Hope you and your family had a Happy Easter.
v/r,dr
dr
Milestone: Hung Engine …kentlik 7A
Hung the motor yesterday by myself. It wasn't terrible. You will see no sump. That is a bummer. I had to order the proper fitting one. Sad it was.
Fairing is decent, but not great. The top targa band I made some calculated mistakes. Will have to revisit some remedies to that in the future. Also sad.
Motorcycle Lift Used …mc607
I used my motorcycle lift to fit the LE and the tanks. Worked well to fit, file, repeat.
VH-XVG flying phase2 …Tassie
Finally finished! This all-slow-build RV-10 received its phase2 CofA a few days ago. Took a little over 10 years to build down in Hobart, Tasmania. Designed for comfortable cruising around Australia, includes Barrett IO-540 with CAI, A/C, SDSEFI and a full interior/overhead. Paint job by myself, which was hard. Fast and smooth, flies great.
inktomi
Richard Connell
… reassembled RV 10 post paint
“I reassembled my 10 after paint this week. Almost 10 years to the day from starting also. Except I’ve been flying it bare for almost 3 years. I’m calling it finished now!”
rcarsey G5 Install Update
Ok so I finished the install today. I ended up doing the G5 recess-mount from Stein/Aircraft Spruce (i don't think its a Garmin product). The exact placement of the G5 could have been a little better.... but because I was also trying to completely use/cover-up the 3" hole I erroneously drilled.. the exact placement suffered and led to some interference (diagrams below).
v/r,dr
dr
WDYDWYRTW? 4 / 19-20 / 2025
....starting off a 'little damp' here in N.TX this weekend. Hope drier and less 'bang and sparky' in your lon/lat. :) v/r,dr Saturday morning: Saturday evening:
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Milestone: Hung Engine …kentlik 7A
Hung the motor yesterday by myself. It wasn't terrible. You will see no sump. That is a bummer. I had to order the proper fitting one. Sad it was.
Fairing is decent, but not great. The top targa band I made some calculated mistakes. Will have to revisit some remedies to that in the future. Also sad.
RV-7A rebirthing
...I have to find a suitable place for the B&C regulator. Any Ideas?... I was really running out of room so I ended up putting mine upside down on the fwd face of the sub panel on the r/h side. The reason it's upside down is so that the adjustment screw points down, allowing me to reach it by...
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Motorcycle Lift Used …mc607
I used my motorcycle lift to fit the LE and the tanks. Worked well to fit, file, repeat.
Wing Skin Overlap?
As I was Clecoing the left Outboard Leading Edge structure to the main spar, I noticed a very slight overlap of the LE skin. What is actually expected? Should it be a butted joint? If needed, I can remove the LE and file material off to fit. Thank you for your answers.
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VH-XVG flying phase2 …Tassie
Finally finished! This all-slow-build RV-10 received its phase2 CofA a few days ago. Took a little over 10 years to build down in Hobart, Tasmania. Designed for comfortable cruising around Australia, includes Barrett IO-540 with CAI, A/C, SDSEFI and a full interior/overhead. Paint job by myself, which was hard. Fast and smooth, flies great.
Show us a pic of your FINISHED RV-10
Finished Jan 2020, been flying too much to post. N314JN took 2 years to build. Every day but Sunday. What a joy to build and fly.
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inktomi
Getting tires on rims - how?
Hi - I've been trying a little every day for about the past week to get my tire tubes onto my rims in order to consolidate some storage. For the life of me, I can't seem to get them on. There must be a trick. Here's what I've been trying. Talc the tube Stuff tube into tire Inflate just a...
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Richard Connell
… reassembled RV 10 post paint
“I reassembled my 10 after paint this week. Almost 10 years to the day from starting also. Except I’ve been flying it bare for almost 3 years. I’m calling it finished now!”
Show us a pic of your FINISHED RV-10
Finished Jan 2020, been flying too much to post. N314JN took 2 years to build. Every day but Sunday. What a joy to build and fly.
vansairforce.net
rcarsey G5 Install Update
Ok so I finished the install today. I ended up doing the G5 recess-mount from Stein/Aircraft Spruce (i don't think its a Garmin product). The exact placement of the G5 could have been a little better.... but because I was also trying to completely use/cover-up the 3" hole I erroneously drilled.. the exact placement suffered and led to some interference (diagrams below).
Adding a Garmin G5
So the latest RV-12iS/Garmin wiring diagram from Vans has a couple extra CAN bus pins going to the MFD screen's connector that are labeled "G5". The engineers parked the pins on the MFD in positions that aren't used for the G3X.. So they're there to easily extend the CAN bus to a G5. Along...
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