---------------------------------------------------------- RV-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 11/05/09: 7 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 0. 12:10 AM - Reminder (Matt Dralle) 1. 07:11 AM - compass location (Glenn Bell) 2. 08:02 AM - Re: Airing up the tires through the wheel pants. (Richard Martin) 3. 08:12 AM - Re: Airing up the tires through the wheel pants. (RV6ator@aol.com) 4. 08:25 AM - Re: compass location (David Cudney) 5. 10:24 AM - Re: compass location (Sam Buchanan) 6. 07:04 PM - Re: Airing up the tires through the wheel pants. (Bill Schlatterer) ________________________________ Message 0 _____________________________________ Time: 12:10:30 AM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: RV-List: Reminder Dear Listers, Just a quick reminder that November is the annual List Fund Raiser. The Matronics Lists are 100% member supported and all of the operational costs are provided for my your Contributions during this time of the year. Your personal Contribution makes a difference and keeps all of the Matronics Email Lists and Forums completely ad-free. Please make your Contribution today to keep these services up and running! http://www.matronics.com/contribution Thank you in advance! Matt Dralle Matronics Email List and Forum Administrator ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:11:48 AM PST US From: "Glenn Bell" Subject: RV-List: compass location We are finalizing our panel design and are looking for the least unacceptable location for a whiskey or vertical card compass. I have read that they never work if panel mounted and some find the glare shield location unacceptable. We will , hopefully , have the Dynon Skyview system and a 430. It would be nice if the compass worked. If it is only going to be for looks I guess it wouldn't matter where we put it..Thanks ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:02:22 AM PST US From: "Richard Martin" Subject: Re: RV-List: Airing up the tires through the wheel pants. I had same problem. I solved it by purchasing the "Leak Proof" inner tubes from Desser tire and rubber. I now find that I loose less than one pound of air per month. I also went with the Goodyear custome 3 tire. No problems over the last 500 hours. Dick Martin RV8 N233M ----- Original Message ----- From: N616TB To: rv-list@matronics.com Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 7:57 AM Subject: RV-List: Airing up the tires through the wheel pants. My Wheel pants have been installed on my airplane for less than a year and I am already finding the disadvantage of checking/ filling the air in the tires. I am sure there has been discussion of putting holes in the wheel pants for access to the valve stem. Does anyone have any photos on their building sites of where to put these holes, how big, and what if anything is used to plug the holes? I would appreciate any feedback on this simple thing. Thanks Tim Bryan RV-6 Frankston, Texas The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime! ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:12:19 AM PST US From: RV6ator@aol.com Subject: Re: RV-List: Airing up the tires through the wheel pants. I drilled I believe a 1 inch hole in the side of the wheel pant and used one of those metal covers that are used one the top of a Piper Cherokee wing to cover the strut schrader valve. Then just get a valve core extension screw it in and you are good to go. Worked fine. Bill Mahoney In a message dated 11/5/2009 11:03:52 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, martin@gbonline.com writes: I had same problem. I solved it by purchasing the "Leak Proof" inner tubes from Desser tire and rubber. I now find that I loose less than one pound of air per month. I also went with the Goodyear custome 3 tire. No problems over the last 500 hours. Dick Martin RV8 N233M ----- Original Message ----- From: _N616TB_ (mailto:n616tb@btsapps.com) Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 7:57 AM Subject: RV-List: Airing up the tires through the wheel pants. My Wheel pants have been installed on my airplane for less than a year and I am already finding the disadvantage of checking/ filling the air in the tires. I am sure there has been discussion of putting holes in the wheel pants for access to the valve stem. Does anyone have any photos on their building sites of where to put these holes, how big, and what if anything is used to plug the holes? I would appreciate any feedback on this simple thing. Thanks Tim Bryan RV-6 Frankston, Texas The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime! href="http://www.aeroelectric.com">www.aeroelectric.com href="http://www.buildersbooks.com">www.buildersbooks.com href="http://www.homebuilthelp.com">www.homebuilthelp.com href="http://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/chref="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator? RV-List">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV-List href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com (http://www.aeroelectric.com/) (http://www.buildersbooks.com/) (http://www.homebuilthelp.com/) (http://www.matronics.com/contribution) (http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV-List) ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 08:25:41 AM PST US From: David Cudney Subject: Re: RV-List: compass location I bought a Pegasus from AC Spruce. I moved it around on the completed panel which was powered at the time. I found an area on the right side of the panel where there was no interferance and mounted the compas there. It seems to be working well 1.5 yes later. Good luck Dave Sent from my iPhone with fat fingers On Nov 5, 2009, at 3:08 AM, Glenn Bell wrote: > We are finalizing our panel design and are looking for the least > unacceptable location for a whiskey or vertical card compass. I have > read that they never work if panel mounted and some find the glare > shield location unacceptable. We will , hopefully , have the Dynon > Skyview system and a 430. It would be nice if the compass worked. > If it is only going to be for looks I guess it wouldn=99t matter where > we put it..Thanks > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 10:24:04 AM PST US From: Sam Buchanan Subject: Re: RV-List: compass location Glenn Bell wrote: > We are finalizing our panel design and are looking for the least > unacceptable location for a whiskey or vertical card compass. I have read > that they never work if panel mounted and some find the glare shield > location unacceptable. We will , hopefully , have the Dynon Skyview system > and a 430. It would be nice if the compass worked. If it is only going to > be for looks I guess it wouldn't matter where we put it..Thanks > Just wondering why you are installing a compass. The Dynon satisfies the requirement to have a magnetic heading indicator. Sam Buchanan ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 07:04:16 PM PST US From: "Bill Schlatterer" Subject: RE: RV-List: Airing up the tires through the wheel pants. So how do you deal with getting the valve stem cap on and off with only a one inch hole? Go up from the sides or do you just not use a cap? Thanks Bill S 7a finishing -----Original Message----- From: owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of N616TB Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 7:47 AM Subject: RE: RV-List: Airing up the tires through the wheel pants. Thanks Everyone for the responses about the tires. I plan to drill a hole in my pants to accept my placing an extension through to air them up as others have suggested. I don't think I will put a door in as I just don't feel like messing with the fiberglass again. 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