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Start of an incredible adventure - becoming a pilot
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Making sheet metal parts at Classic Aero
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Left wing AOA fitting and rivet clearance problem
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RV White Pages Updated …dr
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- Click on ‘The VAF List’
- Click on ‘RV White Pages’
Fuel Pickup (VA-261) (RV-14A)
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RV News That Caught My Eye Over The Last Few Hours ….dr
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Start of an incredible adventure - becoming a pilot
Start of an incredible adventure - becoming a pilot
This is Hayden. Hayden told be he dreams about flying and airplanes. He is bore sighted on becoming a pilot. He struck a note with me when he said he loves to just look at airplanes! He had never been in anything other than an airliner. After a 45 minute intro ride in the RV-8, he said, "That's...
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Making sheet metal parts at Classic Aero
Making sheet metal parts at Classic Aero
Hi Everyone, I just sent out an update to customers who have been waiting on their RV-14 Sportsman II side panels. I included some pictures of some of the sheet metal parts because it's rare that we have them all grouped together like this rolling around on a cart. A lot of our customers don't...
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Left wing AOA fitting and rivet clearance problem
Left wing AOA fitting and rivet clearance problem
Started skinning the left wing and am having problems with the LP4-3 rivet next to the AOA fitting being too long to pull into place without leaving the manufactured head to tall on the outside skin. Could I cut the tail down to about half before installing and/or notch the AOA fitting nut to...
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RV White Pages Updated …dr
- Click on ‘Links’
- Click on ‘The VAF List’
- Click on ‘RV White Pages’
Fuel Pickup (VA-261) (RV-14A)
Fuel Pickup (VA-261) (RV-14A)
Hi Folks, One of the fuel pickups, VA-261 that came with my RV-14A kit has a tiny chip at the end of the flare. Worried that this would leak, (I'm still building), I ordered a replacement a couple of weeks ago. While installing the new one today, I noticed that it's a straight thread (rather...
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Pushed out every now and then.
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