Kevin Horton, Look at the bright side . . . you certainly got your cowl fitting nice and snug around your engine! Pete Cowper RV-8 #81139...
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... You got that right. :) Sure, I wish that everything was perfect, and I could just launch into the meat of the flight test program. But, realistically,...
Congratulations Kevin!! I look forward to meeting you and seeing your airplane someday at OSH. John Barker -8QB N819WB (reserved) 503/815-3633 _____ From:...
Congratulations, Kevin! A long time coming, eh? Glad all went well. Have fun and continue to inspire me ... ;-) -- Don McNamara N8RV "Smokey" ... From:...
Way to go Kevin! Great to hear you finally got your bird in the air! Sounds like you found a few little issues. I had a vacuum pump failure on the first...
Congratulations Mike. There's nothing like it is there? Mine was right up there with my first solo. Actually better!! Bob N802RV ... From: Mike and Peg To:...
Congratulations Kevin! I hope to do the same some day. Kevin _____ From: RV-8@yahoogroups.com [mailto:RV-8@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Horton Sent:...
Thanks Mike, I've got it working and I had trimmed around to flap mounting point and rods too. I wasn't being persistent enough or using enough key words! ...
Hi Listers, I was getting my aircraft painted and found that I had a flat left brake. It was serviced and before departure I found some brake fluid on the...
Does anyone know where I can purchase a cowl cover for an RV-8A? Vince _________________________________________________________________ See how Windows...
Alright! Here's something you all can add to your Fall Activity List! The Cape Pilots Club will be hosting a Fly-In / Chili Cook-Off / Fund Raiser on...
The poster must have been deleted, sorry. Cape Girardeau, Missouri.. KCGI Home of Rush Limbaugh Alright! Here's something you all can add to your Fall...
Anybody near Atlanta, come on over to Athens on Oct 25th. Breakfast 9 till noon or so by Chapter 780. We are just getting going. so come see us! Marshall RV-8...
Marshall---- How is the Bell tailfork performing for you and what hours do you have on it now ? Always interested. Doug Bell Sr. ... From: Marshall Jacobson...
Doug I think I have about 150m hours on the tailwheel and it is just perfect in every way. I could not be happier with it. I do a little lube and look every 25...
Hi everyone. I'm in the creation of the fuselage frames and am working on Frame F804A and B with all the components. The question I have is on Drawing 11A it...
Hi T.W. I know for a fact that they are needed on the 8. However, check through the later drawings that show the fuel line routing to see if the 8A has ...
TW, I installed those nut-plates on my F-804A, but later decided I wanted an 8A rather than the 8 (for added leg room). The gear leg socket weldments...
Hi everyone, this is TW again with another 8A question. Yes I'm still working on the Fuselage frames, slow progress. Anyway, on F804B the plan sheet 11...
Hello, I believe the bracket you're referring to is the F804L, and it's for the crotch strap. Refer to Dwg 18, (seat belt attach lug) hope this helps,,, Craig ...
New Guy here: So I read all of Vans documentation, The Standard Aircraft Handbook from cover to cover, watched the GeoBeck videos a few times, and read...
Ed, I think one of the factors is cost. I have heard it estimated that my RV-8A has about 12,000 rivets in it. Solid rivets are cheap, especially compared to...
It is true that they are as strong (and can be used to replace solid rivets of equal size) as solid rivets?- but only as long as the pulled shank stays in...
Ed, As others have already mentioned, blind rivets are more expensive. Only CherryMax rivets equal solid rivets in strength. However, they are NOT made in...
We are converting a standard, quick build tank to an inverted tank. Since the tank is all closed up, we are unable to check the movement of the fuel sender...
CherryMax rivets have very tight tolerances on the hole size if they are to achieve the advertised strength. And, while they have equivalent static strength...
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