---------------------------------------------------------- RV-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 06/21/08: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 01:23 PM - New Light Upgrades (don wentz) 2. 01:44 PM - Re: Cracks in Horizontal stabiliser anyone?? (David Leonard) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 01:23:19 PM PST US From: "don wentz" Subject: RV-List: New Light Upgrades RV-Listers, I posted this information to the RV-10 list in response to a discussion, and figured you would be interested in it as well. We recently added 35w and 50w 'Low Cost' replacement HID lights (see our 'Upgrades' page). We have the MR-16 2" HID lights for the Tips in both wattages. We also have GE-H3 style HID lights that are simple, direct replacements for the Halogen bulbs in our lights. These lights work very well, in fact Joe Blank just installed a couple in his old RMD style wing tips using my PAR-36 Reflectors with the Low Cost 35W HID. He reported back that he has now lifted his self-imposed 'ban' on night landings at his home strip, since the 4" HID lights work so well. If you do have the MR-16 tip lights, the HID is far 'brighter', cooler, uses less power, and doesn't burn out, making the HID version a great upgrade. OH, and we have finally joined the modern world - we just enabled Credit Card processing on our website, on the 'Upgrades' page initially. Don 'The Duck' Wentz Duckworks Aviation .com (since 1992) RV-6 N790DW (flying since 1994) ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 01:44:08 PM PST US From: "David Leonard" Subject: Re: RV-List: Cracks in Horizontal stabiliser anyone?? I know of at least one RV-7 builder who had an issue with cracking there and decided to rebuild his h-stab. Van's did make a change in the plans regarding better stress relief (a rounded notch) in that that area. The change in plans showed up sometime after Sept 2001. -- David Leonard Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net http://RotaryRoster.net On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 12:55 PM, sheldon barrett wrote: > > > > Nothing on Van's website 'Letters, Service Bulletins, and Revisions' list > indicates this... > http://www.vansaircraft.com/public/notices.htm > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mick Muller" > To: "RV FORUM" > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 3:58 AM > Subject: RV-List: Cracks in Horizontal stabiliser anyone?? > > >> >> Howdy All, >> >> I heard a rumour that Vans has an issue with cracks in the front spar >> of the Horizontal stabiliser on the RV6. It seems that the area just above >> the >> attach point at the front where the HS602 spar has had the flanges >> cut off has developed cracks down to the first rivet where the edges >> have been filed down. The RV9A which I am building has the same set up, >> and I was >> wondering if the same issue may arise. Has anyone heard of this >> happening on the RV6 or other RV's???? >> I am thinking about putting in some sort of doubler plate in this area. >> Mick >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.