Recurrent 14 CFR Section 61.58 done. I’m legal in the King Air 350 for another 12. Yay ;^). Many emails staring at me…possible RV-6 MX work here in a day or three. I do miss it. Brain mush. Need sleep. So many fire warning lights…
dr
RV7ForMe Status Update (and a couple of questions)
I have been slowly working on the Tanks. Well mostly the left tank only. I opted for the flip flow tube on this side. The plans on DWG 16A aren't exactly specific. I saw this on a few build logs and it made sense to copy this anti rotating nut system.
rockyfatcat
Update
…kirkbauer I wanted to update here as I assisted the original builder with the annual condition inspection of our flying RV-10 this weekend and we took the time to remove the left control stick and made some changes to address the looseness in our current plane. Both sticks had some looseness but the left one was worse.
1) The base of the left stick was definitely slightly loose inside of the WD-1011 bracket. A little movement at the base is more noticeable at the top of the stick. We carefully enlarged the holes and installed an AN4 bolt in lieu of the AN3 bolt.
2) The WD-1011 was sliding within the WD-1010 bracket. We found that a AN960-616L washer fit perfectly around the end of the brass bushing to fill in that gap.
3) The AN4 bolt on both sides securing the brass bushing to the WD-1010 bracket was not particularly tight. I'm unclear if fully torqueing castle nuts is the default that you should do, but I do know that there are places where you don't want to fully torque them. In this case, we tightened them to try and find balance between minimal forward/back movement but not overly compressing the bracket.
In the end we removed 100% of the looseness with these changes. The left/right aileron movement on the sticks is a little bit stiffer, but neither of us really have something to compare against. So I'm not sure if we overdid it a bit. We could back out the two castle nuts 1/6 turn and see how that affects things.
bwagner
….alternative lift method.
As another whom doesn't trust tiedown ring supporting; I went the ATV jack route and built a box to bridge the distance up to the fuselage. Positioning side to side determines whether just the left or right gear is lifted or centering it lifts the entire plane no problem.
Dan 57
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RV7ForMe Status Update (and a couple of questions)
I have been slowly working on the Tanks. Well mostly the left tank only. I opted for the flip flow tube on this side. The plans on DWG 16A aren't exactly specific. I saw this on a few build logs and it made sense to copy this anti rotating nut system.
RV7ForMe
Thank you! Boyd, I was moved by your story and photo. Your photo is worthy of the Van's Calendar. I urge you to submit it. Without political input, I think we all need an uplifting story like yours. Way to go. Daddyman Hey, thanks for the comment. Glad you liked it. Photo submission is a...
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rockyfatcat
One of the brake pedals is stuck down. Will not come up.
Rv7. I know I’m going to end up doing all 4. The question is where do I find the appropriate illustrated parts catalog?
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Update
…kirkbauer I wanted to update here as I assisted the original builder with the annual condition inspection of our flying RV-10 this weekend and we took the time to remove the left control stick and made some changes to address the looseness in our current plane. Both sticks had some looseness but the left one was worse.
1) The base of the left stick was definitely slightly loose inside of the WD-1011 bracket. A little movement at the base is more noticeable at the top of the stick. We carefully enlarged the holes and installed an AN4 bolt in lieu of the AN3 bolt.
2) The WD-1011 was sliding within the WD-1010 bracket. We found that a AN960-616L washer fit perfectly around the end of the brass bushing to fill in that gap.
3) The AN4 bolt on both sides securing the brass bushing to the WD-1010 bracket was not particularly tight. I'm unclear if fully torqueing castle nuts is the default that you should do, but I do know that there are places where you don't want to fully torque them. In this case, we tightened them to try and find balance between minimal forward/back movement but not overly compressing the bracket.
In the end we removed 100% of the looseness with these changes. The left/right aileron movement on the sticks is a little bit stiffer, but neither of us really have something to compare against. So I'm not sure if we overdid it a bit. We could back out the two castle nuts 1/6 turn and see how that affects things.
Loose stick/elevator controls
I'm almost done with Section 39 and was trying hard to NOT have any slop or looseness in my controls. I believed I followed the instructions well (picture below): My bushing felt pretty snug inside of the control stick base pivot tube I trimmed the length of the bushing so that it just barely...
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bwagner
….alternative lift method.
As another whom doesn't trust tiedown ring supporting; I went the ATV jack route and built a box to bridge the distance up to the fuselage. Positioning side to side determines whether just the left or right gear is lifted or centering it lifts the entire plane no problem.
Airplane Stand - Brake Pad Change/Tire Service
Hey folks - what are y'all using to support your RV when you are doing brake and wheel service? If you have a recommendation, can you also provide where you bought it from? Thanks!
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Dan 57
Oil Cooler... to flush or not
This might be of academic value, but I was curious... Grafting a brand new engine on my -6.9i, thoughts also went wandering towards the oil cooler. Several sources on the net mention the need for flushing an oil cooler that has performed flawlessly for close to 20 years, and more than 2.2 Kh of...
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