Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I'm trying to find how the baggage pieces are secured to the baggage bulkhead. Getting a nutplate in there seems problematic with the corrugated pattern on the bulkhead.

I suspect you don't really have a problem. Your numbers are pretty much dead on. 1111 is about 10 pounds lighter than the sample aircraft in Van's manual. You say your CG "are off". Explain. What's your datum point for measuring CG location? (tip of the spinner?) "A bit aft" doesn't really tell us m...

Howdy: The baffles are almost done on the project, so I can go ahead and get going on cutting the hole for the oil cooler and shoring up that corner of the baffling. The question: How MUCH shoring up? It's about a 1" flange, I think. I suppose I could order a 1" angle of.063 to put there, or maybe j...

$155 for a right-angle drill.

You can build an RV just fine with a cheap plastic version, which you can find at Amazon for $30.

BTW, I put screws/nutplates in the baggage and seat floors.

Thanks. I've got the EIS documentation. Don't care much for the graphics.

also trying to figure out what accomodations need to be made on installations of one mag and one lightspeed.

And did you put a thread sealant on the fuel/oil pressure sensor?

Anyone know of a good Web site that's documented the installation of the Grand Rapids EIS 4000? There are things in the documentation supplied that aren't quite as specific as I would like and I'd like to read how some others have it documented. For example, there's a notation there that says someth...

Just a shout-out for Abby at Flightline Interiors.Suddenly, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. And the cowling is even almost done.

Here's all of my VP-50 stuff, including a video or two.

Ah, yes of course. My Mattituck has it safetied.

You safety wire the dipstick? How do you check it on pre-flight or do you safety wire it after every preflight?

Haa, Yep, the end of the build is horrible on the wallet, shipping charges, etc. I think the majority of the cash requirement is in the last 10% of the build!!! I bet I spent at least $1000 on shipping charges the last year of my build... I spent $115 on a stinking 4x4 sheet of aluminum last week j...

hydroguy2 wrote:Bob, would you be interested in the delrin stops if they showed up in your mailbox for free?

I think I have the material and could whip you up a pair.

Yeah, but I'll pay you back. As soon as I fly off the phase 1 time, I'll bring some beer.

Yeah, but I'm tired of ordering stuff and paying shipping charges. At my stage of the build, it seems like all I do is stop what I'm doing, fill another order, and pay more cash.

I've got plenty of angle lying around and all I want to do is make an aileron stop in the cheapest way possible.

Didn't get any results on VAF (the thread wasn't about $100,000 panel upgrades ). Can someone post a picture of the aileron stop for an RV-7(a). Not the delrin, but the one as posted in the plans?

thanks

I don't know what the status of this year's dinner is but it wouldn't surprise me at all if they've bagged it. Van's has wanted to stop doing this for a few years now. A couple of years ago --2008 -- we had agreed to merge their dinner with the RV BBQ in Camp Scholler (they approached me), but then ...

I'm trying to figure out the wiring (to a regular float type sender) from the Grand Rapids EIS out to each tank. The instructions are not helpful as near as I can tell because this is, apparently, an AUX function -- whatever exactly that is . I did see a reference somewhere that it has to be wired "...

I've had the Digitrack for the right wing for about 6 years, but with the wings being mounted, I'm just getting around to final installation. And, because I've had it so long, god only knows where all the parts are.

According to the TruTrack Digitrack installation guide:

To protect against this mechanical stops are supplied with the servos. These stops are drilled so that they can be mounted at different angles as required (18° intervals).
In addition to the proper use of the stop it is important to know the amount of travel on the primary control that
the servo can handle. With the push rod connected to the outermost hole (1 ½â€￾) the travel on the primary cannot
exceed 2 ½â€￾, the intermediate hole 2 1/16â€￾, and the inner hole 1 5/8â€￾.
It is important to note that the servo travel should be very nearly the same in both directions

I'm looking for an image or something of the servo that includes an image of what the stops look like that are to be installed, because I have no idea what the instructions are referring to.

No soldier will ever leave my house hungry. I'll bring in a freakin' side of beef if that's what it takes.

Doubt he wants to detour up to MSP, but if he does, we have a guest room, plenty of privacy and a free fuel fill-up for him. Oh, and all the food he can eat.

Bob, I inserted all of the bolts from the aft end of the F-704, forward. That's how its shown in the drawings. Also, pay close attention to where the washers are called out for these bolts. For some reason, I think the bottom bolts require a washer under the bolt head (and nut head). Lastly, when i...