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Jack Dueck wrote a great article on testing your best glide speed. I've attached a copy.

If we didn't try to figure out how to mitigate fire risks in fuel choices we
wouldn't be using Avgas would we? Lithium polymer batteries show a lot of
promise so I'm hopeful that the fire risk prob ...

Bob Collins asks a good question. It's always confused me too. How do we
know when a wheel is free enough? I've packed loads of grease after cleaning
the bearings, then tightened until there's just ...

Dean,
I'd suggest measuring the breakout force first. If the nut had bottomed out
or for any other reason you weren't adjusting the compression washers for
the right force you'd be able to measure ...

How about using the thinner that was used for the original paint, and lots
of patience? You could maybe use a cotton ball soaked in it, held over the
paint for a couple of hours with cling film or ...

Section four of the manual lists all drawings on which the elevator pushrod
appears. They are drawings 26, 27, 32 and 38. It looks like you need an
AN3-12A bolt, washer and nut to attach the two, ...

I'm interested whether you fixed your shimmy or not. I'd suggested tight wheel bearings. All other suggestions are really excluded by your case history. Got worse without changing gear legs, tire p ...

David,
You and your wife would be welcome to overnight at our place on your journey. We live in Bromont, QC, and the nicely paved runway is 5,000' long. Bromont is about 70kms due East of Montreal. ...

Looking at your video, that very slight hesitation at the beginning, I'd say
your bearings are too tight. Compare with the nose wheel video at
http://www.eaa538.org/images/nosegear.wmv
Ian Brown

Can anyone explain why the filter would deform over time? Are you saying
that it also shrinks across its radius? Is it just this combination or is
this likely on my O320/RV-9A too? If it's caused ...

Bob, I think you misunderstood. I was saying AFTER an accident like this one is more likely to place a HIGHER priority on safe landing technique than one did before the accident... I'm not sure that ...

Thanks for the feedback and sympathy. I had not been a regular visitor to the forums, but I do receive the daily digest. I was unaware of the Matco "fix" but I'm a bit more confident in t ...

Flyers and builders of Van's RV "A" models, I flipped my aircraft over and
face a major rebuild. I wanted to send a message to the digest to give a
heads-up to those of you who don't find ...

I used a Sherwin Williams self-etching epoxy primer product that was
excellent on aluminum. It is called G.B.P 988 and it produces quite a
durable finish for those interior panels that you don't wa ...

For those in Canada where MEK is hard to find lacquer thinner contains MEK
and Toluene. It makes the Proseal runny enough you can pour it in the
filler cap to fix leaks, and it sets up nice and har ...

Maybe it would be a good idea, if you really care about the results of the
coke bottle test, just to repeat it several times. You need to bracket the
variability in the results themselves before yo ...

I use CoPilot flight planning software on the iPhone.
http://www.ljd-tech.com/copilot/
It's also available for the iPad and Palm OS. It's excellent value at a one
time payment of $20. The link to ...

To George Nielsen,
I've also run into the problem of leaking fuel tanks on my RV-9A. I
discovered that if you remove the tank and pour diluted pro-seal in through
the filler hole you can avoid a l ...

Dick,
I'm not sure if I'm just lucky or whether I represent the majority, but my
RV9-A slider is OK. It's a bit reluctant to open, but will start with a bit
of lube on the roller bearings, clean t ...

Greg,
Two suggestions:
1. The mass of the cylinder head is unable to give temps that fluctuate
wildly unless you mean changing over several minutes. Short term
fluctuations are going to be due t ...