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dlm46007(at)cox.net
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:26 pm Post subject: Tool kit

I sometimes joke that I can handle anything short of an engine overhaul or

wing removal. I carry:



a 1/4 and 3/6" drive sets

Spark plug socket

combo wrenches from 1/4 to 7/8"

Mechanical and magnetic grapplers

Slotted and Phillips head 1 and 2

needle nose and vise grip pliers

safety wire and pliers

Four small trays of additional fasteners and tie wraps

Small and normal size dikes

Voltmeter with leads and extra alligator clip jumpers

Avionics removal tool

Forceps both straight and curved

Allen wrenches both English and metric

Misc caps and plugs for fluid/air lines

Other small one off items that escape memory

Also I carry separately the gust locks, tie down lugs and Plexus, a couple

of spare plugs and contactors



I would have to borrow tools for a sheet metal repair.



Lastly I carry a USB memory stick with all the airframe pdf plans, install

manuals, operation manuals etc (893MB)



 

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taildragon(at)msn.com
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:09 pm Post subject: Tool kit

<?xml:namespace prefix="v" /><?xml:namespace prefix="o" /><![endif]-->  This is a great topic. We all do plenty of maintenance to prevent a problem  away from home. The items in the suggested tool kit probably came to mind  because of possible problems, from experience or imagined. What are the top  ten "most likely" problems that you might foresee? I'll start the list:

 1. Low or flat tire

 2. Dead battery

 3. 

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dlm46007(at)cox.net
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:36 pm Post subject: Tool kit

tools are needed to  disassemble the airframe; on a recent tip my son drop his thumb drive while  touching the right stick. Bad luck. The thumb drive could no be found and I had  to remove the right seat and the inspection panel under it to get the offending  item. That required removing the rear torque tube cover and the front seat lock  mechanism bolts. It was nice to have the tools to do this at hand rather  than borrowing from the FBO or my host.

   From: owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com  [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Roger  Standley

Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 7:58 PM

To:  rv10-list(at)matronics.com

Subject: Re: Tool  kit

<?xml:namespace prefix="v" /><?xml:namespace prefix="o" /><![endif]-->  This is a great topic. We all do plenty of maintenance to prevent a problem  away from home. The items in the suggested tool kit probably came to mind  because of possible problems, from experience or imagined. What are the top  ten "most likely" problems that you might foresee? I'll start the list:

 1. Low or flat tire

 2. Dead battery

 3. 

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vhicy(at)bigpond.com
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:59 pm Post subject: Tool kit

We are just finishing a 3 week outback Australia flying  holiday. 

 We have taken everything bar the kitchen sink. What  we have used so far 

  

 Torch

 Safetey tie wire

 Somewhere to store front spat after it gets broken on bush  strip (soooo thats why no bush planes here have spats!).

 Lots of oil . About 1 Quart every 7 hours. Hope that is  not to much.

  

 Chris VH-ICY  Stuck in Parkes NSW  (where the  movie The Dish was made) due to rain.

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AV8ORJWC

Joined: 13 Jul 2006
Posts: 1149
Location: Aurora, Oregon "Home of VANS"

Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:25 am Post subject: Tool kit

David, you haven't mentioned that you found the Thumb drive.  Had this same thing happen at OSH with a stubby phillips screwdriver last year.  After a full field strip, the owner admitted he forgot and stowed it elsewhere.  Got a steak dinner out of the lost six hours of inspection panel removal/reinstallation.  Just finished an annual with an owner that had a hand-held extinguisher that would slide forward and block control rod movements.  Think Safety!  

   

Be ready on trips to tackle the unexpected.  

   

John Cox  

       

From: owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of David McNeill

 Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 9:35 PM

 To: rv10-list(at)matronics.com

 Subject: RE: Tool kit  

  

  

   

tools are needed to disassemble the airframe; on a recent tip my son drop his thumb drive while touching the right stick. Bad luck. The thumb drive could no be found and I had to remove the right seat and the inspection panel under it to get the offending item. That required removing the rear torque tube cover and the front seat lock mechanism bolts. It was nice to have the tools to do this at hand rather than borrowing from the FBO or my host.  

