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RV6-KPTW RV-10
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RV7 To Go
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XX. On Aesthetics: Canto V …Scott Chastain
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WDYDWYRTW? Sept 20-21, 2025.
Getting this weekend’s thread started. Here’s 0940 CDT 9/20/25 RV traffic in the USA. Hope you’re having a nice weekend. PS: RV-10 on the ramp KDTO I walked by yesterday. v/r,dr
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AEA Avionics Installation for Experimental Aircraft Course - October 27-29, 2025
Greetings VAF! Once again the Aircraft Electronics Association will be hosting an Avionics Installation for Experimental Aircraft Course on October 27-29, 2025. The class will take place at the AEA headquarters in Lee's Summit, MO (Kansas City suburb). For complete details and registration...
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RV6-KPTW RV-10
Section 29 - side skin bending - a good reason to go the quick build route
But here we are. I am not a quitter. I made 6 elevator trim tabs till I was happy (less dissatisfied). But I don’t have an unlimited budget and these side skins are expensive. I need help and have exhausted my local supply (in one case, literally). I know there are build assist centers...
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HFS
40 + Year Old Work Table Refinished
Refinishing the worktable top I built back in 1981. Has an "umbilical" for power & air, 9 drawers on each side, with an overhead additional LED work light ... Appliance white gloss enamel. When the outer panels (shelf width ~11 1/4") have too many holes to patch I just replace them, keeping...
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mhailey
No oil pressure after Oil Purge on a 912 IS
I’m not sure if this is a Rotax or a G3 X question. In the purge procedure we’ve gone through that and we get to the point where you spin the prop to look for oil pressure but we have none. Obviously master is on G3X’ is powered. But why is the oil pressure still X? Is there something I’m...
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Ironflight
Baffle Fitting Tip
If you’re fitting a Vans baffle kit to a Lycoming (and even if you’re not building an RV, why WOUDN’T you use the Vans kit as a starting point….?!), and you’re using silicone rocker cover gaskets, you have probably found (or will find) that the cutouts in the baffles for the cylinders will...
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IO-360 PV high oil temp
Looking for suggestions from the group on my higher than I like oil temps on my RV-8. The oil temp has run as hot as 210F in a 3500' cruise at 65% power (about 24 square) with an OAT of 75F. Yes, I know the temp is still in the green but I like to see 180-185F. The cooler is mounted on the...
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dr
Checklist Now Viewable on Apple Watch
With IOS 26 on your phone and Apple watch, you can now display Notes on the watch. Create/edit them in Notes on your computer, view them on your watch. Hello checklists . Have yet to test it outside of my kitchen table. No idea if will work outside of cell range. Developing… v/r,dr...
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XX. On Aesthetics: Canto V …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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The VAF List ...a list of RV-related lists. RV-related things you might want to browse over (a closed post that is sticky and maintained by dr). Link to this in 'Links' in the menu. v/r,dr Small businesses that help bring you this list of RV-related lists: 360 Avionics www.360Avionics.com Ace...
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