job3 texted Tue for an ‘emergency’ sim seat request. “Can you come right now?” “I’m in jeans and a T-shirt out running errands.” “Boss says come on and thank you.” So much for catching up on things ;^). On the upside, it was an ’S1’, the first sim on an initial. “This is how you raise the seat and adjust the pedals.” No bangs….no drips…no sparks. I get to do S1 about once a year, as I’m usually a check ride meat servo. A refreshing change!
Kinda windy/bumpy to fly the RV Tuesday anyway - gusting 37kts by 10am. Sim paid for an hour of RV flight down the road when the conditions are nicer, so all good.
When I got out of the sim it was gusting 38kts. ;^)
Hope you had a nice Tue and have a nicer Wed,
dr
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RE: #3 braided stainless lines for brakes.
…TS Flightlines
On a similar note, way back in the early days, I made a pressure tester from a cleaning tank and a hydraulic ram pump. 2 different gauges, 1 was to 6000 psi, the other was to 10,000, the max pressure of the pump. Worked fine as a portable tester. Since teflon was impervious to fluids, I used ISO46 hydraulic fluid, for the orings in the pump. YEP, had to flush the hose really good afterwards. I have to say the test cabinets and systems we have now are ALOT better. But for those that want to make your own assemblies, this is an easy way to test them. YES---contain them in some sort of cabinet----just in case!
dr
sansone
Paddy’s RV-10 Gust Lock
I made mine from some square section tube and some angle I had laying around. Design criteria were;
1. Impossible to forget to remove before flight
2. Easy to install and stow from the pilot's seat so there's no temptation to get lazy and not use it
3. Is still effective enough to protect the control surfaces
The fork part connects to the rudder pedals and the other end has a short length of round tube that engages with an aluminum "nub" that bolts through on of the existing screw holes in the seat pan frame under the seat. There's enough elasticity in the rudder cables to push on both rudder pedals to get the tube over the nub easily. Then, the stick gets tied to the little cradle with a few wraps of velcro and you're done. Installation and removal take seconds and I lay it on the copilot floor when not in use.
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Kinda windy/bumpy to fly the RV Tuesday anyway - gusting 37kts by 10am. Sim paid for an hour of RV flight down the road when the conditions are nicer, so all good.
When I got out of the sim it was gusting 38kts. ;^)
Hope you had a nice Tue and have a nicer Wed,
dr
rsrguy3
A productive day in the hangar
Good day... managed to get brightener through epoxy primer. The fillet material around the canopy wasn't on properly prepared aluminum so I removed it prior to today's steps. All in all I'm stoked with the progress.
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RE: #3 braided stainless lines for brakes.
…TS Flightlines
On a similar note, way back in the early days, I made a pressure tester from a cleaning tank and a hydraulic ram pump. 2 different gauges, 1 was to 6000 psi, the other was to 10,000, the max pressure of the pump. Worked fine as a portable tester. Since teflon was impervious to fluids, I used ISO46 hydraulic fluid, for the orings in the pump. YEP, had to flush the hose really good afterwards. I have to say the test cabinets and systems we have now are ALOT better. But for those that want to make your own assemblies, this is an easy way to test them. YES---contain them in some sort of cabinet----just in case!
#3 braided stainless lines for brakes.
As usual I can’t leave “good enough” alone. Want to use stainless Teflon lines in place of the nylon in the kit. I just finished a Beringer setup on another ship that used #3 but with banjo fittings. That won’t work with the 1/8” FIP thread in the master cylinders. So, question is, are there...
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WDYDWYRTW? 3 / 15-16 / 2025
...getting this weekend's "What did you do with your RV this weekend?" thread started. Hope you're having a great one. v/r,dr
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sansone
Need cable clamping plates for rod end attach
I've been searching online for cable clamping plates that facilitate fastening a rod end to the control cable. I've seen them on certified planes, usually for auto pilot servo installation. I have a trutrak part# but they've been bought by Bendix King. Here's a photo
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Paddy’s RV-10 Gust Lock
I made mine from some square section tube and some angle I had laying around. Design criteria were;
1. Impossible to forget to remove before flight
2. Easy to install and stow from the pilot's seat so there's no temptation to get lazy and not use it
3. Is still effective enough to protect the control surfaces
The fork part connects to the rudder pedals and the other end has a short length of round tube that engages with an aluminum "nub" that bolts through on of the existing screw holes in the seat pan frame under the seat. There's enough elasticity in the rudder cables to push on both rudder pedals to get the tube over the nub easily. Then, the stick gets tied to the little cradle with a few wraps of velcro and you're done. Installation and removal take seconds and I lay it on the copilot floor when not in use.
Simple and effective rudder gust lock for the -10??
Anyone using a simply designed rudder gust lock for the 10 besides the one from anti splat? That didn’t work for my configuration. Thx!
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