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1. 05:04 AM - Re: Installing Gear Legs (Bob)
2. 06:10 AM - Re: Painting colors (Ron Lee)
3. 07:28 AM - Re: Chinese LSA - My Bad (Tracy Crook)
4. 11:43 AM - Re: Installing Gear Legs (John Ciolino)
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| Subject: | Re: Installing Gear Legs |
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>Anyway, Im finishing up the cockpit wiring and
>trying to figure out a good way to raise the
>fuselage (-8A) to put her on the gear. Anyone
>have words about what worked and what didnt?
>Im contemplating the use of the engine hoist
>with a cable wrapped around the roll bar, but
>that seems too rough and perhaps unstable.
I not sure what your situation is and I built an
RV6 so my comments may not work.
The fuselage is very easy for one person to lift
the front or back end. I assume you do not have
the wings on. If not, build two sawhorses taller
than the gear leg and put the fuselage on the
sawhorses. Make sure you pad the saw horses and place them under a bulkheads.
I have a different aircraft fuselage in my hanger
right now in that very same condition.
Bob
RV6 "Wicked Witch of the West"
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| Subject: | Re: Painting colors |
Go to an RB fly-in like the LOE event in October.
Ron Lee
----- Original Message -----
From: bert murillo
To: rv-list@matronics.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 4:38 PM
Subject: RV-List: Painting colors
Hello:
Well. finally, I am ready to start thinking about painting my rv6a...
Can some one tell me, where can I find, photos of planes
or designs, I can look at ..
No I idea where to start....//
Thanks for any help on the subject...
Bert
rv6a
do not rachive
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| Subject: | Re: Chinese LSA - My Bad |
Sorry you didn't enjoy the ensuing discussion as much as many of us did.
But to get back to your current point, Give that -8 fuse a little more
credit.
Lifting it by the roll bar should cause no problem. It didn't when I
did mine that way.
Tracy
On Dec 3, 2007 1:41 PM, Valovich, Paul <pvalovich@dcscorp.com> wrote:
> Cheeeeez! I never thought my original post would generate so many
> responses. Wish I could take it back so we could focus on RV building. Bu
t I
> guess it's like saying the f-word in front of your mother ' you can't t
ake
> it back.
>
>
> Anyway, I'm finishing up the cockpit wiring and trying to figure out a
> good way to raise the fuselage (-8A) to put her on the gear. Anyone have
> words about what worked ' and what didn't? I'm contemplating the use of
the
> engine hoist with a cable wrapped around the roll bar, but that seems too
> rough and perhaps unstable.
>
> Booger
>
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| Subject: | Re: Installing Gear Legs |
I didn't have the engine mounted so I bolted angle iron to the upper and
lower engine mounts using 2x4 wood stand-offs to clear the firewall flange.
I then bolted a piece of angle across the two verticals (forming an H) and
mounted an eye bolt in the center. Hooked up an engine hoist and was not
only able to lift the fuselage but rotate it. The tail was not mounted and
I let the aft end of the fuselage it rotate on a padded sawhouse. I then
lowered it onto sawhorses to mount the gear.
John Ciolino
RV-8
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob" <panamared5@brier.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: RV-List: Installing Gear Legs
>
>
>>
>>
>>Anyway, I'm finishing up the cockpit wiring and trying to figure out a
>>good way to raise the fuselage (-8A) to put her on the gear. Anyone have
>>words about what worked - and what didn't? I'm contemplating the use of
>>the engine hoist with a cable wrapped around the roll bar, but that seems
>>too rough and perhaps unstable.
>
> I not sure what your situation is and I built an RV6 so my comments may
> not work.
>
> The fuselage is very easy for one person to lift the front or back end. I
> assume you do not have the wings on. If not, build two sawhorses taller
> than the gear leg and put the fuselage on the sawhorses. Make sure you
> pad the saw horses and place them under a bulkheads.
>
> I have a different aircraft fuselage in my hanger right now in that very
> same condition.
>
> Bob
> RV6 "Wicked Witch of the West"
>
>
>
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