HB-YMM Experimental Homebuilt Van’s Aircraft RV-8
I'll probably be wearing a parachute and helmet when I do the flight testing - just in case. Here are some links to suppliers and information: http://www.butlerparachutes.com/ http://www.strongparachutes.com/ http://www.softieparachutes.com/ http://www.nationalparachute.com/page2.html http://www.pia.com/silver/ShopInfo.htm...
Sounds eerily similiar to a widely used technique on many access panels installed on the nations combat aircraft. It is known as FIPS...
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...
I contracted with Aircraft Simulators to do some labels for my panel. I did the design in Visio, and sent them both Visio and GIF files. The results are excellent. The panels turned out exactly...
Hello all, I Learned a little trick from my father in law and thought I'd pass it on. His airplane is always clean, full of gas, and everything works or he doesn't rest until it meets...
I was giving a Flight Review in my students RV8 on landing we veered to the right. Going back to the hanger we discussed why this may have happened. My friend climbed back in and...
>> This is a great topic. It's a shame that it had to be triggered >> by an accident, but if some good can come out of it...
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...
South Africa has an airpark near Johannesburg with about 35 houses and aircraft. Here are a few pictures. ...
I ordered some extensions from http://www.burnsstainless.com/ but the info on the thickness was wrong. Here are some pictures. The pipe on the left is the one from Burns Stainless, and the right is the exhaust that...
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...
The canopy frame needs a few things done to it before it is ready for the canopy. These are fairly well described in the instructions. Here is the rear slider block. The instructions say to drill...
Continued from Starting on the canopy Here are some more pictures of the canopy work. Not much magic here, just trim it a bit, and see how it fits. Focus the trimming on the front area,...
Most of the talk on the list about the canopy is how difficult, time-consuming, and frustrating it can be. There are a few hints, like make sure you work with the canopy when it is...
Here is where I describe mounting the stationary contacts for the propellor sensor and control slip ring. I ended up not using the angle and flat stock that was sent as the mounting system for the...
Here is a bit of info about the propeller. It is an electric MT three blade prop. Here are all the pieces that came with the kit. The exact MT Propeller model is MTV-7 http://www.mt-propeller.com/en/entw/3_bl_elec.htm Here...
Here is the outer side of the muffler mounts: Here is the priming and painting step for the part of the mount that will be inside. I'm leaving the outside "natural" so that it can be...
I ordered a dozen fuel filters, which were clones of the following previously recommended filter: Purolator F54618 One issue I wanted to confirm is whether or not these filters will pass water, assuming that it is...
After staring at the bottom of the airplane and the muffler hangers for about two weeks, I finally got up the courage to try something. I got some tips from another RV8 builder, and he installed...
From Bill Marvel: Two days ago I got around to doing something that I had planned last year -- actual pull tests on riveted aluminum coupons to see how critical it is to drive rivets to the correct...
Q: I vaguely recall reading that there are filters built into the fuel injection system. Is this correct? If so, do we need to check/clean these filters from time to time? A: Pull each injector plug off of the...
The fuel system on the eggenfellner is all-electric, so there needs to be full redundancy on the fuel tank, pre-filter, fuel pump, and post filter. Here is the first go at how I hope to...
From ship: Hi John, You're more than welcome to DIY...
Here are a couple of pictures of Ross's fuel pump enclosure, taken at the Eggenfellner stand at Sun 'n Fun 2005. [gallery ids="16807,16808"]...