---------------------------------------------------------- RV-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 05/28/07: 10 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:52 AM - CHT vents (Bobby Hester) 2. 06:18 AM - Nose gear lube (Bobby Hester) 3. 06:38 AM - Re: CHT vents (Ron Lee) 4. 06:48 AM - Re: CHT vents (Kevin Horton) 5. 07:18 AM - Trim Tab RV9a Builders manual (Vinod Wahi) 6. 11:47 AM - RV-6a FS PDX OR ...1/2 share (Jerry2DT@aol.com) 7. 12:57 PM - Texas Formation Clinic (sturdy@att.net) 8. 03:48 PM - Re: Best software for logging build progress? (Carl Peters) 9. 07:49 PM - Re: Best software for logging build progress? (pequeajim) 10. 10:03 PM - N11CB Flies! (Charles Brame) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:52:15 AM PST US From: Bobby Hester Subject: RV-List: CHT vents Ron, I saw an old post about your cowl louvers. Are they what made the big differance? My CHT's are getting up to 455 by about 2500 ft on climb out and then I level off til they come down to about 430 then I climb some more. At cruise I am seeing 410-420. I would really like to see them more like 350 at cruise. This is at about 87 degree F OAT on the ground. Any other suggestions? Were did you get you louvers? -- Surfing the web with my laptop from Hopkinsville, KY Visit my RV7A website: http://webpages.charter.net/bobbyhester/MyFlyingRV7A.htm ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:18:46 AM PST US From: Bobby Hester Subject: RV-List: Nose gear lube My swiveling nose wheel has gotten jerky. Will just squirting a few shots of grease in the zert fitting take care of this or do I need to take it all apart clean, grease and reassemble? 65 hrs. on it. -- Surfing the web with my laptop from Hopkinsville, KY Visit my RV7A website: http://webpages.charter.net/bobbyhester/MyFlyingRV7A.htm ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 06:38:35 AM PST US From: "Ron Lee" Subject: Re: RV-List: CHT vents I did three things. 1) Remove the extra tubing that went with a dual cabin heat system (tubes all over in the back of the engine area). 2) Opened up the bottom of the cowl around the exhaust. 3) Added louvers made by a friend of a friend. I don't know where my flight test numbers are but my recollection is that I got about equal improvement from all three. This was after ensuring that the baffling and associated sealing was in good order. Ron Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobby Hester" Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 6:50 AM Subject: RV-List: CHT vents > > Ron, I saw an old post about your cowl louvers. Are they what made the big > differance? My CHT's are getting up to 455 by about 2500 ft on climb out > and then I level off til they come down to about 430 then I climb some > more. At cruise I am seeing 410-420. I would really like to see them more > like 350 at cruise. This is at about 87 degree F OAT on the ground. Any > other suggestions? Were did you get you louvers? > > -- > Surfing the web with my laptop from Hopkinsville, KY > Visit my RV7A website: > http://webpages.charter.net/bobbyhester/MyFlyingRV7A.htm > > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 06:48:06 AM PST US From: Kevin Horton Subject: Re: RV-List: CHT vents On Mon, 28 May 2007 07:50:47 -0500 Bobby Hester wrote: > > Ron, I saw an old post about your cowl louvers. Are they what made the > big differance? My CHT's are getting up to 455 by about 2500 ft on climb > out and then I level off til they come down to about 430 then I climb > some more. At cruise I am seeing 410-420. I would really like to see > them more like 350 at cruise. This is at about 87 degree F OAT on the > ground. Any other suggestions? Were did you get you louvers? > Bobby - If I understand properly, you have a 180 hp engine. There are many, many RV-7/7As flying with this engine without CHT problems. While adding cowl louvers might bring your CHTs down, I fear that you would simply be curing the symptom, without really fixing the basic problem. This could lead to greater grief down the road, if the basic problem is significant. For example, some people have high CHTs due to a too lean mixture, caused by the wrong carb. If this were the problem, it would be far better to find it and fix it now. Kevin Horton Ottawa, Canada ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 07:18:42 AM PST US From: "Vinod Wahi" Subject: RV-List: Trim Tab RV9a Builders manual Hi every boby, building Trim tab for my RV9a in germany. Unfortunately lost page nr. 6-9 and 6-10 from my building manuals for trim tabs. Looking for these pages, if I could get a scand copy or PDF of these pages. Thanks. RV9a Builder Vinod Wahi Mailto:vinod.wahi@googlemail.com www.wahi-air.com Tel.: +381 64 482 1139 Tel.Germany:+49 172 4038 502 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 11:47:24 AM PST US From: Jerry2DT@aol.com Subject: RV-List: RV-6a FS PDX OR ...1/2 share Folks, I am selling my 50% interest in a pristine RV-6a because I have completed mine and find I can only fly one RV at a time... This is in the Portland, OR area, so if any of you are moving here and would like a great partnership, please email for details and pix. In a nutshell it's a 2002 with Lyco 360/CS 500ttsnew AF eng prop. Pro paint, recent glass panel. No pesky vac sytem. Currently hangared at KUAO, aka "home" for RV's, 1/4 mile from Van's front door. Jerry Cochran 503 925 1517h 503 702 2663c _jerry2dt@aol.com_ (mailto:jerry2dt@aol.com) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 12:57:14 PM PST US From: sturdy@att.net Subject: RV-List: Texas Formation Clinic Texas Formation Clinic, 22-24 Jun, at Brownwood (KBWD) Okay, Memorial Day is just about over and the Texas Formation Clinic at Brownwood TX (KBWD) is just around the corner, 22-24 Jun. Kahuna and I will present another formation clinic, this time in Texas. If you plan on attending, please sign up (stumccurdy -at- earthlink.net). Please state First and Last Name, Call Sign, Type Plane, Tail #, Contact #, Home Base, Experience Level, FFI #, and any comments. I have 19 on my list so far. Classroom Friday afternoon, fly all day Saturday, large formation Sunday morning. Airport will provide hangar space, a 15 passenger van, and discounted fuel. Their BBQ chef will do a Texas BBQ Sat at the airport. Block of 40 rooms under "Formation Clinic" at Days Inn, 325-646-2551, $54/night plus C of C will provide a $30 discount coupon off the bill. Wide open airspace, 150'wide runway, large ramp space. Should be a great clinic location. No charge for clinic, just minimal amount for expenses. Friday afternoon classroom session is required to fly in the clinic. Minimum requirements are excellent stick and rudder skills in your airplane (100 hours), no vernier throttles, fully operational controls, intercom, and radio PTT in the other seat for the safety pilot, and a desire to fly well executed, disciplined formation. Newbees and Novices will be paired with an experienced formation safety pilot until "cleared solo". Please make your Days Inn motel reservations (325-646-2551) soonest as the block ends 8 Jun. Mention the "Formation Clinic". Hope to see y'all sign up. Stu McCurdy (Falcon)
Texas Formation Clinic, 22-24 Jun, at Brownwood (KBWD)
 
