A busy weekend doing part time side hustles for F,S&C (hence the late push time for Monday) - so no RV time :^(. Since the year is half over now, Thank You!!!! to those who donate to the site. Those ‘badges’ underneath a username are very much why Susie and I can eat! (not kidding). You are ABSOLUTELY appreciated. Badges visually represent a person’s financial support for this small business. The realities of trying to keep a 1-person small business afloat as your main source of income in 2024 punch me in the face continuously. Those badges are how I minimize the force of those punches, and even deflect a few. ;^)
I’ll keep trying my hardest to bring you a quality product and I hope you're enjoying it.
Fingers crossed to get off the surface in the 22 yr old -6 sometime in the next few days and hope you had a great weekend! Really like that RV!
v/r,dr
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RV-10 Panel …Dad’s RV-10
I need to take some better pics but here are the before and after. My father built the plane and originally installed a Chelton EFIS and a VP-400. By the time he received an AW certificate (at 80 years old) but before ever flying the airplane, he decided he didn't want a panel with so many orphaned components. So, he tore it all apart. Unfortunately, he never got a new panel installed before he passed away three and a half years ago.
It's been a long journey but this week, I made the first flight in N420LK! It was emotional and exhilarating and it wouldn't have happened without the help of some amazing people. Thank you! (you know who you are - NR, JC, DM, among others.)
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Cowl inlets, mistakes were made …Webb PIREP
I took a differ approach to the inlet when I remembered trying to put the lower cowl on and deal with the ramp seal. I made some rings that matched the standard shape and glassed the opening to hold the ring. I also needed a good way to connect the plenum to the inlets.
The inlet seal is on the ring. All I have to do is put the lower cowl on, drop the ring in place, set the plenum on top, and put the top cowl on.
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Build Update …nohoflyer
I’ve moved my project to Princeton airport. It’s about 1.5 hours away. This is the facts of life when a builder lives in a huge city. Anyhow it’s a great space. Downside is that my pace of building has gone to 3/4 speed brakes.
Rear fairing has been sikaflexed on. I’ll do the finishing work while it’s on the airplane. The shape of that darned thing made it hard to work on it on a table.
Chugging along with the wheels. The RV-7 manual/plans are very poor imo. I called vans and the helped me find the plans for the 14 which are much more detailed.
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I’ll keep trying my hardest to bring you a quality product and I hope you're enjoying it.
Fingers crossed to get off the surface in the 22 yr old -6 sometime in the next few days and hope you had a great weekend! Really like that RV!
v/r,dr
FMI on badges: https://vansairforce.net/account/upgrades
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WDYDWYRVTW? ........6/29-30/2024
(what did you do with your RV this weekend) ... getting this weekend's thread started. v/r,dr
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RV-10 Panel …Dad’s RV-10
I need to take some better pics but here are the before and after. My father built the plane and originally installed a Chelton EFIS and a VP-400. By the time he received an AW certificate (at 80 years old) but before ever flying the airplane, he decided he didn't want a panel with so many orphaned components. So, he tore it all apart. Unfortunately, he never got a new panel installed before he passed away three and a half years ago.
It's been a long journey but this week, I made the first flight in N420LK! It was emotional and exhilarating and it wouldn't have happened without the help of some amazing people. Thank you! (you know who you are - NR, JC, DM, among others.)
Show us your RV-10 Panel
Hi Martin, Hi Derek, thanks for the nice write-up. I love this group. Every plane is a bit different and what you did makes perfect sense. You can question this decision but my engine depends on electricity. If I can cover one more remote case that would help, I'll not pass on that option. I...
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Cowl inlets, mistakes were made …Webb PIREP
I took a differ approach to the inlet when I remembered trying to put the lower cowl on and deal with the ramp seal. I made some rings that matched the standard shape and glassed the opening to hold the ring. I also needed a good way to connect the plenum to the inlets.
The inlet seal is on the ring. All I have to do is put the lower cowl on, drop the ring in place, set the plenum on top, and put the top cowl on.
Cowl inlets, mistakes were made
Used PMC 780 and a 3D print as a plug after scanning plenum and inlet rings to fabricate the inlets. Positives - fit is great. And it is fun playing with new materials such as the liquid polyurethane! Negatives - I tried to lay up some fiberglass on top of the polyurethane and wet it out...
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Build Update …nohoflyer
I’ve moved my project to Princeton airport. It’s about 1.5 hours away. This is the facts of life when a builder lives in a huge city. Anyhow it’s a great space. Downside is that my pace of building has gone to 3/4 speed brakes.
Rear fairing has been sikaflexed on. I’ll do the finishing work while it’s on the airplane. The shape of that darned thing made it hard to work on it on a table.
Chugging along with the wheels. The RV-7 manual/plans are very poor imo. I called vans and the helped me find the plans for the 14 which are much more detailed.
Irv’s RV-7A journey
I started my build when I lived in a real house in W Massachusetts. I had an actual walk out basement that I turned into my shop. Actually it was a great motivation to finally clean, purge, and organize it. I built my empenage down there in about 9 months. Hiccup. My wife and I decided to move...
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Pushed out every now and then.
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