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Unbleedable
brakes
An RV builder finds no matter how many times the brakes
are bled, bubbles keep appearing (VAF). |
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The
extra dimpled hole
Really, is there a more common RV building rite of passage
than this? (Rivetbangers) |
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RV-9
gathering at Oshkosh?
Of course, you can bump into just about anybody at Oshkosh
these days and you've got an "RV gathering"
(VAF) |
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Grip
flap motor control
How to use your Ray Allen grip to control flaps. (AeroElectric
List) |
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Improving
brakes
A new RV pilot wonders if there's any way to make the
brakes better? (VAF) |
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Oshkosh
deals
There's not much real information here but I'm posting
it on the possibility that when Oshkosh opens, this
is where people will post the deals. (VAF) |
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Flight
without fairings
It scares me, actually, that people are even thinking
about this. (VAF) |
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Nosewheel
breakout force
An RV-10 builder asks "what you folks are using
for a nosewheel breakout force setting and how you are
measuring it. (RV-10 List) |
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Slick
Mag service bulletin
Carbon brushes are failing. Three service bulletins
are in play. (Rv List) |
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Highway
in the sky approach
I'm not sure I've ever seen a thread entry with so many
page views in just one day. (VAF) |
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Deburring
RV-12 wing ribs
Hey, it turns out it's just as boring on the 12 as
on other models! (VAF) |
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| DONATIONS |
Some
of you have asked if you can donate to the Hotline.
Since its return, I've incurred some ongoing expenses
-- not a lot -- but a few (mailing service, some
software etc.) If you'd like to donate, be my guest.
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ARCHIVES |
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a list of previous RV Builder Hotlines organized by date
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PLANET
RV |
Another
Carolina in one day
Ron Schreck, 62, of Gold Hill, North Carolina pulls his
tiny homebuilt airplane into the hangar behind his home
on this pristine little airpark just 45 miles northeast
of Charlotte. He has just landed at all of the 68 public
use airports in the neighboring state of South Carolina.
Schreck
made his record-breaking flight to call attention to the
plight of general aviation airports in the Carolinas that
are in danger of being closed down, mostly due to the
development that accompanies the spread of population
centers. (More)
Related link:
Hotline archive: The
North Carolina tour
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Building
the RV-8
 Chapter
25's newsletter provides a profile of Jerry Farrell, who recently
had his first flight. On the most difficult part of building,
Jerry says, "the canopy was probably the worst." (More)
A review
of RV accidents, 2007-08
In EAA
Chapter 105's July newsletter, Brian Moentenich takes a quick,
but informative look at the last 12 months. "Of the 13 fatal
accidents, four were due to stall/spin on either take off or landing,
three were due to forced landings after the engine quit and three
were due to low altitude maneuvering/aerobatics. The remaining
three were due to loss of control during IMC, controlled flight
into terrain and one was unknown (it occurred in Spain),"
he wrote. Not surprisingly, perhaps, many of the accidents occurred
during the landing phase.
Related link:
Hotline archive: A
look at RV accident information
RV-6 pilot
killed in California crash
 Clayton
Beck left Truckee Tahoe Airport on Wednesday for a short flight
in his single-engine, two-seat RV-6 aircraft. He was reported
missing that night by his wife, Lisa. (Truckee
Times)
RDD Introduces
Speed Bra-X For Vans RV-10s
What's in a name? I don't get "brakes" out of that name
but maybe you do. According to Aero News Network, RDD
headed up the development program on the RV-10 working in concert
with Precise Flight, Inc. The speed brakes are prices at , gulp,
$3,995. (ANN)
Engine cooling
air exit tufting
 RV-9
flyer Bryan Flood of Minneapolis has posted a couple of short
tufting videos on YouTube of "one of my later modification
versions. I still have some work to do I think, but it meets many
of my initial optimization goals in terms of speed and cooling.
My disclaimer is that I am going to fly around with this design
for a while before I suggest any numbers but I thought this might
give good ideas to some others or perhaps others could suggest
improvements to further optimize the design. (Go
to YouTube | Second
video)
Related link:
Thread
on VAF on the subject with Bryan's explanation.
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| CALENDAR
July 13-19, 2008 |
| TX:
Denton. Tex-Mex fly-in. Sat. 11 a.m. (More)
WI:
Stevens Point. Gateway to OSH. Sat-Mon. 10 a- 6 p.m
(More)
Please let
me know if you have an RV-related event.
