---------------------------------------------------------- RV-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 07/04/09: 7 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:19 AM - Re: Trial Wing Mounting... (Matt Dralle) 2. 06:13 AM - Re: Re: Trial Wing Mounting... (n801bh@netzero.com) 3. 06:37 AM - Re: Re: Trial Wing Mounting... (Tom & Cathy Ervin) 4. 06:37 AM - Re: Re: Trial Wing Mounting... (John Morgensen) 5. 06:55 AM - Re: Re: Trial Wing Mounting... (Jerry Springer) 6. 09:24 AM - Re: Re: Trial Wing Mounting... (Matt Dralle) 7. 10:04 AM - Re: Re: Trial Wing Mounting... (Mike Humphrey) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:19:31 AM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: RV-List: Re: Trial Wing Mounting... At 05:12 PM 7/1/2009 Wednesday, Matt Dralle wrote: >Dear Listers, > >I'm planning on trial mounting the wings on the RV-8 this weekend. I want to get the flaps and ailerons rigged as well as get the rear spar drilled. Once that's done, however, I want to take the wings back off for storage. > >How hard is this going to be? Will I ever be able to get the bolts back out again after I get them in? > >I've heard of people using hardware store bolts for trial fitting. Is this a good idea? > >What's the minimum number of bolts I should put in to assure the wings will stay on unsupported and rigid enough to set the incidence? > >Realistically, how hard (and how much damage) will taking the bolts back out be? > >Thanks for any insight you can lend. > >Matt Dralle >RV-8 #82880 N998RV >Finishing Up Right Wing Tip, Left Tip Done I want to thank everyone for the help on mounting the wings. The mounting went without a hitch today. The hardware store bolts just slipped right in with no problem. Highly recommend. I would say that they will be very useful in the initial alignment prior to inserting the close-tolerance bolts too. Once the wings were on, I just had to put all the other stuff on the plane to get an idea of what it looked like. Awesome! I thought I'd share a couple of pictures... Yahoo! Thanks again! Matt Dralle RV-8 #82880 N998RV Control Rigging And Wing Fairings... ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:13:47 AM PST US From: "n801bh@netzero.com" Subject: Re: RV-List: Re: Trial Wing Mounting... I can see how 80% of homebuilt planes don't get finished but when you ge t to this stage I bet NO one could pry that nice lookin plane from your hands now.... Keep building. The first flight in a craft you created is "PRICELESS" do not archive Ben Haas N801BH www.haaspowerair.com ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Matt Dralle 8-list@matronics.com, rv7-list@matronics.com Subject: RV-List: Re: Trial Wing Mounting... At 05:12 PM 7/1/2009 Wednesday, Matt Dralle wrote: >Dear Listers, > >I'm planning on trial mounting the wings on the RV-8 this weekend. I w ant to get the flaps and ailerons rigged as well as get the rear spar dr illed. Once that's done, however, I want to take the wings back off for storage. > >How hard is this going to be? Will I ever be able to get the bolts bac k out again after I get them in? > >I've heard of people using hardware store bolts for trial fitting. Is this a good idea? > >What's the minimum number of bolts I should put in to assure the wings will stay on unsupported and rigid enough to set the incidence? > >Realistically, how hard (and how much damage) will taking the bolts bac k out be? > >Thanks for any insight you can lend. > >Matt Dralle >RV-8 #82880 N998RV >Finishing Up Right Wing Tip, Left Tip Done I want to thank everyone for the help on mounting the wings. The mounti ng went without a hitch today. The hardware store bolts just slipped ri ght in with no problem. Highly recommend. I would say that they will b e very useful in the initial alignment prior to inserting the close-tole rance bolts too. Once the wings were on, I just had to put all the other stuff on the pla ne to get an idea of what it looked like. Awesome! I thought I'd share a couple of pictures... Yahoo! Thanks again! Matt Dralle RV-8 #82880 N998RV Control Rigging And Wing Fairings... ____________________________________________________________ Store more data on a reliable tape drive. Click now! