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  • Louise Hose
    Louise Hose reacted to HFS's post in the thread RV-15 N115LP -- Tail with Like Like.
    Way back in the day (when dinosaurs roamed the earth) when we located, drilled & riveted all of our own holes, on situations such as...
  • B
    BoydBirchler reacted to Ironflight's post in the thread LOP dilemma with Like Like.
    I don’t build engines for a living, but I have built them for my own (and a few for others) use, so take this for what its worth...
  • Ironflight
    Ironflight replied to the thread Countersunk pull rivets for nutplate?.
    Boy, I’ve got a couple of bins of those that I picked up at a fly-market or Oshosh vendor years ago. At the current prices, I’m moving...
  • L
    lr172 replied to the thread Fuel Tank Testing.
    Sorry for the drift, but how do you use fuel to find the leaks, especially tiny ones? Are you just looking for the fuel to appear on...
  • Mel
    Mel reacted to SkyDweller's post in the thread LOP dilemma with Like Like.
    It is known that a ton of guys fly LOP and a ton of guys fly ROP. Some fly faster and a little bit hotter, some fly slower and a little...
  • Webb
    Webb replied to the thread Difference in the building experience as we age.
    Patience is a bell shaped curve. In youth, things can’t come fast enough and as we grow old, we become less tolerant and precious time...
  • L
    lawndart1 replied to the thread Proposing...THE RV-16!!.
    Can't wait for the flat earthers to chime in here. Anywho, please let the next Vans design use pulled rivets and be designed around the...
  • SkyDweller
    SkyDweller replied to the thread LOP dilemma.
    It is known that a ton of guys fly LOP and a ton of guys fly ROP. Some fly faster and a little bit hotter, some fly slower and a little...
  • Snowflake
    Snowflake reacted to GatorsR1's post in the thread Tiedowns with Haha Haha.
    I commented to a marshall at HBP that I wanted to park & tie down "into the wind". He said, "fine then go to Fon du Lac" :mad:
  • Mel
    Mel reacted to DanH's post in the thread Tiedowns with Like Like.
    It was all fun and games until little Johnny lost an eye... Remember folks, this isn't about what sort of risk you are willing to...
  • sprucemoose
    sprucemoose replied to the thread Tiedowns.
    That’s been our internal running joke forever. If someone is really unhappy with their parking arrangements… there’s always Fond du Lac!
  • sprucemoose
    sprucemoose reacted to DanH's post in the thread Tiedowns with Like Like.
    It was all fun and games until little Johnny lost an eye... Remember folks, this isn't about what sort of risk you are willing to...
  • J
    Jpowell338 reacted to SMRacer's post in the thread RV8 with O-360A1A Converting over to Fuel Injection with FM-150 with Like Like.
    Unless you enjoy sustained inverted flight, you do not need inverted fuel. And if you do need inverted fuel for your maneuvers, you...
  • T
    TShort posted the thread CN-00168 in RV-15.
    Anyone else get the email from Van's early this AM linking to the above change notice...
  • N546RV
    N546RV posted the thread Houston area monthly lunch (June 2026) in Texas (South).
    Yup, it's that time again. Since the weather forecast seems iffy, we'll go with the drive-safe option this time around. When: Saturday...
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