Vlad Crushing the WDYDWYRTW thread from last weekend.
“It is howling at my airport bench all week. Managed to find a slice of relatively smooth air between 8200' and 9500'. With partially taped cooling air intakes CHT stayed at 375. OAT -15C. It took almost an hour to bring oil temperature to 180F.”
…and crabandy knocks it out of the park with a FOV we’ve all seen.
RossK
Countersink in fiberglass wing tip for a dimpled skin.
…BravoAlphaRomeo reply
You can also consider taking the roughly 1” edge that you cut off the inside of the wingtip and rebond it back on the inside
of the new edge. Scuff up both mating surfaces, a little resin w/flox. This adds some ridgidity and volume for when you ultimately C/S for the dimples described above. I did this, and am happy with the result. YMMV.
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“It is howling at my airport bench all week. Managed to find a slice of relatively smooth air between 8200' and 9500'. With partially taped cooling air intakes CHT stayed at 375. OAT -15C. It took almost an hour to bring oil temperature to 180F.”
WDYDWYRTW 2 / 15-16 / 2025
… getting this weekend’s thread off to a start. The weather here in Dallas, Texas isn’t looking like we’re gonna be flying RVs much today. 😔 Good morning to work on the lawnmower. 😜
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…and crabandy knocks it out of the park with a FOV we’ve all seen.
RossK
Bottom Skin rivetting W-704
Another question. I'm mis-reading the plans or they don't agree. I'm getting ready to rivet the bottom skins on, DWG12 indicates that every second hole on the inboard rib and W-704 is left open for F-776 attachment, DWG38 But DWG38 shows the platenuts getting fitted to every third hole. That's...
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Countersink in fiberglass wing tip for a dimpled skin.
…BravoAlphaRomeo reply
You can also consider taking the roughly 1” edge that you cut off the inside of the wingtip and rebond it back on the inside
of the new edge. Scuff up both mating surfaces, a little resin w/flox. This adds some ridgidity and volume for when you ultimately C/S for the dimples described above. I did this, and am happy with the result. YMMV.
Countersink in fiberglass wing tip for a dimpled skin.
On page 24-03 step 10 we I are to c’sink the #27 holes to fit the dimples in the skin. So it is a dimpled aluminum skin fit into a fiberglass c’sink. If these were two aluminum parts nesting and riveted I would c’sink .007” deeper than flush per Section 5. But this is different than a riveted...
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Ron B.
Manufacturing new high tension leads
As my 14 is approaching 10 years old, it’s time to replace my spark plug leads for my Lightspeed ignition. My unit came with MSD leads and I’m replacing with the same. I purchased the MSD crimping pliers. With my first attempt I cannot get an ohm reading on the one that I making. Testing the...
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Rod end bearing measure tool
While building my -7, I wrestled with accurate measurement of the rod end bearing height, measured from center of the -3 bolt, particularly when measured to a 32nd or 64th inch. Always seemed to be an 'eyeball' measure at best. Things worked out fine of course. WIth the current -14 build, I...
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YME
Rv-12iS Stabilator tip fairing repair
Now this is not a big repair but I have never worked with fiberglas. As you can see in the pic, I cut into the Fairing flange too far. For this repair do I just mix expoxy and add flox and build up the flange area or do I add some cloth underneath. The fairing is not attached and I have the...
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