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It’s a short distance… need a flexible Hump Hose . I made my own with some carbon / Kevlar & silicone … been in service for 11 plus years .
Did I have vapor lock? Still flying off my hours after condition inspection. 90 degree temperature ,no problem starting, taxi and run up normal, applied full power, the plane lifted off quickly, at about 100 feet off the ground the engine quit. Fortunately I had enough runway to get back on the ground. Was able to restart and taxi back to the hangar. I then ran the engine for 5 minutes at 2300 rpm
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It’s a short distance… need a flexible Hump Hose . I made my own with some carbon / Kevlar & silicone … been in service for 11 plus years .
3" ID silicone hose
Im looking to purchase some of the above silicone hose for my Sam James Ram air connection to carb and from the ram air to the cowl. Anyone have any recommendations for (more) flexible hose. There are 100s of options online. First hand experience and possibly a brand would be great. Thanks A
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Is this rivet ok?
I've got a question for you all. I'm doing the bottom wing skins and the rivet I'm questioning is circled. This rivet helps support the flap bracket. This is the rivet that connects the bottom skin, rear spar, and flap bracket rib. Is it too flat? Due to it's location I can't measure the...
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Almost a catastrophic aileron day . . .
Got to page 34-10 today, and needed to countersink the counterbalance tube. Heeding advice about there being definite left and right orientations to the tubes, I started with the left aileron, secured the counterbalance tube in test position one, and went about attaching the aileron skins with...
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Aileron pushrod attach
[I am not at this point yet, just looking ahead at things before I close structures for the last time] Page 35-06 describes attaching the aileron pushrod. I think the specified screw may be too long: It runs out of thread before fully seating in the countersunk area. Anyone else have an...
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Engine quit
Did I have vapor lock? Still flying off my hours after condition inspection. 90 degree temperature ,no problem starting, taxi and run up normal, applied full power, the plane lifted off quickly, at about 100 feet off the ground the engine quit. Fortunately I had enough runway to get back on...
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Final engine test
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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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