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Diesel Aircraft Engine
DeltaHawk Diesel Aircraft Engines are now available in Europe. 160 BHP – 180 BHP – 200 BHP. Great for RV installations Check out www.mp-service24.de
Plexus Plastic Cleaner
Q: Is lemon pledge still the favorite cleaner for the canopy? A: I’ve been using Plexus for some years now, used by the Heli guys on those huge bubbles and used by the Biz Je
Royal Jordanian Falcons Aerobatic Team
Just saw this aerobatic team from Jordan today at the Bern-Belp airshow. They were very good, and I got a few pictures of their airplanes, the Extra 300. The paint scheme is superb
Flop tube
I’m working on putting in the flop tube into the right wing. Now I found a little problem. Why is the ID of the aeroquip hose less than 1/4″ when it should be 3/8″
Rear battery mount
Update 20210915: I redid all this to install a much lighter LiFePO4 battery on the firewall. Much simpler, shorter wiring, and the weight is fine. I have a Lycoming with pmags
Removing Canopy Scratches
Q: Greetings all, Installed the painted canopy and removed all the protective coatings today. Despite taking precautions I’ve got some pretty noticable scratches. Some are li
Finish Kit Arrival
My finish kit arrived from Van’s, along with Paolo’s tail kit, Emmett’s battery and tires, and my two Odyssey PC680 batteries. All unpacked, inventoried, and shel
Battery types
–> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Brian Lloyd SportAV8R@a…. wrote: > Brian, I predict you are about to hear how a starved electrolyte RG battery will serve well i
Roll Bar
Bolting on the roll bar, I find that one side has a bit of a gap, about 1/8 inch, as you can see from the photos below. I wonder if I can just continue to drill the last three hole
Vertical Stabilizer Front Spar attach
Attaching the front spar of the VS to the front spar of the HS is kind shown below. The first steps are to see where the attach bracket needs to go, and then see what kind of space
Horizontal Stabilizer mounting
This article is continued from here: http://www.rv8.ch/article.php?story=2004031620072395 A trick I learned on the net is that once the last bulkhead is installed on the top skin n
Drilling hole in the thermostat
Do we need to drill a hole in the thermostsat for the original 2.5 engine? If so, what size? Yes, all engines could benefit from a 0.25 hole in the thermostat in order to add more