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- Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:45 pm
- Forum: Primers & Paint
- Topic: Priming advice....e gads
- Replies: 9
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Ahh...the good old primer wars. The thing is, there hasn't been any extensive scientific study on how well spray can primers hold up to the elements over a period of time. I have heard of people leaving their parts outside with GBP988 for years in harsh conditions without even the hint of corrosion....
- Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:16 pm
- Forum: RV 7/7A
- Topic: Fuse Assembly (thinking ahead)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13249
- Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:46 pm
- Forum: RV 7/7A
- Topic: Fuse Assembly (thinking ahead)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13249
CJ, My take on the sealant issue is its main day to day purpose is to keep CO out of the cockpit. I am totally with you in the thinking tank sealant is good enough for that job. If a fire did break out during cruise I would want it to stay out of the cabin for as long as possible. For the 60 bucks i...
- Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:55 am
- Forum: RV 7/7A
- Topic: Fuse Assembly (thinking ahead)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13249
I found a source for Flame Master 1900 that sells it in pint and 1/2 pint quantities. My biggest concern with proseal is it isn't rated for that high of temperature - 275 degrees F max. The firewall sealant is rated for a flash temperature of 2000 degrees for 15 minutes. If anyone is interested, Sea...
- Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:00 pm
- Forum: RV 7/7A
- Topic: Fuse Assembly (thinking ahead)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13249
Hey CJ- I am about 1 week behind you now....have you put any thought into the putting the firewall sealant on between the firewall and the side/bottom skins before you rivet everything together? I think it would be damn near impossible seal the side skins after the fact, since the side firewall stif...
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:56 pm
- Forum: RV 7/7A
- Topic: It has wings!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 18545
Chad- Thanks for pointing out the rivet above the rear spar that should be flush. I am doing the final prep for my fuselage now before I put it back together, so this came at the perfect time. Just be sure to keep ahead of me for the rest of the build by a month or two so I don't have to worry about...
- Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:54 pm
- Forum: RV 7/7A
- Topic: Panel planner is fun and all, but THIS is BETTER!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 27319
- Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:01 am
- Forum: RV 7/7A
- Topic: Panel planner is fun and all, but THIS is BETTER!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 27319
- Sun Aug 12, 2007 8:14 pm
- Forum: RV 7/7A
- Topic: Them's the BRAKES! (& rudder too!) Progress pic!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14588
CJ- Looking good! I did this just a few weeks ago. For me, it was rewarding to actually get something assembled and out of the way in the midst of the fuse being upside down and a bazillion things needing to be done before the flip! Pedals look great in au natural. I get free powder coating, so mine...
- Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:15 am
- Forum: Electrical Systems
- Topic: time for conduit
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18290
Ian, I used a 3/4" hole for the Van's conduit. I had no issues installing the conduit. Just stretch the conduit while installing it and it will be somewhat easy to get through each hole. Once my conduit was installed, I put some proseal between the ribs and the conduit to keep the two from chaffing....
- Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:18 pm
- Forum: Workshop & Tools
- Topic: What paint guns are you using?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17432
When it came to buying a spraygun, I didn't know diddly. I decided to burn $40 on a on-sale HVLP from harbor freight. The first attempt wasn't pretty (can you say too thick?), but since then I have used it about 10-15 times to prime through to center section fuselage and the thing keeps going strong...
- Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:08 pm
- Forum: RV 7/7A
- Topic: tips for trim tab bending?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11358
Vince, I consider myself somewhat of an expert on the trim tab, as it took me 4 tries to get it right! On the first three, I tried the bending of the tabs trick. It turned out OK, but never great. On the 4th try, cut off the tabs on the trim tab skin I made some "riblets" to go in the ends. I was so...
- Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:12 am
- Forum: RV 7/7A
- Topic: Longeron Fit?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7478
As a follow up, my original solution of twisting the longeron a little to make it line up wasn't the fix I needed. The twist cause the longerons not to be parallel with each other when a ruler was put between the two. i.e... they looked like they were pigeon-toed. I worried about this propagating to...
- Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:04 pm
- Forum: RV 7/7A
- Topic: Longeron Fit?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7478
- Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:36 am
- Forum: RV 7/7A
- Topic: Longeron Fit?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7478
Longeron Fit?
Today I fit the longerons to the aft fuselage on my -7. The instructions tell you to align top of the longerons with the top of the side skins - easy enough. However, where the longeron passes over the F-711 bulkhead, the bulkhead interferes and makes the best alignment I can get about 1/32". To ill...
- Sat Mar 25, 2006 6:42 pm
- Forum: RV 7/7A
- Topic: Minimum edge violated
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19463
I did the same thing on my HS. I called up Van's and they told me just to make another hole in the middle and not do anything with the hole that had edge distance issues.
Here is a link on my builders log to what I did:
http://rvplane.com/?categoryid=2&dayid=39
Here is a link on my builders log to what I did:
http://rvplane.com/?categoryid=2&dayid=39