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I did not modify my door frame for the Grainger seals. I got my seals from

On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 5:53 PM Jim Combs <jiminlexky@gmail.com (--> RV10-List message post ...

My experience from owning a Mooney for 18 years before the RV build: The version of sealant used 50 years ago is very different from what Vans specifies and supplies.
With current Pro-seal or other b ...

The problem with alcohol is that it absorbs moisture really well. The purest you can buy at the drug store is 91%, because it isn't economical to get the rest of the moisture out. After it sits i ...

Having just watched the AOPA webinar on the implementation of making this fuel available, the one area not addressed is whether amateur built experimental aircraft would need to do any paperwork to us ...

I find it almost amusing that some DARs think their perception of safety is better than the FAA ACO that approved the FAA/PMA or STC on the Cleveland wheels.
The conversion kits Cleveland sells for s ...

AFAIK nothing has changed on the engine mount for the last 15 years, and the engine variety doesn't matter unless it takes something other than Dynafocal, and even then the mounting ears can be ch ...

No Slick's for me, but I plan on installing a P-Mag in a few months and will have a Bendix S-1200 mag with impulse coupling available...only 300 hours of factory rebuild.. That is the large ma ...

Bob, how much did the earthx affect your W&B? I like my Odyssey because it is very close to the weight of the plans specified Concord RG25-XC, with much stronger cranking.Sent from my TRS-80 Mod ...

As far as batteries my Odessey 975 is six years old and now will replace since volts drop enough on cranking to reboot the GTN650, which didn't happen a year or so ago. Still cranks fine and holds ...

I know it goes against the grain of CSOB pilots, but a tube of aeroshell 6 is what? Maybe 10-12 bucks,Sent from my TRS-80 Model 100

On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 6:25 PM Bob Turner ...

I too have an Aero Sport panel and just ordered the stock McFarlane cables. Still good, 4 yrs and about 300 hrs of flying.
Sent from my TRS-80 Model 100

On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 ...

Sheesh, I don't know how you pass the A&P practical if you can't do basic trouble shooting on a mag.
If it won't fire with P lead disc, the problem is inside the mag, It could be worn ...

When Skytec was its own company, they did overhauls themselves, with good service. Never had a problem with a starter they rebuilt.
I guess Hartzell doesn't want to be in the rebuild business. It ...

Vans for whatever reason has stopped offering a proper starter for 6 cylinder Lycomings. The LS and XLT are for 4 cylinder engines and should not be used on a 6 cylinder. The correct starter in the Sk ...

I used the Van's kit with a Dynon servo...should make no difference in how the bracket mounts to the airframe. Required minor slotting of two holes on the bracket. The rest was just a bolt it toge ...

Are you saying that Vans now makes the steps from Stainless, or is there another source?Sent from my TRS-80 Model 100

On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 4:39 PM Robert Jones <rjones56 ...

As for the pitch up, I wouldn't worry about it. I happen to know that the stock mechanical pump continues to deliver enough fuel for full throttle at 11,500 and over 70 degrees of pitch up. No, I ...

Tim,
I very much like and copied your design. Having some surfaces on earlier aircraft scraped, or dinged by external control locks, I much prefer locking the controls at the rudders and stick.
Obvi ...

Just a thought....not sure whether one can remove the sending unit with the wing in its attached position. Did all my manipulating of the sending units prior to installing wings.
Of course, I "a ...

Sometimes I think it is magic. After recleaning and installing 3 injectors that hadn't wanted to clock correctly, I got two of them within 1 flat. The 3rd one, I gave up after 3 installs, always w ...