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/BLSrjpYRzFItSBA0IIbw9PiCu vu1EsqBhd25ICrpvifKNt05szGher54n9u/ ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 06:37:32 AM PST US From: Tom & Cathy Ervin Subject: Re: RV-List: Re: Trial Wing Mounting... Matt, I've been supporting and enjoying the list since 1998 and know how you feel right now! Mounting the wings for the first time is one of those major milestones! Keep banging those rivets! Tom in Ohio RV6-A ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Dralle" Sent: Saturday, July 4, 2009 3:16:02 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RV-List: Re: Trial Wing Mounting... At 05:12 PM 7/1/2009 Wednesday, Matt Dralle wrote: >Dear Listers, > >I'm planning on trial mounting the wings on the RV-8 this weekend. I want to get the flaps and ailerons rigged as well as get the rear spar drilled. Once that's done, however, I want to take the wings back off for storage. > >How hard is this going to be? Will I ever be able to get the bolts back out again after I get them in? > >I've heard of people using hardware store bolts for trial fitting. Is this a good idea? > >What's the minimum number of bolts I should put in to assure the wings will stay on unsupported and rigid enough to set the incidence? > >Realistically, how hard (and how much damage) will taking the bolts back out be? > >Thanks for any insight you can lend. > >Matt Dralle >RV-8 #82880 N998RV >Finishing Up Right Wing Tip, Left Tip Done I want to thank everyone for the help on mounting the wings. The mounting went without a hitch today. The hardware store bolts just slipped right in with no problem. Highly recommend. I would say that they will be very useful in the initial alignment prior to inserting the close-tolerance bolts too. Once the wings were on, I just had to put all the other stuff on the plane to get an idea of what it looked like. Awesome! I thought I'd share a couple of pictures... Yahoo! Thanks again! Matt Dralle RV-8 #82880 N998RV Control Rigging And Wing Fairings... ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 06:37:35 AM PST US From: John Morgensen Subject: Re: RV-List: Re: Trial Wing Mounting... Matt Dralle wrote: > > I want to thank everyone for the help on mounting the wings. The mounting went without a hitch today. The hardware store bolts just slipped right in with no problem. Highly recommend. I would say that they will be very useful in the initial alignment prior to inserting the close-tolerance bolts too. > > Once the wings were on, I just had to put all the other stuff on the plane to get an idea of what it looked like. Awesome! I thought I'd share a couple of pictures... Yahoo! > > Thanks again! > > Matt Dralle > RV-8 #82880 N998RV > Control Rigging And Wing Fairings... Awesome! Are you planning a twin engine RV8? ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 06:55:23 AM PST US From: Jerry Springer Subject: Re: RV-List: Re: Trial Wing Mounting... Hi Matt Your making a twin engine RV-8? ;-) Jerry do not archive Matt Dralle wrote: > At 05:12 PM 7/1/2009 Wednesday, Matt Dralle wrote: > >> Dear Listers, >> >> I'm planning on trial mounting the wings on the RV-8 this weekend. I want to get the flaps and ailerons rigged as well as get the rear spar drilled. Once that's done, however, I want to take the wings back off for storage. >> >> How hard is this going to be? Will I ever be able to get the bolts back out again after I get them in? >> >> I've heard of people using hardware store bolts for trial fitting. Is this a good idea? >> >> What's the minimum number of bolts I should put in to assure the wings will stay on unsupported and rigid enough to set the incidence? >> >> Realistically, how hard (and how much damage) will taking the bolts back out be? >> >> Thanks for any insight you can lend. >> >> Matt Dralle >> RV-8 #82880 N998RV >> Finishing Up Right Wing Tip, Left Tip Done >> > > > I want to thank everyone for the help on mounting the wings. The mounting went without a hitch today. The hardware store bolts just slipped right in with no problem. Highly recommend. I would say that they will be very useful in the initial alignment prior to inserting the close-tolerance bolts too. > > Once the wings were on, I just had to put all the other stuff on the plane to get an idea of what it looked like. Awesome! I thought I'd share a couple of