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Matt Dralle
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 Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 3:26 pm Post subject: Wheelpants Part Duex - Air Access Door & Misc... |
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I'm happy to report that my second wheel pant installation on the RV-8 is coming out very nice. With the Grove gear (I guess), I'm finding that I have to add a large cutout to clear the rear brake caliper. I didn't do this on the first set and found that it put undue stress on the whole pant assembly. Now I just have to figure out how to make a "blister" to cover it. Anyone know of a premade fiberglass blister about 2.25" wide that I could just epoxy to the pant?
Anyway, here's my real question. Has anyone used these little doors on the sides of their RV wheelpants to access the valve stem for checking the pressure? Drilling a 1" hole sounds like just the right amount of work to me at this point...
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/hapages/accessdoors.php
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donkeyvet(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 6:03 pm Post subject: Wheelpants Part Duex - Air Access Door & Misc... |
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Matt:
I too have Grove gear and the bulges from the pants mounts. I figure I'll just build it up there. I did install a couple of 1" spring loaded round doors on the pants to access the air valves. You'll need a screw on valve extention. Seems like I got them from Spruce. At least the round doors anyway. Paint a small mark on the tire so it lines up with a mark on the pants (where the pants join for instance) when the valve stem is lined up with the access door. It works great. Then you just screw in the valve extender and service your tires. Aren't you glad you didn't paint your plane yet? I've been flying my 8 a year and still tweaking small things that would have screwed with the paint had it been painted... My thoughts for what it's worth!
Dennis Flosi
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On Jul 4, 2010, at 5:23 PM, Matt Dralle <dralle(at)matronics.com> wrote:
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I'm happy to report that my second wheel pant installation on the RV-8 is coming out very nice. With the Grove gear (I guess), I'm finding that I have to add a large cutout to clear the rear brake caliper. I didn't do this on the first set and found that it put undue stress on the whole pant assembly. Now I just have to figure out how to make a "blister" to cover it. Anyone know of a premade fiberglass blister about 2.25" wide that I could just epoxy to the pant?
Anyway, here's my real question. Has anyone used these little doors on the sides of their RV wheelpants to access the valve stem for checking the pressure? Drilling a 1" hole sounds like just the right amount of work to me at this point...
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/hapages/accessdoors.php
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Speedy11(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 2:50 pm Post subject: Wheelpants Part Duex - Air Access Door & Misc... |
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Matt
Dennis' ideas are right on track.
But, once you install the Airstop tubes, you won't need to air up the tires very often. You did buy Airstop tubes, didn't you?
Stan Sutterfield
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| Quote: | I too have Grove gear and the bulges from the pants mounts. I figure I'll just
build it up there. I did install a couple of 1" spring loaded round doors on the
pants to access the air valves. You'll need a screw on valve extention. Seems
like I got them from Spruce. At least the round doors anyway. Paint a small
mark on the tire so it lines up with a mark on the pants (where the pants join
for instance) when the valve stem is lined up with the access door. It works
great. Then you just screw in the valve extender and service your tires. Aren't
you glad you didn't paint your plane yet? I've been flying my 8 a year and
still tweaking small things that would have screwed with the paint had it been
painted... My thoughts for what it's worth!
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