27 Jun 2005 FIPS – form in place sealing – with Proseal
Sounds eerily similiar to a widely used technique on many access panels installed on the nations combat aircraft. It is known as FIPS...
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This little site will document the progress on the building and flying of a Van’s RV-8 experimental aircraft. You will find images, tips, tricks and techniques that I have learned and from others on the net.
HB-YMM Experimental Homebuilt Van’s Aircraft RV-8
27 Jun 2005 Canopy, final touch ups, page 6
Continued from Canopy, page 5 My first attempt at gluing turned out to be cosmetically a bit of a mess. Structurally, it is sound, but I didn't want to look at black boogers every time I...
27 Jun 2005 Instrument panel labels
I contracted with Aircraft Simulators to do some labels for my panel. I did the design in Visio, and sent them both Visio and GIF files. The results are excellent. The panels turned out exactly...
23 Jun 2005 Cleaning the belly with Scrubbing Bubbles
Hello all, I Learned a little trick from my father in law and thought I'd pass it on. His airplane is always clean, full of gas, and everything works or he doesn't rest until it meets...
21 Jun 2005 Full Rudder/Inadvertant Braking
I was giving a Flight Review in my students RV8 on landing we veered to the right. Going back to the hanger we discussed why this may have happened. My friend climbed back in and...
19 Jun 2005 Test pilot links
>> This is a great topic. It's a shame that it had to be triggered >> by an accident, but if some good can come out of it...
16 Jun 2005 Canopy, final trim, Page 4
Canopy, the big cut, Page 3 Here I'm doing the final trim on the canopy, and I've make my first mistake (on the canopy, that is). Here you can see that I am cutting out the...
16 Jun 2005 Canopy, priming and gluing, Page 5
This article is continued from Canopy, final trim, Page 4 Once the canopy is trimmed, the surfaces to be glued need to be prepared. To prepare the canopy frame, I scuffed it up with a maroon...
15 Jun 2005 Fly-inn South Africa
South Africa has an airpark near Johannesburg with about 35 houses and aircraft. Here are a few pictures. ...
15 Jun 2005 Exhaust Pipe tubing thickness
I ordered some extensions from http://www.burnsstainless.com/ but the info on the thickness was wrong. Here are some pictures. The pipe on the left is the one from Burns Stainless, and the right is the exhaust that...
14 Jun 2005 Canopy, the big cut, page 3
This article is continued from Canopy, Page 2 I read on another builder's site that you should make the big cut (split the canopy from the windscreen) a bit earlier than Van's recommends. This turned out...
14 Jun 2005 Canopy Frame
The canopy frame needs a few things done to it before it is ready for the canopy. These are fairly well described in the instructions. Here is the rear slider block. The instructions say to drill...
10 Jun 2005 Canopy, page 2
Continued from Starting on the canopy Here are some more pictures of the canopy work. Not much magic here, just trim it a bit, and see how it fits. Focus the trimming on the front area,...
09 Jun 2005 Starting on the canopy
Most of the talk on the list about the canopy is how difficult, time-consuming, and frustrating it can be. There are a few hints, like make sure you work with the canopy when it is...
05 Jun 2005 MT Propeller sensor and slip ring contacts bracket
Here is where I describe mounting the stationary contacts for the propellor sensor and control slip ring. I ended up not using the angle and flat stock that was sent as the mounting system for the...
05 Jun 2005 MT Electric Propeller
Here is a bit of info about the propeller. It is an electric MT three blade prop. Here are all the pieces that came with the kit. The exact MT Propeller model is MTV-7 http://www.mt-propeller.com/en/entw/3_bl_elec.htm Here...
25 May 2005 Muffler mount 2
Here is the outer side of the muffler mounts: Here is the priming and painting step for the part of the mount that will be inside. I'm leaving the outside "natural" so that it can be...
25 May 2005 Fuel filters
I ordered a dozen fuel filters, which were clones of the following previously recommended filter: Purolator F54618 One issue I wanted to confirm is whether or not these filters will pass water, assuming that it is...
24 May 2005 Muffler mount
After staring at the bottom of the airplane and the muffler hangers for about two weeks, I finally got up the courage to try something. I got some tips from another RV8 builder, and he installed...
24 May 2005 Rivet strength tests
From Bill Marvel: Two days ago I got around to doing something that I had planned last year -- actual pull tests on riveted aluminum coupons to see how critical it is to drive rivets to the correct...
23 May 2005 Fuel injector maintenance
Q: I vaguely recall reading that there are filters built into the fuel injection system. Is this correct? If so, do we need to check/clean these filters from time to time? A: Pull each injector plug off of the...
09 May 2005 Fuel Pumps, Fuel filters
The fuel system on the eggenfellner is all-electric, so there needs to be full redundancy on the fuel tank, pre-filter, fuel pump, and post filter. Here is the first go at how I hope to...
27 Apr 2005 Rudder Pedal modifications
From ship: Hi John, You're more than welcome to DIY...
17 Apr 2005 Ross’s fuel pump enclosure
Here are a couple of pictures of Ross's fuel pump enclosure, taken at the Eggenfellner stand at Sun 'n Fun 2005. [gallery ids="16807,16808"]...
16 Apr 2005 Bruce Bohannon’s record-setting Exxon Flyin’ Tiger
Here I am trying to get some of Bruce's mojo to rub off on me! ...