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…me Wednesday working on VAF (unknowingly COVERING my pants with thousands of pieces of blue fuzz that took 20 minutes to get off). Glamour life!
inktomi
Dlomheim Renesis update
I now have flown the Renesis powered RV-7A I purchased last Sept for about 13.5 hrs. with a 4.0 logged yesterday. Over the 4.0 hrs. I burned an avg. of 8.5 gph while cruising about 160 mph TAS, at 5500 ft. Thus far the engine fires up every time after only turning 1-1.5 blades, whether hot or cold. The oil is running a higher than I'd like in climb out (@210 degrees), but it drops down to 185 degrees while cruising. I still am going to experiment by adding a "shark" like air exits on the oil cooler side of the cowling, or possible add a turning vane to the intake to pull some more air from the water radiator side, since water runs cool at 145 degrees on a regular basis.
If you're looking for a nice airport restaurant in KS, check out the Lloyd Stearman Field restaurant, on the north end of the airport.
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inktomi
SB 16-03-28 blocks skin rivets on wing?
I've been thinking about this for a while, and Van's says to use two rivets on each side of the original hole.. but what do you all think? Would a cherry rivet fit here? If we install the 16-03-28 Aileron Hinge Bracket service bulletin the flanges on the part make it impossible to drive a rivet...
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Dlomheim Renesis update
I now have flown the Renesis powered RV-7A I purchased last Sept for about 13.5 hrs. with a 4.0 logged yesterday. Over the 4.0 hrs. I burned an avg. of 8.5 gph while cruising about 160 mph TAS, at 5500 ft. Thus far the engine fires up every time after only turning 1-1.5 blades, whether hot or cold. The oil is running a higher than I'd like in climb out (@210 degrees), but it drops down to 185 degrees while cruising. I still am going to experiment by adding a "shark" like air exits on the oil cooler side of the cowling, or possible add a turning vane to the intake to pull some more air from the water radiator side, since water runs cool at 145 degrees on a regular basis.
If you're looking for a nice airport restaurant in KS, check out the Lloyd Stearman Field restaurant, on the north end of the airport.
RV-7A with Rotary "Renesis" 13B
I purchased an RV-7A the end of Sept. and then took 30 days to meet insurance requirements, but finally got it home. I then spent the next month making it airworthy (brakes, tires, oil, etc.), and have now finally begun getting to know it a bit. Since I've been building a 9A with a 13B since...
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skirting_virga
GRT Horizon panel planning - help!
Apologies if there is a good thread/resource that covers what I want to do - I've searched and it's difficult to find relevant information. My plane is down for several months and I'm trying to conceptualize a budget upgrade path for my panel. I have bought a GTN 625 for the purpose of enabling...
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Bjdecker
Plenum changes -- Transparent Aluminum -- or similar material needed.
Hello hive mind, I am reworking my plenum cover and looking for material that's stiff enough to resist bowing/bending from the incoming air, yet flexible enough to span 4 cylinder heads and absorb their movement relative to each other. Pictures of the current plenum cover below. I used...
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Davea320
RV-7 gear leg fairing accessories
I have an older RV-7 kit and just unwrapped the gear leg fairings from the shrink wrap that included some extra items. Vans says the hoses are for pilot brake lines from master cylinders, but they don’t know what the aluminum pieces are for. One is .063 4.5X10 and the other is .016 5X6...
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Kirkbauer
Fuel Tank Sender Updates
Van's published updated instructions for the fuel tanks due to changes in the fuel senders. I'm hoping somebody with experience can put together some helpful information for the rest of us. How do we tell if we have older or newer fuel senders? I assume we want to use the old instructions if we...
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