Dear Family, Friends and Business Associates: In this time of economic turmoil, each of us must get the best value for our dollar. This led Carlene and me to...
Want to fly your RV to the FAA Youth Expo at BOS on April 1, 2009? (MUST be pre-arranged through EAA106 & FAA -- read below) The FAA and MASSPORT puts on an...
Penny, i am currently building an RV 8, i know that does not help for this fly-in, but i do, however, own a Diamond Star, and i should be available on april...
Penny Sounds like fun, but I can't get away mid-week sting tax season. Tom Muller Sent from my iPhone ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hi Penny, You may remember me from when I came to help Ian Clark give a talk about his sonex. I would love to go on Wednesday. Unfortunately I may have to fly...
John -- You said below ... "I will know for sure on Monday whether I will be available for the 1st" I never heard whether you are or are not. I agree -- the...
Penny, it looks like i will be avbailable.....heres the info Diamond Star DA-40 N653JS Based at KSFZ John Sweeny I may be bringing a passenger, Robert Marks...
my starband domain will be going away as fast as i make it happen the new URL for my builder's web site is www.meyette.us/RV-7Ahome.htm please update your...
I've been using a wire splicing technique that I think works very well. As part of doing a bunch more splicing recently, when I added my SDS ECU into my STi...
That time of year again. Time to sign up for the Pre-Oshkosh Advanced Formation Clinic held at Whiteside Co Airport (SQI) held on 24-26 July. We will...
I have an RV-9A that has been flying almost two years with the Dynon D100 & D120 and the Garmin 496. The A/C is already painted, so I don't want to have to...
Tom, if it's any help, I did install a Trutrak servo through the access panels in a buttoned-up wing, but wing not yet installed on the aircraft. It was no big...
If you do get it installed I'd be interested in seeing the outcome. The Dynon auto pilot is on my wish list. Claudio Scremin RV8A, based in Eliot, ME at 3B4,...
RVators -- 2 WORKSHOPS at LWM -- This SAT, JUNE 13 -- Please pass this on to anyone whom you think may be interested. BUILDING your own plane and want to learn...
I changed from a Sennsinich to a Catto prop and lost 18 lbs. This also shifted the CG back a little and since then the airplane has had an annoying tendency...
If the nose bounces that easy on taxi.. I'd be concerned to know where your C.G. is now. Is it still in-line with what Van's specs are ? At the very least,...
I never received the below mail back from the BostonRVBuilders mail system, so I'm not sure it went through to everyone ... Sorry if duplicate. These two 3-hr...
Dave Rogers and Dave White I re-ran the CG when I changed props and found that even with full baggage and full fuel, I don't get out of the rear CG, probably...
Tom, Is it possible the weigh in or calculations are off ? Maybe it might be a good idea to put it back on the scales and double check ? I only say this cause...
One more thought. What's your C.G. like when you've burned off 3 hours of fuel and you have full baggage back there ? Is it still within safe limits then ? On...
Hi Tom I have been following your progress with interest. My wife and I have been flying our RV-9A out of SFZ since 2005. With reference to your autopilot to...
Dave: It doesn't bounce much and only if I hit a bump, but you are right. Our club has a new set of digital scales and this would be a good time for me to get...
Can anyone recall the method of determining the best angle of climb? I think it is based of the best rate of climb, but don't remember the formula. My Vx...
Tom, Unfortunately there's not a precise plug-and-chug formula to get Vx from Vy. How did you get your number for Vy? If you did several climbs at different...
One more thing...there's a good explanation of the Vy - Vx relationship on Rod Machado's website... http://tinyurl.com/369bz3 Hope this helps... Dave...
Dave: Thanks for the url. Rod's article was most helpful. I looked at my original 3-5,xxx foot level (2 minute) data and found I had too few points to make a...
Don't forget that this coming weekend is the RV fly in at Lawrence. We need volunteers. If you can spend some time helping out there's a discount on food. ...