The VAF News - 4.7.2025. #6313. 1 of 2.

[DeltaRomeo]

A wet, cold weekend in N.TX. Hoping the flying weather was better at your lon/lat.
Have a great Monday.
v/r,dr

Tweetr

RV-10 First Flight!

Announcing the first flight of my RV-10 project, Plans # 41819! I'm now halfway through Phase I flight testing, and highly pleased. Performance numbers so far: Empty weight WITH paint and interior: 1615 pounds (dual Plasma III ignitions, dual Horizon 10.1 EFIS) 24-squared cruise (75% power)...

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dr.

WDYDWYRTW? 4 / 5-6 / 2025. Final weekend of SnF.

Hope a few of you got out to SnF and are having a great time. Starting the weekend a little damp (and boomy and sparky) around N.TX and areas north. Lots of staying inside . v/r,dr *Stands for “What did you do w/your RV this weekend?”

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HFS

(Another) DIY Oil Filter Wrench

Made this simple wrench for convenient oil filter removal - 1" - 6 point box end x 9/16" hex nut welded to a 10 Ga "handle". And yeah, final torque is by "feel", but it also only cost about a buck fifty ... HFS

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TX_Flyer 7A

I think I pooched my VS

Did anyone else miss these when building their Vertical Stabilizer? What was the resolution? I am afraid this may lead to a lot of rivet drilling...

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Skelrad 9A

Nutplates on Firewall

There are a number of callouts for nutplates to attach adel clamps on the firewall. For nutplates that just attach to new doublers, that's no big deal of course. But I'm not sure about the nutplates that attach to the firewall stiffeners. The plans say to drill out a few existing rivets and...

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Dwollen89 7A

Lower Longeron Overhang

I drilled the 4 lower longeron AN3 bolt holes to the steel corner firewall brackets. The instructions say the longeron should be about 1/8 inch above (or technically below as it’s upside down) the side skin. One side of mine is about 1/8 while the other side is almost flush. I have no idea why...

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[DeltaRomeo]

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TASEsq

Help with FMEA (RV-14 Electronic Ignition & Injection)

Hi Brains Trust, I am still working on my electrical system and thought i had a system nailed, so began FMEA. The working document can be found here. This has the detailed wiring diagram of my system, with numbered items corresponding to the FMEA for that item. Also attached are 2 drawings...

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Westerhuis RV-8

How to set a countersunk rivet in a longeron that is already installed..

I’m scratching my head and I’m probably overthinking things, but how do I set rivets on a longeron that is already installed? I need to install a couple of nutplates. I can’t get the hand squeezer in due to the skin and the part mounted above it. I am thinking to use cherry rivets, but there...

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Star Keeper

It’s official. I’m not just talking about it

I picked up an empennage and fuselage kit yesterday and today. This is no longer just something I’m talking g about doing. I’ll either successfully build an airplane or fail at it. It took two trips to get everything and the hour ride home each time was stressful as hell. I don’t know how y’all...

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Daddyman58’s RV-6A Virtual Hangar is Created

RV-6A N506AT Dave Daddyman58 Clinthorne

Earned airworthiness 9/24. Since the Phase 1 has been completed. Eliminating the squacks. Special thanks to Tom Doran and Carl Froelick who provided their expertise and many hours of wiring help. I could not have completed this without them. I do not consider it ever really completed as I...

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VII: A Sonnet on Diagrams …Scott Chastain

Meditations on a Grounded RV

I. Teardown What does it mean to savor the fast, fleeting, and final hours on the tach before the engine goes idle and the last puffs of burnt fuel begin to fizzle into a wide and far-reaching silence? What sense does one have of eternity when, with a single glimpse, there is captured high...

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MauleDriver

What fittings to use for plumbing manifold pressure to (2) Surefly SIMs and GRT EIS

I am in the process of replacing both mags with Surefly SIMs (electronic ignition units). Having trouble specifying what fittings I can use to tap into my current MP with 2 lines that will go to the SIMs. Currently I have a hose going from cylinder 5 through the firewall with a bulkhead...

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