HB-YMM Experimental Homebuilt Van’s Aircraft RV-8
These ignition wire seals are expensive but nice. Deburring the hole after cutting it with a unibit. Finished product. Plans recommend AN525-10R10 screws. I'll use AN3-4A until final assembly. And the other side: ...
I've decided to get onto the bitcoin bandwagon. Feel free to send me a donation if you like. :) ...
Any idea why the rear spinner bulkhead is concave? Will this cause issues? ...
The standard methods of installing fuel flow sensors is to use an inline fuel flow transducer that is moved by the fuel flowing to the engine. The two most popular options (as of 2013) are the...
Edit 20260123: I didn't do it this way finally. The shapes are similar, but I used much thicker aluminum, and changed the cables to the much higher quality McFarlane cables. The brackets that come...
There is not much to say about installing the propellor governor - it goes pretty much as described in the sheet that comes with the governor controller bracket - VA-153. I didn't get this sheet...
For some reason the oil filler tube / dipstick is very close to the engine mount. I just removed it to see if I could bend it, and found out that it's plastic. I doubt...
I installed the FM200 throttle today along with the Vetterman exhaust. Both went on very easily, and are really good quality. They are on "provisionally" as I expect they may need to come off again...
I have 14 holes that I needed to identify in the engine. A couple hours after posting on VAF (http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=90628) I had all the info! 1. Temperature sensor 2. goes to the top of the oil cooler 3....
Got the pressure sensor manifold mounted. Quite easy, just two holes and an angle bracket to fabricate. It allowed me to start digging through all the FWF bags I have - really quote a lot...
I took some pictures of my new IO-360 Engine and put them together into an "Object Virtual Reality" or Object VR view. http://www.rv8.ch/vr/demo.html The Mattituck engine is of course an enhanced Lycoming engine. ...
These are the drawings that Van's provides for the control cables, but they include the caveat that you should check this for your engine before poking the holes. How has this worked for everyone? The drawing from...
The fuel pump and filter are now installed and plumbed. I can't believe how long this took - most of the time was re-doing it because I didn't like the position or something else about...
I picked up this brochure from Nelson Aerospace somewhere - can't recall where, but was interested to note that they seem to offer some kind of a "flareless" tube fitting. Looks interesting. http://www.nelsonaerospace.com/nas/fittings3.cfm ...
When you see a chart like is in Chapter 7 of AC 43.13-1B it is for standard Aircraft Hardware. The torque indicated in these charts is calculated to pre-stress the standard aircraft bolt to 40,000 psi for...
This article is continued from here: http://www.rv8.ch/article.php/20110116205404743 And here are some pictures with the battery in place. ...
Update 20210918: I ended up removing all this and installing the earthx LiFePO4 battery on the firewall. Very light, and with a much simpler wiring run. Moving from the subaru engine to the lycoming I don't...
I'm extremely happy that the new engine mount for the Lycoming engine fit perfectly on the firewall. I was very concerned about this aspect of replacing my Subaru engine with the Lycoming. All the holes...
The routing of the throttle, prop, and mixture cables is not really clearly documented that I could find. It was not too tricky, but it is important to get the holes in the aft part...
The old Subaru engine only required a throttle and a boost control, and the propeller pitch was controlled with a knob on the control panel. This meant that I could use the CT 82F DELUXE...
Just a short post to express my delight with the Andair fuel pump and filter. This pump is particularly well built, just like Andair's fuel valves. It's always great to see a small company come...
Van's includes a nice diagram of where things should go on the firewall. The location of the heater valve is shown clearly, but I am trying to determine if I can place it a bit...
My Hartzell C2YR-1BFP/F74972 constant speed propeller arrived along with my FWF kit, and a few other goodies. The box on skateboards - they are useful for more than just breaking your arm. The packing didn't really seem...
Finally, I've ordered the new engine. It has been a long time since I've done anything with the project - about 5 years. I ordered a Mattituck TMXIO-360 with roller tappets, a forward facing sump, Airflow...
I was trying to use a strap wrench to remove a PVC fitting on our pool's filter. It was about a 3 inch pipe, and I have 2 different sizes of strap wrench, and they...