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1. 04:02 AM - Re: Lightening holes in ribs (Scott)
2. 07:09 AM - Re: Lightening holes in ribs (Sam Buchanan)
3. 10:02 AM - Re: Lightening holes in ribs (jan)
4. 11:37 AM - Completely off-topic, but you will love it anyway (Bill Dube)
5. 12:03 PM - Re: Completely off-topic, but you will love it anyway (Tim Bryan)
6. 01:34 PM - FS: Blue Mountain EFIS lite (Bob Gross)
7. 02:15 PM - Re: Brake Pedals (Carl Bell)
8. 03:15 PM - Re: Brake Pedals (Robin Marks)
9. 04:40 PM - Re: Completely off-topic, but you will love it anyway (Terry Watson)
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| Subject: | Re: Lightening holes in ribs |
That's a good idea as well (big fender washers!!)! Guess I better buy a
metal "trash" bin to throw all the various bits of leftovers into.
Scott
http://corbenflyer.tripod.com/
Gotta Fly or Gonna Die
Building RV-4 (Super Slow Build Version)
Patrick Kelley wrote:
>
>That's a great idea; I wish I'd thought of it. I carefully did the first
>rib and then used the stock I'd just removed to mark all the rest of the
>ribs. Even then, I'd clamp the rib in place and rotate the fly cutter by
>hand to check where it was cutting. By the way, that removed stock is
>useful for making small bits. Even the small holes yielded clamping pads,
>bolt washers (for when I was bolting the longerons to the jig), and shims.
>Waste nothing!
>
>Patrick Kelley - RV-6A - working on canopy frame
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com
>[mailto:owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Sam Buchanan
>Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 4:57 PM
>To: rv-list@matronics.com
>Subject: Re: RV-List: Lightening holes in ribs
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>Scott wrote:
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>>Bought an OLD wing kit for my RV-4 recently. The lightening holes need
>>to be cut out on the ribs. Does anybody have a pet method for
>>accurately finding the center of the cutout...I will be using a fly
>>cutter to do the cutting job.
>>
>>
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>Scott, measure the diameters of the lightening holes and make a set of
>round templates (cut out of poster board?) with a hole in the middle.
>Center a template on the rib in a lightening hole recess, make a mark in
>the center hole with a Sharpie, and crank up the fly cutter.
>
>Be careful with the fly cutter, that thing can be deadly!
>
>Sam Buchanan
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| Subject: | Re: Lightening holes in ribs |
Scott wrote:
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> That's a good idea as well (big fender washers!!)! Guess I better buy a
> metal "trash" bin to throw all the various bits of leftovers into.
By all means save all your cutoffs and scraps; you will be fabbing all
sorts of brackets, spacers, etc. I still have ten-year-old bits and
pieces of RV-6 in my scrap box and several of my subsequent projects
have RV-6 metal "flying" in them. :-)
Sam Buchanan
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| Subject: | Lightening holes in ribs |
I found it easy to just draw a couple of lines at 90 deg on the disk to cut
out - Got the centre with no problem that way... Did use a large compass to
draw a circle, just to make sure before getting the fly cutter out ...
I also made a small jig to clamp the rib in place during cutting ... and
watch you hands !!
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From: owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of David Burton
Sent: 24 September 2007 02:29
Subject: RE: RV-List: Lightening holes in ribs
Hi Scott,
You can copy the drawing for the ribs or order a new one from Vans. They
are only $3 or so for a full sized sheet. Cut it out and lay it in the rib
to mark the centers.
Just a silly suggestion:
DON'T get on a roll and cut lightening holes in ALL the ribs. The tank ribs
and ends of the tanks don't get "lightened". It's a hassle to fix them
after they have big holes in them, ask me how I know... And no, it wasn't
me, it was Van's themselves. I got one of the first set of wing kits that
came with the lightening holes done at the factory. Whoever they gave that
task to did them all... tank ribs and all!
Dave
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From: owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Scott
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 3:33 PM
Subject: RV-List: Lightening holes in ribs
Bought an OLD wing kit for my RV-4 recently. The lightening holes need
to be cut out on the ribs. Does anybody have a pet method for
accurately finding the center of the cutout...I will be using a fly
cutter to do the cutting job.
