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1. 03:47 AM - Re: Upper gear intersection fairing (Dale Ensing)
2. 04:42 AM - Low pass (Inspiration to get it done) (eddyfernan@aol.com)
3. 07:23 AM - Orndorff classes / electronic solenoids (Becki)
4. 10:44 AM - Support discontinued: VM1000, now VM1000C also (Ralph E. Capen)
5. 12:02 PM - Re: Upper gear intersection fairing (Fiveonepw@aol.com)
6. 01:23 PM - Re: Support discontinued: VM1000, now VM1000C also (Richard McBride)
7. 07:44 PM - Re: Support discontinued: VM1000, now VM1000C also (Ralph E. Capen)
8. 10:01 PM - Gear legs rusting in mounts (Doug Medema)
9. 10:24 PM - Re: Gear legs rusting in mounts (Vanremog@aol.com)
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| Subject: | Re: Upper gear intersection fairing |
My upper gear leg fairing are attached to the fuselage only. Four screws
with plate nuts in bottom fuse skin. Probably could do it with three
screws.
Dale Ensing
RV-6A
----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick Kelley
To: rv-list@matronics.com
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 1:39 AM
Subject: RV-List: Upper gear intersection fairing
I'm ahead of myself but I've got the fairings on and am looking at the
intersection fairings. The RVator had a great article on attaching the
lower, leg to pant fairing and I'll be using that method there.
However, I don't see anything on the leg to fuselage fairing in the
plans and I was wondering how people dealt with this. With all the
structure (especially the wing spar) at the leg/fuselage/wing joint, I'm
not sure I'll be able to easily get nutplates in place to attach it to
the fuselage and wing bottom. Yet, I'm not sure if I should make it
part of the leg fairing. Ideas would be appreciated here.
Patrick Kelley - RV-6A - waiting on panel; installing antennae.
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| Subject: | Low pass (Inspiration to get it done) |
Hey everybody?just a little inspiration to keep bucking those rivets.? Your going
to love flying your RV. Check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmDwXdPFlfM
Eddy Fernandez
South Florida
RV9A "Kermit"
162 hrs TT
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| Subject: | Orndorff classes / electronic solenoids |
Good morning all! Hope you are enjoying this bright shiny day! We
wanted to let everyone know that we are settled in our new home and back
in business. Thanks to all for their patience while we made this move.
We have scheduled sheet metal working classes this fall for October
13-14, November 10-11, December 8-9.
We also have a limited number of electronic solenoids for engine
fuel primer systems. They are $15 while supplies last.
Please email or give us a call if we can help you with these or any
other items or services that we offer. Thanks!
Becki Orndorff
GeoBeck, Inc.
704-707-4845
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| Subject: | Support discontinued: VM1000, now VM1000C also |
I had heard that they were discontinuing support on the original VM1000 in favor
of the VM1000C - now they're gonna ditch that one too in favor of the VMS1000C
- with JPI grounded sensors. The VM1000C has a different footprint - so I
couldn't swap it out - and since they've been bought by JPI (bad memories last
long), I'm not interested in them anymore.
Since I needed to rearrange my panel to stay with a supported product, I bought
an AFS3400EM - which fit in the space that I had. So far, I'm very happy with
it!
This means that I have a bunch of VM1000 parts that were installed but never flown:
Oil pressure sender (with Hirschmann connector)
Oil temp sender
Injection fuel pressure sender (with Hirschmann connector)
Fuel Flow sensor
Tach sensor for Slick Mag
EGT thermocouples
CHT thermocouples
Amp sensor
Manifold pressure sensor (PC Board portion and filter fitting)
Display
Brain box
I would prefer that these parts go to folks that are trying to keep a vintage VM1000
alive instead of pushing the lot to someone - and make them deal with JPI.
Contact me direct.
Ralph
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| Subject: | Re: Upper gear intersection fairing |
I used 3 on the fuse skin- 1 fwd of spar & 2 aft, plus one on the wingroot
fairing. Velcro, anyone? 8-)
Mark Phillips - RV-6A
_http://websites.expercraft.com/n51pw/_
(http://websites.expercraft.com/n51pw/)
http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
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| Subject: | Support discontinued: VM1000, now VM1000C also |
Ralph,
I have a VM1000 and although very happy with the product, I'm also concerned
about future support. I spoke to their representative at Oshkosh and was
told that they won't be doing any more upgrades to the VM1000 but will
continue to provide support. I'm not sure if this is accurate especially
since they are transistioning to JPI sensors. I curious what information
you received.
Rick McBride
RV-8
>From: "Ralph E. Capen" <recapen@earthlink.net>
>To: rv-list <rv-list@matronics.com>
>Subject: RV-List: Support discontinued: VM1000, now VM1000C also
>Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:43:08 -0400 (EDT)
>
>
>
>I had heard that they were discontinuing support on the original VM1000 in
>favor of the VM1000C - now they're gonna ditch that one too in favor of the
>VMS1000C - with JPI grounded sensors. The VM1000C has a different
>footprint - so I couldn't swap it out - and since they've been bought by
>JPI (bad memories last long), I'm not interested in them anymore.
>
>Since I needed to rearrange my panel to stay with a supported product, I
>bought an AFS3400EM - which fit in the space that I had. So far, I'm very
>happy with it!
