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Kelly McMullen
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Location: Sun Lakes AZ
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 Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:02 am Post subject: Bigger baggage door and other ramblings |
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Well, it took some years for the C170/C180 airframe to gain baggage doors. Got to practice loading over the back seats. Now if someone came up with a better hinge/attach bracket for the back seats, which would allow a quick removal of one or both back seats you could accomplish the same thing. However, I have a tandem bike that can be packed in two full size suitcases, which would be nice, if that left room for the normal SO baggage and my one roll aboard. There is the one belly pod option, which eliminates the baggage door issue.
My thinking was that moving the tailcone back would allow a heavier engine up front, whether Lyc or Cont (CMI).
I note this month's Sport Aviation features a Velocity XL with IO-550N claiming 185kts at 14,500 burning 10.5 gph. That would be a real serious reduction in drag over the RV-10. Both have fixed gear. Maybe we need a canard out front to reduce the drag of our conventional empennage(like the Petersen STC adds to C182 airframe). Of course that Velocity will never handle the rougher and shorter runways a 10 tolerates. Where is John Cox to help sort out all these potential modifications?
On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 10:30 PM, Bill Watson <Mauledriver(at)nc.rr.com (Mauledriver(at)nc.rr.com)> wrote:
| Quote: | Ha! A RV10 XL, I like it. But you know, the current design flies so darn well I'd settle for an enormously bigger cargo door like the Maule.
...But that would probably require adding some welded tube steel structure, the only thing the '10 is missing.
On 11/4/2015 9:33 PM, Kelly McMullen wrote:
| Quote: | Bill,
You just need to get going on the RV-10 XL upgrade. Say a 1 ft plug at the empennage attach to the cabin for bigger baggage compartment. The extra leverage would allow for upgrading the engine to 300 hp versions of the engine. Then get someone to figure what improvements were needed for the tail feathers to allow upping the Vne, so that a turbo could be mounted, allowing keeping 75% up to the flight levels with 200kt cruise without burning a barrel of 100LL/hour. Oh and reverse the main gear, and mount a tail wheel, while removing the nose gear, to reduce drag. It would be just a bit faster than your old Maule.
On 11/4/2015 7:15 PM, Bill Watson wrote:
| Quote: | Hey Lew!
I keep forgetting you are in in Greenville... we fly in to KGMU 1 or 2 times a year to see friends. Next time I'll try to look you up.
Thinking back to our last trips though, I'm at a loss as to where I would put such a cooler given either the full seats or/or full cargo load we seem to always be hauling around. I'm really glad I never started that RV7 project.
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Location: New Smyrna Beach, Florida
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 10:38 am Post subject: Bigger baggage door and other ramblings |
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Having just done a couple of removal/re-installation cycles, my
experience is the same - 30 secs. Much to my surprise and delight!
I've grown to like hinge pin connections.
On 11/5/2015 11:23 AM, dmaib(at)me.com wrote:
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Kelly McMullen wrote:
> Now if someone came up with a better hinge/attach bracket for the back seats, which would allow a quick removal of one or both back seats you could accomplish the same thing.
> My back seats come out in about 30 seconds each. Much better than my old Bonanza that required about a half day and a customized box end wrench to get the back seats out! 
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> David Maib
> RV-10 #40559
> New Smyrna Beach, FL
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