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WDYDWYRTW? May 30-31, 2026.
What did you do with your RV this weekend? I took the -6 up for a proficiency hop Saturday morning around 0800 to see if I could still do it. By the time I got back on the ground, it seemed a lot of RV folks around the country had the same idea. Sentry not showing traffic on my phone in FF...
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The Tweety Bird has Flown!
Well N357L is operational. Lots of hurdles before taking off and bugs these first few hours but getting her tuned up. The L wing is heavy and I’ve tried a trim tab ~9” on the R aileron with some improvement dut still needs electric trim. Can I shorten the linkage to slightly raise the aileron...
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OK….What’s Next?
The obvious answer, of course, is Phase 1! My FAA Managing Specialist drove up from Fresno and we did the Rocket inspection while teaching a new guy from Reno how to do E-AB inspections. Had a great time, and only found one bolt a single dash number short (its a temporary bolt holding the...
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Joined the club - My grin
I wanted to say a special thanks to Joe (RNB) for a great flight today and snapping My RV Grin as I hopped out of his beautiful RV-10. All the motivation I needed to get back home and keep on riveting. Thanks Joe!
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Show us your sub panel installation and ideas RV 14
I've started work on the stein wiring harness for the panel, and sub panel, and there isn't much out there in a single thread, so starting this thread for more discussion and ideas on sub panel mounting. Ideas, comments, "show us your" sub panel type thought for this thread. Everyone has...
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Any pics of your smoke system oil pump location
Anyone care to share pics of where you chose to mount the oil pump on your smoke system in an 8? Looking at a location other than on the tank itself and thing to future cast issues Would still like as much space in front baggage area as possible. Thanks all
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What you should know about the moisture in your engine that causes corrosion on your tappets and cam lobes
I think people should have a better understanding of where the moisture comes from that causes the corrosion when a Lycoming is left sitting for prolonged periods. It is NOT the ambient moisture in the environment. It does not matter if the plane is sitting in the Pacific Northwest, Or the...
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DIY dynamic prop balancer?
Doesn't quite make sense. If sensor is overloaded how can the LowPassFilter handle that? Seems to make more sense to simply disregard those samples unless they make up a significant part of all samples. But then I don't fully understand how omitting samples affects analysis. I do understand that...
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RV-12iS #121708
Hi All, Here's the first post for our RV-12iS #121708 build log. While we don't technically need this due to us going the E-LSA route, I figured it would be nice to get some opinions from the community as we build that we can either choose to listen to or ignore, haha. I've wanted to build a...
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Canopy Rod Issue
So today during run up my canopy which I had down in the cracked position flung open. The strap of course caught it but it bent the crap out of the long rod. I’ll call Vans Monday. I’m guessing vans might have the rod stock on hand. I’ll get them to send the drawings since I have none of the...
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