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SuperCubDriver Update
Two days no flying - rare exception for me. Too hot, too tired, too lazy....Anyway today I launched again towards Lake Hood in the busy Anchorage airspace. Never made it there due weather and today I needed two tries. In the morning the weather forecast was right with low ceilings through the pass and on top I didn´t want to go - engine failure always in mind and at least I want to see where to (crash-)land should the worst happen. I diverted to Healy, loaded some fuel, chatted with very nice guys there and so the two hours wait was quickly over. The ceilings meanwhile lifted and so it was an easy flight to Lake Hood. Flying there requires a thorough study of the airspace and arrival procedures, you don´t go there without doing some homework before. It turned out to be easy but as I said preparation is mandatory. I met a club member there on a layover but missed the breakfast as so many times before. The return flight brought me close to the Ruth Glacier again and I´m so impressed with the landscape there and so said to myself now I´m here let´s have a look again! So I flew up and down the glacier and inhaled the for me so breathtaking views. Of course I had some cameras running and will insert some pics here. Farther north towards Fairbanks a few thunderstorms did their things but there was a huge gap between two not fully developed CBs and so I got only a few drops of rain, not even enough to clear the airframe from bugs on the leading edges and windshield.
Update: Irv’s RV-7A journey
Wing install in progress. Love it when the holes line up! I’m having difficulty with torquing the bottom nuts. I know this is common and I’ve addressed it in the appropriate thread.
Painted!: rv6builder
mc607
RE: Overhauling an IO360-C1E6 for a RV14
Anyone know what the “-4 -5” stamps on the top spine of both case halves might mean?
TX_Flyer RV-7A
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SuperCubDriver Update
Two days no flying - rare exception for me. Too hot, too tired, too lazy....Anyway today I launched again towards Lake Hood in the busy Anchorage airspace. Never made it there due weather and today I needed two tries. In the morning the weather forecast was right with low ceilings through the pass and on top I didn´t want to go - engine failure always in mind and at least I want to see where to (crash-)land should the worst happen. I diverted to Healy, loaded some fuel, chatted with very nice guys there and so the two hours wait was quickly over. The ceilings meanwhile lifted and so it was an easy flight to Lake Hood. Flying there requires a thorough study of the airspace and arrival procedures, you don´t go there without doing some homework before. It turned out to be easy but as I said preparation is mandatory. I met a club member there on a layover but missed the breakfast as so many times before. The return flight brought me close to the Ruth Glacier again and I´m so impressed with the landscape there and so said to myself now I´m here let´s have a look again! So I flew up and down the glacier and inhaled the for me so breathtaking views. Of course I had some cameras running and will insert some pics here. Farther north towards Fairbanks a few thunderstorms did their things but there was a huge gap between two not fully developed CBs and so I got only a few drops of rain, not even enough to clear the airframe from bugs on the leading edges and windshield.
Another extended weekend trip
I do it again - a trip from Europe around the US and Oshkosh in my RV-8i. I launched yesterday and I´m in Wick/Scotland again, grounded due weather. Freezing level at 5000´ and the so regular strong and gusty winds in Iceland, of course no tailwinds. Low ceilings over the ocean - too many...
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Update: Irv’s RV-7A journey
Wing install in progress. Love it when the holes line up! I’m having difficulty with torquing the bottom nuts. I know this is common and I’ve addressed it in the appropriate thread.
Irv’s RV-7A journey
I added an inspection window I saw on another builders project. I recommend you remove it and reinstall the solid inspection plate. The RV-7 already has an problem with flutter of the vertical stabilizer and rudder if VNE is accidentally exceeded. Reducing torsional stiffness in the bay...
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Painted!: rv6builder
All back together with fresh paint!
Just put the last few screws in putting her back together after a winter disassembled at home for a new paint job and some general maintenance. I did something wrong with the old paint and it started coming off only a year or two after it was first applied. This time around full acid etch and...
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mc607
#4 Baffle
Has anyone else had the #4 baffle with the bend too low like in the attached picture? Did you modify it or leave it? If you left it like this, are you flying and have you noticed any high temps on #4? It seems to me to be a part that is not in spec. The RTV that Vans has you butter on to the...
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RE: Overhauling an IO360-C1E6 for a RV14
Anyone know what the “-4 -5” stamps on the top spine of both case halves might mean?
Overhauling an IO360-C1E6 for a RV14
This thread will chronicle my misguided journey in the overhaul of an IO360-C1E6 into my RV14 (taildragger). I will be making updates here as links to my blog for more detail. Post #1 goes into the reasons i chose to go for an overhauled IO360, as opposed to a new IO390 (cost, foreign currency...
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TX_Flyer RV-7A
J stringer questions
Ok I trimmed my first j stringer, it is listed on the plans as needing to be 88-7/16” long, but when I install it the overall length seems to be almost an inch too long. Am I doing something wrong or is this normal?
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