>
>This means that I have a bunch of VM1000 parts that were installed but
>never flown:
>
>Oil pressure sender (with Hirschmann connector)
>Oil temp sender
>Injection fuel pressure sender (with Hirschmann connector)
>Fuel Flow sensor
>Tach sensor for Slick Mag
>EGT thermocouples
>CHT thermocouples
>Amp sensor
>Manifold pressure sensor (PC Board portion and filter fitting)
>Display
>Brain box
>
>I would prefer that these parts go to folks that are trying to keep a
>vintage VM1000 alive instead of pushing the lot to someone - and make them
>deal with JPI.
>
>Contact me direct.
>Ralph
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: Support discontinued: VM1000, now VM1000C also |
Rick,
My issues started right about the same time VMS was silently being acquired
by JPI.
I was considering upgrading to a VM1000C as I wanted color and a couple of
new features...never got a direct response from them. Then the backlighting
on my VM1000 started going fritzy (work OK, then quit, etc). They announced
they were being bought - still no response. Repeated e-mail requests and
phone calls provided no response. Then they announced no more support for
the VM1000 - with no upgrade for me...I had found out that the new system
had a different footprint that would require a complete panel rework. Now
with them discontinuing support for their VM1000C in favor of the VMS1000C
with grounded JPI sensors - kinda brings back the memories of how JPI really
is.....I haven't had my first flight yet and they've gone back on the
original warranty that I got when I bought it.
Vision Microsystems was a pretty good company with pretty good stuff - I've
found something better, they've found something worse. I didn't really get
any info from them directly, it was the lack of response that turned me
off - even after the transition to JPI had completed.
Now I have color - sunlight readable, data capture and storage, more
features, and it fits in the remaining space in my panel.
Good luck with your unit - I have plenty of spare parts....
Ralph
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard McBride" <rickrv8@msn.com>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 4:22 PM
Subject: RE: RV-List: Support discontinued: VM1000, now VM1000C also
>
> Ralph,
>
> I have a VM1000 and although very happy with the product, I'm also
> concerned about future support. I spoke to their representative at
> Oshkosh and was told that they won't be doing any more upgrades to the
> VM1000 but will continue to provide support. I'm not sure if this is
> accurate especially since they are transistioning to JPI sensors. I
> curious what information you received.
>
> Rick McBride
> RV-8
>
>
>>From: "Ralph E. Capen" <recapen@earthlink.net>
>>To: rv-list <rv-list@matronics.com>
>>Subject: RV-List: Support discontinued: VM1000, now VM1000C also
>>Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:43:08 -0400 (EDT)
>>
>>
>>
>>I had heard that they were discontinuing support on the original VM1000 in
>>favor of the VM1000C - now they're gonna ditch that one too in favor of
>>the VMS1000C - with JPI grounded sensors. The VM1000C has a different
>>footprint - so I couldn't swap it out - and since they've been bought by
>>JPI (bad memories last long), I'm not interested in them anymore.
>>
>>Since I needed to rearrange my panel to stay with a supported product, I
>>bought an AFS3400EM - which fit in the space that I had. So far, I'm very
>>happy with it!
>>
>>This means that I have a bunch of VM1000 parts that were installed but
>>never flown:
>>
>>Oil pressure sender (with Hirschmann connector)
>>Oil temp sender
>>Injection fuel pressure sender (with Hirschmann connector)
>>Fuel Flow sensor
>>Tach sensor for Slick Mag
>>EGT thermocouples
>>CHT thermocouples
>>Amp sensor
>>Manifold pressure sensor (PC Board portion and filter fitting)
>>Display
>>Brain box
>>
>>I would prefer that these parts go to folks that are trying to keep a
>>vintage VM1000 alive instead of pushing the lot to someone - and make them
>>deal with JPI.
>>
>>Contact me direct.
>>Ralph
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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| Subject: | Gear legs rusting in mounts |
I recently removed my gear legs and found them to be
corroded at
the points they go into the mounts, especially the lower
collar.
I have since stripped, sanded, acid etched, conversion
coated,
primed, and painted the legs and am ready to reinstall them.
Since
you can't paint over the places with close tolerances, they
will just
rust again unless I do something to protect them. I was
thinking
of just putting a good layer of grease on them, but am
wondering
if anybody else has a better idea.
Again, this is just on the two areas that make contact with
the
gear mounts. All the rest of it is protected.
Thanks,
Doug Medema
RV-6A N276DM down for painting after 170 hours.
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| Subject: | Re: Gear legs rusting in mounts |
In a message dated 8/20/2007 10:02:49 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
doug.medema@comcast.net writes:
I recently removed my gear legs and found them to be corroded at
the points they go into the mounts, especially the lower collar.
I have since stripped, sanded, acid etched, conversion coated,
primed, and painted the legs and am ready to reinstall them. Since
you can't paint over the places with close tolerances, they will just
rust again unless I do something to protect them. I was thinking
of just putting a good layer of grease on them, but am wondering
if anybody else has a better idea.
Again, this is just on the two areas that make contact with the
gear mounts. All the rest of it is protected.
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I used one of the corrosion resisting sprays applied just as I installed
them in late '97. I've forgotten which LPS product I used and I haven't removed
the mains since installed, but I did retrofit my nose gear a few years back
and the old one came out easy and looked fine for its age.
GV (RV-6A N1GV O-360-A1A, C/S, Flying 864hrs, Silicon Valley, CA)
http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
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