FunPlacesToFly.Com
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| NTSB
ACCIDENT REPORTS |
OR
- Pacific City. Probable cause found in 5/17/08 incident
in which RV-9A's nose gear collapsed. "The pilot's
inadequate flare and failure to maintain control following
a hard landing." (More)
IL
- Newark. Probable cause found in 4/20/08 incident
in which RV-6 hit a fence on landing. "The partial
loss of engine power due to the fracture of the number
4 exhaust valve, and the pilot's decision to shut-down
the engine without sufficient altitude to ensure a
safe glide path to the runway." (More)
TX
- Ledbetter. Probable cause found in 3/9/08 incident
in which an RV-10 crashed, killing the pilot. "The
pilot's loss of control for undetermined reasons."
(More)
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| FLY-INS,
TRIPS, AND NEWS |
No
RV formation at Oshkosh
In the EAA Chapter 1 newsletter, Trish Russell describes
last year's diamond formation. (Update:
Gary Sobel reports there will be a formation this
year. It was only announced to the formation folks.
The formation will arrive at Osh Sunday at 12:30
p.m.)
NW
RV-10 Builder and Flyer Dinner
Another EAA 105 special. A look at the
5th RV-10 builder and flyer dinner. (Newsletter)
My
trip to Greenfield, Ma.
Don and Tom Roberts have written a detailed and
fascinating account of their trip to western Massachusetts
in their RV, from flight planning to touchdown.
The fact it's "my neck of the woods" makes
it even more interesting to me. (EAA 242 newsletter)
The
flight to Stormy's
Bill Repucci's pictures and write-up of his trip
to West Virginia.
High
desert flying
There’s something intriguing about being able
to see for miles in any direction and not find a
speck of civilization. Such are the open spaces
of the intermountain west. It’s a comforting
feeling to know that such places still exist. (Barnstormers)
The
41st Day
They let Dave Gamble out to go flying. (The PapaGolf
Chronicles)
Kevin
Horton's fuel flow problem solved
We're following along as he closes in on his first
flight.
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Strobe
shielded wire splice
 On
the AeroElectric list this week, a builder asked a question about
splicing into the shielded cable. It seems his wire from his tail
strobe to his power supply in the fuselage was coming up a big
short. He referenced this page on the AeroElectric connection
Web site. First, let me say that the AeroElectric Connection book
is a good one (I think, I've read it 7 times and some of it is
starting to sink in), but the material that is available on the
Web site -- somewhat hidden on the Web site, actually -- is much
more useful for the how-to stuff. Here, then, is Bob Nuckoll's
step-by-step
guide to splicing shielded cable.
Edge
forming before dimpling
This may sound like a "duh" questions but actually it's
a very good one. Do you form the edge before or after
dimpling. I've used the roller tool which is worthless after dimpling,
although some people say that the tool in general is worthless.
Here's a thread on VAF kicking around various approaches to this
question. (VAF)
Canopy
cover mod
 I
came up with a mod for my Cleaveland Aircraft Tool canopy cover
that I thought I would share after some positive feedback from
a couple of RV'rs when they saw it on a recent excursion. I've
never liked the way that the wind could get under the large exposed
side of these covers and others like it because of their four
point securing method and the way that the wind could slowly rotate
the cover around the fuselage and off of the canopy. It left me
wondering what I was going to come back to the next day after
putting the cover on when the wind was blowing real good. On one
occasion the cover was almost completely blown off after a hard
blow while the plane was parked for a couple of days at Eagle
County airport in CO. I decided to try to find a better way to
secure the sides down and at the same time prevent the cover from
rotating around the fuselage in the wind. (Doug
MacNab on VAF)
Stopping
baffle cracking
Submitted by Jim Nelson: Well, now that I am really flying my
9A, you might like to see how I hope to stop the baffle cracking
due to the oil cooler mounting. I used a piece of light weight
aluminum tubing and two small pieces of aluminum angle welded
to each end. This was bolted to the baffle as you can see and
I used one of the brackets that AFP provides for their mounting
of their system This allows me to make the side facing the center
of the
engine as rigid as the side that bolts to the side of the baffle.
This had been an area where flexing of the oil cooler causes the
baffle to crack. My oil cooler is now rigidly attached to the
engine. (See
entry on Expercraft)
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