--
Scott
http://corbenflyer.tripod.com/
Gotta Fly or Gonna Die
Building RV-4 (Super Slow Build Version)
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| Subject: | Completely off-topic, but you will love it anyway |
I posted about A123 Systems batteries now being used in Cessna
business jets. Here is what we are doing on the drag strip with those
identical batteries. This was on the Speed Channel just yesterday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c8eLH8x_-Y
You can see what has been distracting me from building my RV-7. :-)
Bill Dube'
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| Subject: | Completely off-topic, but you will love it anyway |
Good batteries, bad distraction :-)
Do Not Archive
Tim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv-list-
> server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Bill Dube
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 1:30 PM
> To: rv-list@matronics.com
> Subject: RV-List: Completely off-topic, but you will love it anyway
>
>
> I posted about A123 Systems batteries now being used in Cessna
> business jets. Here is what we are doing on the drag strip with those
> identical batteries. This was on the Speed Channel just yesterday:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c8eLH8x_-Y
>
> You can see what has been distracting me from building my RV-7. :-)
>
> Bill Dube'
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| Subject: | FS: Blue Mountain EFIS lite |
For sale, used Blue mountain EFIS LITE, Generation 2, about 4 years old,
flight time 200 hours, works fine wih latest firmware, USA database,
moving map, HSI, PFD, G meter etc. Includes OAT sensor, GPS antenna. No
marks or scratches on bezel, looks very nice.
New was $3200, asking $1500.
Thanks for reading!
Bob
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Robin,
I found a place in Augusta that does powder coating and took them over
today. Did you powder coat the tubing also, or paint over Vans grey powder
coat?
_____
From: owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Robin Marks
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 9:09 PM
Subject: RE: RV-List: Brake Pedals
Carl,
I chose to powder coat my RV-10 pedals (they look more like
chrome in person). I have zero idea how long my pedals will stay in this
condition. My white painted RV-6A pedals don't look bad after 375 hours.
Attached are my RV-10 pedals.
Robin ndition10 pedals an from HumidTech
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Carl,
I would send this reply via email vs. the list but I
don't have your email.
Not sure what you are asking, nothing on my -10 has been
painted to date. I powder coated all the items you see on the pedal
assembly plus I powder coated my steps and the center windshield tube in
chrome. While I was at it I PC'd my interior door handles and a custom
"dish" in which my fuel valve resides.
I expect to make 2-3 more trips to the powder coater for
the balance of the build.
Robin
From: owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Carl Bell
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 2:16 PM
Subject: RE: RV-List: Brake Pedals
Robin,
I found a place in Augusta that does powder coating and took them over
today. Did you powder coat the tubing also, or paint over Vans grey
powder coat?
________________________________
From: owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Robin Marks
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 9:09 PM
Subject: RE: RV-List: Brake Pedals
Carl,
I chose to powder coat my RV-10 pedals (they look more like
chrome in person). I have zero idea how long my pedals will stay in this
condition. My white painted RV-6A pedals don't look bad after 375 hours.
Attached are my RV-10 pedals.
Robin ndition10 pedals an from HumidTech
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| Subject: | Completely off-topic, but you will love it anyway |
Bill,
The following is quoted from a special technology section in today's Wall
Street Journal about their annual awards for innovation. Would this be a
potential competitor to the batteries you are using?
"ENERGY
Co-winner Firefly Energy Inc., Peoria, Ill., developed a power supply that
replaces the heavy lead plates in typical vehicle batteries with a
carbon-graphite foam.
The result is smaller and lighter -- yet can deliver as much power as more
advanced and more costly technologies. Though its batteries aren't yet on
the market, Firefly has signed a deal with Sweden's Husqvarna Group to
provide batteries for the outdoor-equipment maker's planned line of electric
lawn mowers and lawn tractors. And in March Firefly received $5 million from
the U.S. Army to develop a prototype for possible use in combat vehicles."
Terry
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Bill Dube
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 11:30 AM
Subject: RV-List: Completely off-topic, but you will love it anyway
I posted about A123 Systems batteries now being used in Cessna
business jets. Here is what we are doing on the drag strip with those
identical batteries. This was on the Speed Channel just yesterday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c8eLH8x_-Y
You can see what has been distracting me from building my RV-7. :-)
Bill Dube'
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