Q: For those of you with the battery not in the engine compartment. How have you brought the wire from the battery to the starter contactor through the firewall?? What kind of penetration/insulation/chafing prevention have...
The original tank brackets didn't fit, as you may have seen in an earlier article. Not sure why, and neither was Van's. The solution was to make some new ones, and luckily for me, Van's...
Update 20210918: I didn't install the Eggenfellner Subaru engine, so any post that references that can be ignored or used as a cautionary tale about how to avoid wasting many years and $50k. Q: Is the...
A recent crash in Washington reminded me of the necessity of having a PLB or Personal Locator Beacon. Three guys in a Cessna 185 crashed at about 17:00 local, and didn't get found until the...
Tried to test mount the wing root fairings, and ran into a little problem with the tank attach brackets. Here are some pictures: Note here I have indicated the material that needs to be removed to...
There has been a lot of research into water cooled engine drag, most dating from before WWII. Here are a couple of interesting links: http://yarchive.net/mil/laminar_flow.html http://www.airspacemag.com/ASM/Mag/Index/1996/AS/wmtm.html http://www.airspacemag.com/asm/mag/supp/jj99/Mustang.html Most discuss "The Meredith Effect", which postulates that heat from the radiator,...
Got the wings on today, with a lot of help from Emmett. Everything went very well - no surprises. Trying to get the spar holes lined up...
The QB tanks come tested from the factory, so the only thing that needs to be tested is the stuff that I added to the tanks. In my case, that would be a return fuel...
Here are a couple of pictures showing the electric aileron trim installation. This was very straightforward. The only goof up I did on this was to mix up the two templates, and drilled some unnecessary...
From the RV-List: Hi Dan, Couldn't find much in the archives but I had an 'old' message from Mr. Springer (on the list) which helped, plus I gave him a call. Actually, it's pretty easy to make...
OK, so the first batch of "proseal" did not ever dry. I botched up the mixture by not pumping the plunger in and out at least 50 times. My bad, but at least I learned...
I've heard lots of complaints about the standard Van's gas caps, and Van's does offer a solution. The "deluxe" gas caps can be installed, but they only work on the "slow build" wings. QB wings...
I will give you my favorite finish/paint system that I know gives excellent results. This certainly isn't the only good way but is one used on many beautiful RV's. Fiberglass Parts: 1) Contour and repair with "micro"...
Icom has the user manual on the web, but not the installation manual. I've taken the liberty of scanning the installation manual (they call it the installation instructions since it is only one piece of...
Shamelessly stolen from this URL: http://www.wps.com/LPG/o2sensor.html Oxygen Sensor Information Written by Rick Kirchoff (rick@posms.cactus.org). Edited to html by Kyle Hamar >From Terrill_Yuhas@smtpsc1.sc.pima.gov Fri Nov 4 12:42:39 1994 In response to several requests for more information about Oxygen (O2) sensors, perhaps...
Today I felt like I finally had enough stuff queued up to open up a little package of Proseal (a.k.a. Flamemaster Corporation Sealing Compound CS 3204 - Integral Fuel Tank Sealant, 8802 Mil-S-8802F Type II)...
Update 20210918: I didn't install the Eggenfellner Subaru engine, so any post that references that can be ignored or used as a cautionary tale about how to avoid wasting many years and $50k. The Eggenfellner Subaru...
The Van's static air kit is pretty simple, but rather elegant. The external ports are pop rivets that you just push out the mandrel, and glue into the fuselage with RTV. Van's says to drill...
Update 20210918: I didn't install the Eggenfellner Subaru engine, so any post that references that can be ignored or used as a cautionary tale about how to avoid wasting many years and $50k. My original idea...
Got the fuel vent lines installed. This was my first experience bending aluminum tubing, and it was pretty easy. I used one of those spring type sleeves that slide over the outside of the tube...
I went for a little shopping trip to Austin last week, and I was able to get all this junk in my two bags, and keep them both just barely under the 70 pound limit...
Update 20210918: I didn't install the Eggenfellner Subaru engine, so any post that references that can be ignored or used as a cautionary tale about how to avoid wasting many years and $50k. I left...
The fuel level sender gets installed differently on the tank that has the flop tube, so that it does not interfere with the flop tube. With the QB tanks, this installation is not too easy,...
Normally you only need a flop tube when you plan to fly upside down for extended (more than about 30 seconds) period of time. I probably won't be doing this anytime soon, since I'm not...
I just activated the RSS/RDF/XML feed. The URL is http://www.rv8.ch/index.rdf...