The VAF News - 6.2.2025. #6353. Mon-Tue edition.

[DeltaRomeo]

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Working one of the side hustles Monday during normal VAF hours, so no Tuesday edition (made the Monday edition extra awesome).
Hope you had a nice weekend (GREAT WDYD thread going this weekend, BTW).
v/r,dr


dr

WDYDWYRTW? May 30 through Jun 1, 20025.

Starting this weekend’s ‘What did you do this weekend with your RV?’ thread a bit early, as I drove out to 52F for a quick hop just now (Friday a.m.). We had storms come through around 0300 and it blew out the haze, washed the pollen off everything and lowered the temps to the high 60’s. RVs...

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rmartingt Ready for Flight!!!

RV-7 #74017

Return line swivel fitting - hope the line is well stabilized between that & engine as there is only an o-ring inside that fitting & wouldn't do well if line vibration is present. Good point on the vibration. I may yet (probably will) revise this concept a little more. I wish I had some hoses...

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Fairing Life

RV7 or RV9 canopy slider rear skirt fiberglass layup

I am preparing to fab my rear skirt on my RV7 slider canopy in fiberglass. I see a few very old threads but not much recent on the number of BID layers used and how well that stiffness works to limit some flexing/curling /lifting-out in-flight. I am thinking I will use 6 layers of BID glass at...

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Missing Shim

MISSING SHIM?

I am returning to my project after having been off for a couple years. I recently discovered this small piece which looks to be a shim (.024"). It was more than likely meant to be discarded in favor of a better piece, but I can't remember installing this. Since it is marked with an "A", I can...

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nickw9815

O-360 Valve Seat Failure and lost power in cylinder 3. Should I be worried about other cylinders? What can I do better next time?

My RV6a has an O-360 with ~800 hours on the engine. It was flying fine, I stopped for gas, and on start up cylinder 3 would not fire. I spun the prop by hand, and had no compression in cyl 3. Borescope and cylinder removal confirmed that the valve seat had dropped. The mechanic at the shop I was...

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Daily (iron flight)

Daily RV Pic

Local attractions.

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acam37

Rebuilding a starter bendix

I have a starter bendix that wouldn’t disengage from the ring gear so out of curiosity on how they work I took it apart. I have all the parts and tried putting it back together at least a half a dozen times but for the life of me I can’t make it work. I know I can order a new one but they are...

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[DeltaRomeo]

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Knowledge Review….always trying to improve.




FuturPilot

GA28 Pitch Servo conundrum

I'm using the Garmin servos (GA28) for pitch and trim on my 7. I purchased the install kits with them. Roll servo installed fine. Following the instructions from the G3X install manual pages 16-37,38 for pitch. Did everything per instructions. The servo push rod is the specified 5.57" (Ok...

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bjdecker

Thoughts on the B&C LX60 Alternator

The fun continues. After tearing apart the Plane Power AL12-EI60 and ND -2130 I thought I would turn my attention to the B&C LX60 Alternator. Here's a picture -- hello gorgeous, what secrets lay within, I wonder? The B&C appears to be a clone of the ND 101211-2950, 101211-2960 (DAN2017...

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TS Flightlines

breather hose collapsing

Morning all---We get quite a few emails and calls from builder/owners about the possibility of their silicone breather hoses collapsing at the bends and creating a potential fairly major situation. The engine needs to breathe, and if the breather hose is restricted, or collapsed, the possibilty...

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gjh22

Sticky throttle after new carburetor install? Accelerator pump adjustment?

My RV-6 came back from condition inspection with a new MA-4SPA carb. On flying it with a friend yesterday we noticed that the throttle was really sticky, almost unmanipulable, around idle, only when the engine was running - perfectly normal immediately after shutting down and the problem...

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-10 Status: rongawer

Show us a picture of your RV-10 progress.

Here's a video of 1st flight morning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYmoPju3nzc Thanks for sharing Randy - fantastic!

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Rbb469

Best material to join the cowl intake/plenum.

I’m curious what most are using to join the plenum/cowl intake? My -4 currently has some type of neoprene material thats weathered and needs replaced. TIA. Ricky

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