Welcome to the hobby: Luke Bishop (R)
I ended up at the airport for a couple of hours Tuesday morning. First time in a good long while. Ran into a new guy, Luke. Turns out he just bought an eight, flies for Southwest Airlines. Took a picture of him standing next to Gary Platner (retired Southwest Airlines).
Luke, welcome to the greatest hobby on earth! Nice meeting you, sir!
v/r,dr
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Installing wheel fairings—a better way
WDYDWYRTW
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TAILWHEEL STINGER SLOP
YAW DAMP
RV-6 LIGHTS
RE: Cradle / Wing Install….wirejock
I used my lift. I fabricated a lift for the fuse. Worked great for mating wings all by myself. A sawhorse on the outboard end keeps it from squatting toward the one wing. Sawhorse was removed temporarily but you can see the lift.
Basically, I set it higher than needed. Placed the wing on the lift and sawhorse. Slip the shim on the fuse skin. If you don't, the wing skin hits and won't slide in. Lower the lift till the spar is at the correct height. Push. Slide the shim out. Adjust the position of the sawhorse in or our till the holes line up and slip the drift pins in place. Easy peasy.
RE: Cockpit Rail Alignment…PhatRV (Patron)
I remembered that I had to temporarily attach the two roll bars before fitting the side rails. This ensures the fuselage width is aligned correctly before you start fitting and drilling the side rails. I only have this picture from my build. This was showing the complete assembly. I don't have the detail pictures of the side rails. There were some minor gaps but I did the best to close the gap and used the C-Clamps to secure the rails before drilling.
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I ended up at the airport for a couple of hours Tuesday morning. First time in a good long while. Ran into a new guy, Luke. Turns out he just bought an eight, flies for Southwest Airlines. Took a picture of him standing next to Gary Platner (retired Southwest Airlines).
Luke, welcome to the greatest hobby on earth! Nice meeting you, sir!
v/r,dr
Pink: Webb
Today was a good day
The RV grin is starting to grow on my face. Moved to the airport and attached to wings after it arrived. My A&P that is doing the condition inspection on my Bonanza came down and lended a hand. He brought some super slippery lube and the spar bolts seated with encouragement from a mallet. The...
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Installing wheel fairings—a better way
Installing wheel fairings—a better way
While researching how to replace my old RV-6’s 1-piece wheel pants with today’s pressure-recovery units, I came up with a good idea: by assuming the wheel axles are aligned correctly to the airplane (they are), a jig could be built to hold the brackets in rig to install them to the fairing...
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TAILWHEEL STINGER SLOP
Tailwheel stinger slop - NAS bolt before taper pins
All, My ~800 hour RV-8 has developed some side to side play in the tailwheel stinger where it mounts in the forward weldment with one vertical bolt. I believe this is an AN4 bolt. Doing some searching on the forum I saw many have gone to a taper pin in this location. Before I dive into the...
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YAW DAMP
RV-6 LIGHTS
Identify my RV6 wingtips?
Can someone help identify my RV6 wingtips? My end goal is to identify which landing-taxi lights will fit without too much fabrication. KC
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RE: Cradle / Wing Install….wirejock
I used my lift. I fabricated a lift for the fuse. Worked great for mating wings all by myself. A sawhorse on the outboard end keeps it from squatting toward the one wing. Sawhorse was removed temporarily but you can see the lift.
Basically, I set it higher than needed. Placed the wing on the lift and sawhorse. Slip the shim on the fuse skin. If you don't, the wing skin hits and won't slide in. Lower the lift till the spar is at the correct height. Push. Slide the shim out. Adjust the position of the sawhorse in or our till the holes line up and slip the drift pins in place. Easy peasy.
Q: Cradle needed for wing installation?
Folks, I'm a week or two from temporarily mounting the wings on my RV-9. I've searched the forums but haven't landed on an answer to this question. Here's the question: do I need to make a cradle to support the weight of the first wing to be mounted in order to avoid it tipping over until...
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RE: Cockpit Rail Alignment…PhatRV (Patron)
I remembered that I had to temporarily attach the two roll bars before fitting the side rails. This ensures the fuselage width is aligned correctly before you start fitting and drilling the side rails. I only have this picture from my build. This was showing the complete assembly. I don't have the detail pictures of the side rails. There were some minor gaps but I did the best to close the gap and used the C-Clamps to secure the rails before drilling.
Cockpit Rail Alignment
Instructions state I’m to align 816, Cockpit Rail so that it’s flush against the upper longeron. As you can see in the pictures, it’s about a 1/16th from the edge at the spar junction point, and no ability to move or adjust at this point. As it moves to the ends, both forward and back, it...
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THE VAF LIST (a list of RV-related lists)
The VAF List ...a list of RV-related lists. RV-related things you might want to browse over (a closed post that is sticky and maintained by dr). Link to this in 'Links' in the menu. v/r,dr Small businesses that help bring you this list of RV-related lists: 360 Avionics www.360Avionics.com Ace...
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