       

  

From: owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Roger Standley

 Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 7:58 PM

 To: rv10-list(at)matronics.com

 Subject: Re: Tool kit      

This is a great topic. We all do plenty of maintenance to prevent a problem away from home. The items in the suggested tool kit probably came to mind because of possible problems, from experience or imagined. What are the top ten "most likely" problems that you might foresee? I'll start the list:  

    

1. Low or flat tire  

    

2. Dead battery  

    

3.   

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dlm46007(at)cox.net
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:11 am Post subject: Tool kit

Yes he found his thumb drive under the right front seat;  probably would not have cause any problem but I never like to leave tools or  other extraneous material floating around in the aircraft.

 another spare that is carried  is one master contactor and one starter relay, since most of these aircraft  are dependent on electrons flowing.



   

 From: owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com  [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of John  Cox

Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 10:22 AM

To:  rv10-list(at)matronics.com

Subject: RE: Tool  kit

 

  

David,  you haven't mentioned that you found the Thumb drive.  Had this same thing  happen at OSH with a stubby phillips screwdriver last year.  After a full  field strip, the owner admitted he forgot and stowed it elsewhere.  Got a  steak dinner out of the lost six hours of inspection panel  removal/reinstallation.  Just finished an annual with an owner that had a  hand-held extinguisher that would slide forward and block control rod  movements.  Think Safety! 

  

Be  ready on trips to tackle the unexpected. 

  

John  Cox 

    

From:  owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com  [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of David  McNeill

Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 9:35 PM

To:  rv10-list(at)matronics.com

Subject: RE: Tool  kit



 

  

tools  are needed to disassemble the airframe; on a recent tip my son drop his thumb  drive while touching the right stick. Bad luck. The thumb drive could no be  found and I had to remove the right seat and the inspection panel under it to  get the offending item. That required removing the rear torque tube cover and  the front seat lock mechanism bolts. It was nice to have the tools to do  this at hand rather than borrowing from the FBO or my  host. 

    

 

From:  owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com  [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Roger  Standley

Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 7:58 PM

To:  rv10-list(at)matronics.com

Subject: Re: Tool kit   

This  is a great topic. We all do plenty of maintenance to prevent a problem away from  home. The items in the suggested tool kit probably came to mind because of  possible problems, from experience or imagined. What are the top ten "most  likely" problems that you might foresee? I'll start the  list:

  

1.  Low or flat tire

  

2.  Dead battery

  

3.  

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-----    Original Message ----- 

      

From: David McNeill (dlm46007(at)cox.net)    

      

To: rv10-list(at)matronics.com (rv10-list(at)matronics.com)    

      

Sent:    Friday, July 03, 2009 5:24 PM

      

Subject:    Tool kit

      

 

   

-->    RV10-List message posted by: "David McNeill" <dlm46007(at)cox.net (dlm46007(at)cox.net)>



I sometimes    joke that I can handle anything short of an engine overhaul or

wing    removal. I carry:



a 1/4 and 3/6" drive sets

Spark plug    socket

combo wrenches from 1/4 to 7/8"

Mechanical and magnetic    grapplers

Slotted and Phillips head 1 and 2

needle nose and vise grip    pliers

safety wire and pliers

Four small trays of additional fasteners    and tie wraps

Small and normal size dikes

Voltmeter with leads and extra    alligator clip jumpers

Avionics removal tool

Forceps both straight and    curved

Allen wrenches both English and metric

Misc caps and plugs for    fluid/air lines

Other small one off items that escape    memory

Also I carry separately the gust locks, tie down lugs and    Plexus, a couple

of spare plugs and contactors



I would have to    borrow tools for a sheet metal repair.



Lastly I carry a USB memory    stick with all the airframe pdf plans, install

manuals, operation manuals    etc (893MB)



 

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