Well, the front arrived. I’m at the ‘X’. Last night lightning struck a house 4,400’ from us and burned to the ground. Hope the bad Wx that rolled through the middle of the U.S. didn’t impact you.
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At Larry's suggestion I also just use a maroon pad with bon ami and scuff untill break free, then rinse. Inexpensive and no toxic chemicals. Never had an adhesive issue.
Wife lets me do most parts in the laundry tub and then layout on counter to dry.
Reviving this thread as I've found a few similar leaks- Condition inspection today and the Right tank (RV-8) sending unit gasket has some blue slime. Left tank the rivet on the access plate is weeping.
The left tank had been removed and resealed by the previous owner, that sending unit *might* be prosealed directly to the inspection plate as some of the threads on here suggest- I didn't verify before I put the fairings back on.
Is it worth trying to seal that weeping rivet from the outside by using the vacuum method or just covering the rivet head in proseal? or remove both sending units, seal the rivet shop head from the inside, and reinstall? If the sending unit still has a gasket, it may be worth it to remove that to seal the rivet from the inside and prevent future gasket leaks?
Another example of a hydrodip panel.
So I used a 90 degree drill to do it. Started small with a #45, then went up in stages when I was happy with the hole.
It’s a strange one as the hole is not in the middle of the longeron, it’s in the middle of the horizontal vertex when measured from underneath, and you can’t see the longeron as it’s buried under a load of other metal.
It took me 4 weeks to build up the courage to drill those holes!
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Prekote and rattle can
Just making sure, before money is spent. Is this product pointless with a self etching primer? If you do use this product is it okay to use a regular non etching primer? Planning to do metal contact priming for internal tail. Thanks
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Rear canopy bow profile
Took a while but finally got a good profile on the front canopy bow. Regarding the rear, is there a general dimension the rear bow should trace relative to the bulkhead? At the top (after getting the 1/8” dim from extended top line of the track to OD of bow), the extended turtle deck...
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Magneto P Lead shielding contradiction.
As a course of wiring my new panel, much is being redone. The original plans OP-10, shows connecting the shield to ground at the magneto only. This is how it was wired 20 years ago. However, Advance Panel wiring shows grounding the shield at the key switch and at the mag. Bob Nukolls also shows...
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Fuel Sender unit/access panel leak fix
Ok, I spent quite a bit of time searching and have looked at all of the previous threads but I wanted to see what the current consensus is. Back in January I noticed the tell tale signs of a fuel leak on my right tank. I pulled off the wing root fairing and noticed that the leak seemed to be...
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The left tank had been removed and resealed by the previous owner, that sending unit *might* be prosealed directly to the inspection plate as some of the threads on here suggest- I didn't verify before I put the fairings back on.
Is it worth trying to seal that weeping rivet from the outside by using the vacuum method or just covering the rivet head in proseal? or remove both sending units, seal the rivet shop head from the inside, and reinstall? If the sending unit still has a gasket, it may be worth it to remove that to seal the rivet from the inside and prevent future gasket leaks?
First Flight: Jari Häkkinen and Jonas Gullstrand’s RV-7 | Malmö, Sweden RV-7 #74194-1520
“After 12 years building at four different locations, finally we could take off in calm weather. The take off thrust was impressive, within seconds we were airborne and the plane flew really well. The only issue we had was cylinder 1 CHT running hot even with a shallow climb angle and we had to...
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Show us your RV-10 Panel
= remote fuses that are not replaced during flight was my choice). You might note that, technically, this is not legal for night flight (your op limits surely say you must follow 91.205(b) for night operations, and that says ‘fuses accessible in flight’). Now, what the actual risk is, I’m not...
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Superior cylinder problem
Anybody experience the following. I installed a new Superior to replace a failed Lycoming cylinder in the # 3 position on O-360 A1D in my RV-7. Completed 1 run-up of 10 minutes ( cowls off) for leak check then repeat with cowls on. All parameters in the green especially CHT (350 'F or below)...
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Drilling HS-814-1 to aft deck
Looking at mounting the Horizontal stabiliser and I have not quite worked it out how to do it. How were the four holes drilled through HS-814-1 considering the upper splice position and the proximity fuse sides being in the way. Any pictures would help Thanks Rob
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It’s a strange one as the hole is not in the middle of the longeron, it’s in the middle of the horizontal vertex when measured from underneath, and you can’t see the longeron as it’s buried under a load of other metal.
It took me 4 weeks to build up the courage to drill those holes!
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