Welcome Jimmy! When I joined EAA 1989 I did not have a PPL and I was not able to start on PPL for three years. Since then I obtained a PPL, in 1993, Sttarted building an RV-6A which is now flying since 5/2009 but lost my medical in 2004. Get your license first, then carefully decide what type of air...

HAPPY NEW YEAR RB'S! We drove to Fargo on 12/31/11 for New Year's Eve celebration with a couple we started celebrating New Year's Eve with in 1971. The weather was lousy driving up rain and snow mixed all the way. They were preducting 40 Mph winds with gusts to 60 Mph so I was very happy to be drivi...

Merry Christmas Everyone. Have a Safe and Happy New Year!

I am sure glad I built an RV-6A because it only had 12000 rivets and my wings and fuselage were quick build so that helped me skip a few more. It did take me a few more days to finish it though :bang: However flying around in it for three years makes a lot of that worth the wait. Remember persistanc...

My thinking you both airplane owners are Minnesota Vikings Fans however neither would dare admit after the last two seasons of the Vikings terrible play. I should have done something more constructive than watching thaat terrible football game yesterday

How does Sikaflex react to changing temperatures? A friend of mine had his canopy all cut and clecoed to the frame of his RV-6A and left it an unheated hanger here in Minnesota. In fact the same Hanger where my airplane has been since 2008. Anyhow he went to Texas come December like all the smarter ...

Brian, The hinge method is beautiful for you but not all of us as good as you at that. In reality it may be the easiest and cheapist way to have removable tips. I am a firm believer in not riveting on the wing tips and I even wonder about riveting on the elevator tips! I don't know of a good reason ...

My canopy was in the box for several years even after it was cut and fitted. It is a very safe place and I found there were a lot of things to do after the canopy was cut anf fit and riveted the slider frame. It was also a place to safely store the wind screen until I was ready to install it permant...

I used the 6-32 screws and nut plates for my wing tips. I have had them off twice already. Once was to put the wingtip nav, strobe and tail light combo on each. Anoter time was to move my OAT probe to the right wing tip because I was getting engine heat where I had located it in NACA Duct. My Wing t...

If you can acquire a used pneumatic squezzer at a fair price, go for it. Depending upon the age of the pneumatic it should be half price of a new one or less. Make sure it works before buying it. You will find it a worth while investment. I have a used one and am keeping it for maintenance and or mo...

Have fun with the next phase of construction. Be sure to lay out what and where you want things on the firewall. You want to make all those holes before you hang the engine. Any holes you have to make or change will result in

There are an awfull lot of us that would like an income in excess of $60000!

Welcome to RB Mike! Keep us posted and if you get to Central MN let us know. I live in Sartell, which is just North of St. Cloud, MN (KSTC) My RV-6A is based at (K8Y6).

Who's we?? I have a homebuilt airplane and may well list it on this web site but first I need to know who and what organization your website is affiliated with?

I purchased my Lord Mounts from Vans as best I can remember at a cost around $400 and that was before 12/11/2005 when I hung my engine. They aren't cheap and I have a Lyc O-320 160 HP. Brian and Chad have O-360's.

My other activities have kept me from reading the October Sport Aviation yet. However I find some of the recent changes in the Sport Aviation good and others that I don't carefor. However there have been good helpful articles for homebuilders, and maintaining your home built airplane. EAA is about t...

About 4 years ago there was a Service Bulletin from Vans to all RV-A builders and required us to purchase a new nose wheel fork and send in our nose wheel gear leg for modification. I and another RV-6A builder in St. Cloud made those modifications to our RV-6A's. Neither of us have received furhter ...

We have been trying to make two trips for the past week and a half but the weather has screwed us up. I want to fly to my home town of Linton, ND and to Oshkosh. :bang: The weather has been lousy eaither way on the days we can go. It has been warm here but have had excessive winds gusting to 40 mile...

The rudder cables that came with my kit (RV-6A) were of equal length. You may want to check with Vans about your cables. Also Chad shows the correct way to attach the rudder cables and also how to neutralize the rudder. Chad it pains me to admit you are right again

I down loaded three drawings for my RV-6A from Vans. They were a side view, top view, and front view. I then developed my simple color scheme for my airplane. The Fuselage, Vertical Stab. Rudder, Wing tips, gear leg fairings and wheel pants were all painted red. The Wings, Horizontal Stab and Elevat...