Okay, Memorial Day is just about over and the Texas Formation Clinic at Brownwood TX (KBWD) is just around the corner, 22-24 Jun.  Kahuna and I will present another formation clinic, this time in Texas.  If you plan on attending, please sign up (stumccurdy -at- earthlink.net).  Please state First and Last Name, Call Sign, Type Plane, Tail #, Contact #, Home Base, Experience Level, FFI #, and any comments.  I have 19 on my list so far.
 
Classroom Friday afternoon, fly all day Saturday, large formation Sunday morning. Airport will provide hangar space, a 15 passenger van, and discounted fuel. Their BBQ chef will do a Texas BBQ Sat at the airport. Block of 40 rooms under "Formation Clinic" at Days Inn, 325-646-2551, $54/night plus C of C will provide a $30 discount coupon off the bill. Wide open airspace, 150'wide runway, large ramp space. Should be a great clinic location.  No charge for clinic, just minimal amount for expenses.  Friday afternoon classroom session is required to fly in the clinic.
 
Minimum requirements are excellent stick and rudder skills in your airplane (100 hours), no vernier throttles, fully operational controls, intercom, and radio PTT in the other seat for the safety pilot, and a desire to fly well executed, disciplined formation.  Newbees and Novices will be paired with an experienced formation safety pilot until "cleared solo".
 
Please make your Days Inn motel reservations (325-646-2551) soonest as the block ends 8 Jun. Mention the "Formation Clinic".
 
Hope to see y'all sign up.
 
Stu McCurdy (Falcon)
________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 03:48:36 PM PST US From: Carl Peters Subject: Re: RV-List: Best software for logging build progress? I've been using KitLog Pro. I didn't want to spend a bunch of time to become saavy at hosting with a custom website (nor spend the money), so this worked out great. After 9 months of use, no problems. Only drawback is can only post 3 pics per entry - rarely a problem, but sometimes I want to show something in detail, such as recent xenon HID landing light conversion from the Duckworks halogen kit. A big plus, and one you want to check on with any competitors, is that your own computer stores everything created, and it is not simply hosted externally on a company's server. If the company goes tango uniform, you don't want to lose any data. Carl http://www.mykitlog.com/cnpeters ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 07:49:53 PM PST US Subject: RV-List: Re: Best software for logging build progress? From: "pequeajim" Nice site Carl, thanks for the tip! I will probably be going with KitLog Pro. The upgrade to 2.1 is free also. Jim! Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=115298#115298 ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 10:03:25 PM PST US From: Charles Brame Subject: RV-List: N11CB Flies! After nearly eight years and 2700 hours of building, Van's kit #60316 slipped the surly bonds at approximately 10:45 AM, May 28th, at San Geronimo Airport (8T8) near San Antonio. A Memorial Day to remember. N11CB, a slow built RV-6A Quickbuild, was powered by an IO-320 Lycoming with AFP fuel injection and Jeff Rose Electroair Ignition turning a Whirlwind 3 blade prop. Flown by owner/builder Charlie Brame, the bird leapt into the air after a 300 foot take off roll and flew straight and level with hands off and feet flat on the floor. IFR equipped, it weighed 1100# in prime. Many thanks go to members of this list, all the San Antonio area RV-builders, EAA Chapter 35, and, especially, to my very good friend, Paul McReynolds, EAA Tech Advisor and RV-Guru, RV builder Extraordinaire, 1987 Oshkosh Grand Champion and Orville Wright Award Winner. Charlie Brame RV-6A N11CB San Antonio ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.