10 Feb 2006 More fuel system progress
I received some more AN fittings in the mail today from Aircraft Spruce. I've probably spent several hundred dollars on these fittings - but I think I finally have all that I will need for...
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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
05 Feb 2006 Visit to Mistral Engines, engine production
Here is a view of a customer engine. I'm always amazed at the small size of the rotary engine. Note the machining for the engine mount. They have designed the engine to use the standard...
05 Feb 2006 Visit to Mistral Engines – test run
During my visit to Mistral Engines in Geneva, I had the chance to see one of their engines on a test stand. The system they have set up is very complete, and allows them to...
04 Feb 2006 Glareshield Edging
Got this from Kevin Horton, originally posted by RV-6 builder Mark Nielsen: ============================== For my glareshield, I mounted a piece of 3/8" soft aluminum tubing (same as fuel line) along the aft edge of the glareshield. I cut...
04 Feb 2006 High pressure fuel filter installation
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. All this...
02 Feb 2006 Visit to Mistral Engines
Yesterday, Feb 1 2006, I spent the afternoon at Mistral Engines in Geneva. Mistral is developing a family of rotary aviation engines for the certified and experimental markets. They have completed development on the 2-rotor normally...
30 Jan 2006 Another reason to not use “formatted” mail
Here is what your HTML or formatted E-mail looks like in reality. Scroll down to the single . at the bottom. Over 18793 bytes to communicate a 622 byte message. And you wonder why your PC gets slower...
20 Jan 2006 Difficult rivets on F821PP skin
I've got to find a solution to getting rivets in these two places. The problem is that the engine mount is almost touching the hole. I can't even get a pop rivet in there. I'm...
19 Jan 2006 Coolant overflow tank
I went to the local junkyard to try to find a coolant overflow tank. I looked in about 50 cars. One pattern I found was that the best places to find stuff are the "smaller"...
17 Jan 2006 Coolant Expansion Tank location
On my 8 with the intercooler, there is not a lot of room to have the coolant expansion tank sitting up very high. I had a custom tank built, but it really didn't solve the...
12 Jan 2006 Subaru engine fuel injectors
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. Here are a...
12 Jan 2006 Coolant Expansion Tank Version 1
I designed and had built a new coolant expansion tank. I outsourced this to Canton Racing in the US, since they seem to have a lot of nice coolant expansion tanks in their product line....
04 Jan 2006 Flap fairings
These are just some pictures of my flap fairings. There have been some questions about them, and I realized I didn't have any photos of them at all. I didn't have too much trouble putting them...
29 Dec 2005 Air Compressor
I've had a few people ask me about my air compressor, so here are a couple of pictures and some comments. I bought the compressor from a guy in Germany via E-bay. The manufacturer of the...
29 Dec 2005 Exhaust system sensor bungs
The exhaust system has connection points, called "bungs", welded onto them for two sensors on the left, and one on the right. These bungs are for the air/fuel ratio sensor, and the exhaust gas temperature...
29 Dec 2005 Supercharger and Alternator belts
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. There are three...
29 Dec 2005 Doing the engine run up
RV-List message posted by: "JOHN STARN" I've posted for years on this subject. If you have heard it before delete now. EVERY RV (and derivatives) with a tail wheel can, have & well nose over if too much RPM...
27 Dec 2005 Bolt Engineering – Torque to yield and Torque/Angle Tighten (TTY & TAT)
More great information on bolts and torque from Clare Snyder on the airsoob list: I'm not going to argue - but I'm not the only one who dissagrees with you. Google "Torque to yield" and you will...
24 Dec 2005 Bolt engineering
A great article by Steven Miller, chopped out of the airsoob Yahoo list. Excellent reading! I have to chime in after reading Marvin's post. He seems to have put a lot of thought into his theory...
15 Dec 2005 Jet-Hot Ceramic Coating on Exhaust Pipes
I got my pipes coated with ceramic by http://Jet-Hot.com. It seems like it turned out ok. It cost about $200. I guess I'll know how well it works after I get them installed, and fire...
15 Dec 2005 Holes for getting wire from wings to fuselage
I drilled the holes to allow the conduit in the wings to come into the fuselage. This was tricky since I had to measure pretty precisely the location. Of course, if I'm off a bit...
10 Dec 2005 Fairings-ETC RV8 Grove gear fairings
I got a set of gear intersection fairings for my RV8 with Grove airfoil gear. They are really nice. Only one small problem, the right upper fairing does not quite fit. The left fits perfectly. Here's...
08 Dec 2005 Rear Stick Cover Part 1
Here I describe the rear stick cover. I bought the cover from GeoBeck, Inc., a.k.a. George and Becki Orndorff (no longer active, apparently) with my seats. The cover comes with a diagram of how to...
08 Dec 2005 Rear Stick Cover Part 2
Continued from Rear Stick Cover Part 1 Here's what the cover looks like with the leather on there. Notice the super-cool aluminum air vent, acquired in a pair for 30 USD at SNF'04. Nice view from the...
06 Dec 2005 Static Electricity and aircraft refueling
Here's a very good article about the dangers of static electricity when fueling aircraft. There are some risks here discussed that I had never heard, so I found the article very useful. From the article: Always...