear and a carburated engine/cowl and the bottom of the cowl is horizontal like the plans and the bolt hole has plenty of clearance, just like the plans I don't think you are crazy or did anything wrong, the drawing isn't clear on cowling style. I don’t have the plates installed at the moment, but the LE of the nose-strut pant ends inside the cowl, so I will not be making a fairing. I have heard people say the fairing for the old style strut would crack due to movement of the nose strut. If you feel the need to cover the gap, I would add the fairing to the LE of the nose strut pant and not the cowl. This doesn’t solve the bolt issue but hopefully makes it sense why the plans seem wrong.
Lower Cowl doesn't match plans with newer nose strut
Take a look at the attached photos. I was wondering if anyone else has ran into this...and if you did, you did you solve? RV7a with newer style cushion nose strut, horizontal induction cowl. The bottom of my cowl is level with the bolt holes for the gear strut leg fairing and it should be...
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