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Matt Dralle
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Joined: 08 Nov 2005
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Location: Livermore CA USA

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:42 pm Post subject: RV Smoke Systems

Dear Listers,



Last week, someone posted a couple of pictures of 37 RVs flying in formation at OSH this year.  Very cool, btw.  But what caught my eye was how many of them had smoke systems installed.  I found the following at ACS which looks interesting, but kind of big for an RV-8:



	http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/sa102-103.php



Is this what people are using?



Where would one mount this system in an RV-8?  Behind the baggage area?  In the engine compartment?



Seems really cool to have one of these systems, but are they just a big pain in the ass to maintain?



Thanks for the thoughts,



Matt Dralle

RV-8 #82880 N998RV

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bobbyhester(at)newwavecom
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:08 pm Post subject: RV Smoke Systems

Here is more info

http://www.smokingairplanes.com/



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Matt Dralle wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   

 Dear Listers,



 Last week, someone posted a couple of pictures of 37 RVs flying in formation at OSH this year.  Very cool, btw.  But what caught my eye was how many of them had smoke systems installed.  I found the following at ACS which looks interesting, but kind of big for an RV-8:



 	http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/sa102-103.php



 Is this what people are using?



 Where would one mount this system in an RV-8?  Behind the baggage area?  In the engine compartment?



 Seems really cool to have one of these systems, but are they just a big pain in the ass to maintain?



 Thanks for the thoughts,



 Matt Dralle

 RV-8 #82880 N998RV

 FWF Starts This Weekend!

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carlosh(at)structuralaz.c
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:19 pm Post subject: RV Smoke Systems

Here' their website with a smaller choice (same makers) or you could 

roll your own.



Carlos in Arizona



Matt Dralle wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   

 Dear Listers,



 Last week, someone posted a couple of pictures of 37 RVs flying in formation at OSH this year.  Very cool, btw.  But what caught my eye was how many of them had smoke systems installed.  I found the following at ACS which looks interesting, but kind of big for an RV-8:



 	http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/sa102-103.php



 Is this what people are using?



 Where would one mount this system in an RV-8?  Behind the baggage area?  In the engine compartment?



 Seems really cool to have one of these systems, but are they just a big pain in the ass to maintain?



 Thanks for the thoughts,



 Matt Dralle

 RV-8 #82880 N998RV

 FWF Starts This Weekend!





   

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pitts_pilot(at)bellsouth.
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:52 pm Post subject: RV Smoke Systems

Matt, IMHO, that's a pretty robust smoke system.  And a little pricey. 

It also weighs 59 LBS when full.



I made my smoke tank for my Pitts when it didn't have a source of 12V. 

I took the (15Lb???) freon bottle and took out the safety plug in the 

bottom.  Welded a 1" or 1 1/2" pipe adapter in the hole.  This is where 

my flop tube screws in.  I ran the line from the flop tube over the top 

of the tank to the front where I mounted a small pressure regulator and 

the line going to the exhaust stacks.  I removed the valve and welded 

another pipe adapter in it's place.  This is where I fill the tank with 

1 gal of corvus oil .... AKA smoke oil.  A pipe plug with a schrader 

valve screwed in allows me to put 100+ pounds of air on it.



I was space challenged, so the little bottle was my choice, and it 

mounts under the fuel tank between my legs.  Not being terribly familiar 

with the RV-8, if you have a baggage compartment that would hold a 

larger bottle .... I'd put it there.  A ball valve to turn on/off the 

smoke is all you need.

Matt Dralle wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   

 

 

 Dear Listers,

 

 Last week, someone posted a couple of pictures of 37 RVs flying in formation at OSH this year.  Very cool, btw.  But what caught my eye was how many of them had smoke systems installed.  I found the following at ACS which looks interesting, but kind of big for an RV-8:

 

 	http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/sa102-103.php

 

 Is this what people are using?

 

 Where would one mount this system in an RV-8?  Behind the baggage area?  In the engine compartment?

 

 Seems really cool to have one of these systems, but are they just a big pain in the ass to maintain?

 

 Thanks for the thoughts,

 

 Matt Dralle

 RV-8 #82880 N998RV

 FWF Starts This Weekend!

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Gary.A.Sobek

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 217
Location: SoCAL USA

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:29 pm Post subject: RV Smoke Systems

Matt:

Most of us in the 37-ship flight have the Smoking Airplanes system. A couple of the airplanes have "homebrew" system.  

None of the passes had all the airplanes with smoke on.  During practice C it was determined that we had too much smoke.  Typically we had no more than two airplanes in a row with smoke on.

BTW. The flight was 36-RVs with one F1 Rocket.

Gary A. Sobek 

"My Sanity" RV-6 N157GS O-320 Hartzell C  

2 C281+ Flying Hours So. CA C USA 

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		   Matt Dralle wrote:

 > --> RV-List message posted by: Matt Dralle <dralle(at)matronics.com>

 >

 >

 > Dear Listers C

 >

 > Last week C someone posted a couple of pictures of 37 RVs flying in formation at OSH this year.  Very cool C btw.  But what caught my eye was how many of them had smoke systems installed.  I found the following at ACS which looks interesting C but kind of big for an RV-8:

 >

 > 	http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/sa102-103.php

 >

 > Is this what people are using?

 >

 > Where would one mount this system in an RV-8?  Behind the baggage area?  In the engine compartment?

 >

 > Seems really cool to have one of these systems C but are they just a big pain in the ass to maintain?

 >

 > Thanks for the thoughts C

 >

 > Matt Dralle

 > RV-8 #82880 N998RV

 > FWF Starts This Weekend!

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ceengland(at)bellsouth.ne
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:37 pm Post subject: RV Smoke Systems

Matt Dralle wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   

 Dear Listers,



 Last week, someone posted a couple of pictures of 37 RVs flying in formation at OSH this year.  Very cool, btw.  But what caught my eye was how many of them had smoke systems installed.  I found the following at ACS which looks interesting, but kind of big for an RV-8:



 	http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/sa102-103.php



 Is this what people are using?



 Where would one mount this system in an RV-8?  Behind the baggage area?  In the engine compartment?



 Seems really cool to have one of these systems, but are they just a big pain in the ass to maintain?



 Thanks for the thoughts,



 Matt Dralle

 RV-8 #82880 N998RV

 FWF Starts This Weekend!


	


This might be lower-tech or lower sophistication than you want, but...



http://www.kcdawnpatrol.org/smoke.htm



Charlie

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