Here are some pictures of the andair fuel valve installation. Nothing fancy. It is actually rather tricky to get all the plumbing in there, since bending the aluminum tubing precisely is not that easy.Here's more information...
There have been many brake fires on RVs and other aircraft. These are usually caused by the type of brake fluid used in many aircraft. The most common fluid is MIL 5056, which has a...
Here are some pictures of a relief tube setup on a local RV4. This aircraft was flown from Texas to Switzerland, and this configuration got a lot of use for both a male and female pilot....
Update 20210918: I didn't install the Eggenfellner Subaru engine, so any post that references that can be ignored or used as a cautionary tale about how to avoid wasting many years and $50k. I replaced...
Update 20210918: I didn't install the Eggenfellner Subaru engine, so any post that references that can be ignored or used as a cautionary tale about how to avoid wasting many years and $50k. I use...
Got this from Kevin Horton, originally posted by RV-6 builder Mark Nielsen: ============================== For my glareshield, I mounted a piece of 3/8" soft aluminum tubing (same as fuel line) along the aft edge of the glareshield. I cut...
I've got to find a solution to getting rivets in these two places. The problem is that the engine mount is almost touching the hole. I can't even get a pop rivet in there. I'm...
These are just some pictures of my flap fairings. There have been some questions about them, and I realized I didn't have any photos of them at all. I didn't have too much trouble putting them...
I drilled the holes to allow the conduit in the wings to come into the fuselage. This was tricky since I had to measure pretty precisely the location. Of course, if I'm off a bit...
I got a set of gear intersection fairings for my RV8 with Grove airfoil gear. They are really nice. Only one small problem, the right upper fairing does not quite fit. The left fits perfectly. Here's...
Here I describe the rear stick cover. I bought the cover from GeoBeck, Inc., a.k.a. George and Becki Orndorff (no longer active, apparently) with my seats. The cover comes with a diagram of how to...
Continued from Rear Stick Cover Part 1 Here's what the cover looks like with the leather on there. Notice the super-cool aluminum air vent, acquired in a pair for 30 USD at SNF'04. Nice view from the...
I installed the tailwheel steering link from Terry Jantzi. http://www.iwantarocket.com/ It took about 5 minutes, including drilling and reaming the hole on the rudder horn to 3/16" for the AN3 bolt. ...
To keep the canopy from going too far back, some kind of stop is needed. I installed a scrap piece of delrin and installed it with a couple of screws. Turned out ok, and it's...
Got a small problem with the hooker harness I bought. I've got the 5-point attachment with a Schroth rotary buckle. Very nice stuff. I bought them from Mark Frederick of Team Rocket for a good...
I'm just now starting on the cowl. I got some serious hints from J. Daniels on how to do it. He's got a great site. The first thing I've decided to do is to try to...
Just starting on the cowl, and there is a nasty gap between the cowl and the spinner. Here is the right side with the pretty large gap. Here is the left which shows the spinner and the...
I bought the skybolt fastener kit for the cowling. It was kind of expensive (about 250 USD). I got only the firewall part - I plan to use hinges for the horizontal top to bottom...
I had been using a plunger type canopy stop, but I recently saw something cool on a few RV8s - a kind of cam shaped canopy stop. The advantage of the cam shaped canopy stop is...
This is a continuation of the original article on Wheels and Brakes. I was not too comfortable with the short aluminium tubes that hooked up the brakes to the Grove gear. You can see photos of...
The canopy skirt is supposed to be one of the more difficult parts of the project. Now that the canopy is glued on, it's time to bite the bullet and start on the skirt. One...
Continued from Canopy, page 5 My first attempt at gluing turned out to be cosmetically a bit of a mess. Structurally, it is sound, but I didn't want to look at black boogers every time I...
Canopy, the big cut, Page 3 Here I'm doing the final trim on the canopy, and I've make my first mistake (on the canopy, that is). Here you can see that I am cutting out the...
This article is continued from Canopy, final trim, Page 4 Once the canopy is trimmed, the surfaces to be glued need to be prepared. To prepare the canopy frame, I scuffed it up with a maroon...
This article is continued from Canopy, Page 2 I read on another builder's site that you should make the big cut (split the canopy from the windscreen) a bit earlier than Van's recommends. This turned out...