pictures... Yahoo! > > Thanks again! > > Matt Dralle > RV-8 #82880 N998RV > Control Rigging And Wing Fairings... > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 09:24:14 AM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: Re: RV-List: Re: Trial Wing Mounting... Well, I was thinking of taking a pair of RV-8's and building something like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-82_Twin_Mustang :-) Matt At 06:51 AM 7/4/2009 Saturday, you wrote: > >Hi Matt >Your making a twin engine RV-8? ;-) > > >Jerry > >do not archive > >Matt Dralle wrote: >>At 05:12 PM 7/1/2009 Wednesday, Matt Dralle wrote: >> >>>Dear Listers, >>> >>>I'm planning on trial mounting the wings on the RV-8 this weekend. I want to get the flaps and ailerons rigged as well as get the rear spar drilled. Once that's done, however, I want to take the wings back off for storage. >>> >>>How hard is this going to be? Will I ever be able to get the bolts back out again after I get them in? >>> >>>I've heard of people using hardware store bolts for trial fitting. Is this a good idea? >>> >>>What's the minimum number of bolts I should put in to assure the wings will stay on unsupported and rigid enough to set the incidence? >>> >>>Realistically, how hard (and how much damage) will taking the bolts back out be? >>> >>>Thanks for any insight you can lend. >>> >>>Matt Dralle >>>RV-8 #82880 N998RV >>>Finishing Up Right Wing Tip, Left Tip Done >>> >> >> >>I want to thank everyone for the help on mounting the wings. The mounting went without a hitch today. The hardware store bolts just slipped right in with no problem. Highly recommend. I would say that they will be very useful in the initial alignment prior to inserting the close-tolerance bolts too. >> >>Once the wings were on, I just had to put all the other stuff on the plane to get an idea of what it looked like. Awesome! I thought I'd share a couple of pictures... Yahoo! >> >>Thanks again! >> >>Matt Dralle >>RV-8 #82880 N998RV >>Control Rigging And Wing Fairings... >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > Matt G Dralle | Matronics | PO Box 347 | Livermore | CA | 94551 925-606-1001 V | 925-606-6281 F | dralle@matronics.com Email http://www.matronics.com/ WWW | Featuring Products For Aircraft ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 10:04:33 AM PST US From: "Mike Humphrey" Subject: Re: RV-List: Re: Trial Wing Mounting... Matt, A TWIN 8 - AWESOME! I hope that center support to your workshop is removeable...LOL! Looks great, congrats. Now that the easy stuff is completed, time to get your hands dirty and really get to work. Keep up the good work. Mike H 9A/8A SOLD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Dralle" ; Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 3:16 AM Subject: RV-List: Re: Trial Wing Mounting... > At 05:12 PM 7/1/2009 Wednesday, Matt Dralle wrote: >>Dear Listers, >> >>I'm planning on trial mounting the wings on the RV-8 this weekend. I want >>to get the flaps and ailerons rigged as well as get the rear spar drilled. >>Once that's done, however, I want to take the wings back off for storage. >> >>How hard is this going to be? Will I ever be able to get the bolts back >>out again after I get them in? >> >>I've heard of people using hardware store bolts for trial fitting. Is >>this a good idea? >> >>What's the minimum number of bolts I should put in to assure the wings >>will stay on unsupported and rigid enough to set the incidence? >> >>Realistically, how hard (and how much damage) will taking the bolts back >>out be? >> >>Thanks for any insight you can lend. >> >>Matt Dralle >>RV-8 #82880 N998RV >>Finishing Up Right Wing Tip, Left Tip Done > > > I want to thank everyone for the help on mounting the wings. The mounting > went without a hitch today. The hardware store bolts just slipped right > in with no problem. Highly recommend. I would say that they will be very > useful in the initial alignment prior to inserting the close-tolerance > bolts too. > > Once the wings were on, I just had to put all the other stuff on the plane > to get an idea of what it looked like. Awesome! I thought I'd share a > couple of pictures... Yahoo! > > Thanks again! > > Matt Dralle > RV-8 #82880 N998RV > Control Rigging And Wing Fairings... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.