---------------------------------------------------------- RV-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 04/15/10: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 11:08 AM - Builders at OAK and HWD (Parker Thomas) 2. 01:46 PM - Re: Builders at OAK and HWD (Chris Colohan) 3. 03:04 PM - Opening Cowl Hinge Sections - just a bit... (Joe & Jan Connell) 4. 03:49 PM - Re: Opening Cowl Hinge Sections - just a bit... (Michael Kraus) 5. 04:46 PM - Re: Opening Cowl Hinge Sections - just a bit... (Jim Jewell) 6. 08:05 PM - RV-4 LONG GEAR PRICES (Bruno) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 11:08:06 AM PST US Subject: RV-List: Builders at OAK and HWD From: Parker Thomas Hi - Does anyone know of builders currently building at OAK or HWD? I'm hoping just to say hi. I've finished an 8 and rebuilt a 6 and just want to make sure I don't get too rusty while waiting for my kids to get big enough to help. Feel free to email me offline at me@parkerthomas.com. Thanks, Parker _________________________ RV-8 N626CT, IO-360, QB Fuse and SB Wings RV6A N421PT, 0-320 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 01:46:45 PM PST US Subject: Re: RV-List: Builders at OAK and HWD From: Chris Colohan There are a few local EAA chapters in the area. I've joined EAA 338, and they seem like a good group of builders. I'm working on a 10 near KPAO. Chris On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Parker Thomas wrote: > > Hi - > > Does anyone know of builders currently building at OAK or HWD? I'm hoping > just to say hi. > > I've finished an 8 and rebuilt a 6 and just want to make sure I don't get > too rusty while waiting for my kids to get big enough to help. Feel free to > email me offline at me@parkerthomas.com. > > Thanks, > > Parker > > > _________________________ > RV-8 N626CT, IO-360, QB Fuse and SB Wings > RV6A N421PT, 0-320 > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 03:04:03 PM PST US From: "Joe & Jan Connell" Subject: RV-List: Opening Cowl Hinge Sections - just a bit... Guys, It has been very difficult to pin the top and bottom cowl sections together. I have resorted to using a drill to "screw" music wire through the hinge sections. There were lots of good suggestions to try from other builders. One of them was opening the individual hinge sections just a bit for greater clearance for the pin. Today I took a spare piece of .090 music wire and flattened it for about an inch in length and about an inch from a tapered end. To do this I positioned the the wire on the anvil portion of a vice and struck it with a heavy hammer. I then ran the wire through the upper and lower hinge sections separately. I used an electric drill to rotate the wire while doing this. Rotate the wire to open the hinge - the top and bottom are opposite each other. I flattened the wire a second time to open the sections a bit more. No metal is removed from the sections - they just open up a bit. It really helped the process of joining the top and bottom sections. For what it's worth... Joe Connell RV-9A ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 03:49:41 PM PST US From: Michael Kraus Subject: Re: RV-List: Opening Cowl Hinge Sections - just a bit... Have you flown the plane? I have found that after you run the engine through a few hot cycles, they insert much easier..... Sent from my iPhone On Apr 15, 2010, at 6:01 PM, "Joe & Jan Connell" wrote: > Guys, > > It has been very difficult to pin the top and bottom cowl sections > together. I have resorted to using a drill to "screw" music wire > through the hinge sections. There were lots of good suggestions to > try from other builders. One of them was opening the individual > hinge sections just a bit for greater clearance for the pin. > > Today I took a spare piece of .090 music wire and flattened it for > about an inch in length and about an inch from a tapered end. To do > this I positioned the the wire on the anvil portion of a vice and > struck it with a heavy hammer. I then ran the wire through the > upper and lower hinge sections separately. I used an electric drill > to rotate the wire while doing this. Rotate the wire to open the > hinge - the top and bottom are opposite each other. I flattened the > wire a second time to open the sections a bit more. No metal is > removed from the sections - they just open up a bit. > > It really helped the process of joining the top and bottom > sections. For what it's worth... > > Joe Connell > RV-9A > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 04:46:43 PM PST US From: "Jim Jewell" Subject: RE: RV-List: Opening Cowl Hinge Sections - just a bit... Builders, While fitting cowl halves I also found it difficult to insert the hinge wires. This worked for me: I stood the cowl halves up on the nose on some foam to minimizes damage and inserted the hinge wires from the firewall end until they resisted due to misaligned hinge segments. At each tight hinge segment I used a small ball peen hammer and a one eight inch drift punch to gently realign the individual segments this way and that until the hinge wire install freed up. The whole effort took about an hour and the end result allows the insertion of the hinge wires barehanded. To lube the wires I used A bar of ivory hand soap for the early installs. Doing so eliminated the need for oils and silicone lubes that might be a hassle during the later painting stages etc. I now re-lube with the soap about twice a year or when the wires start to feel a bit draggy. Good flight Greased landings, Jim in Kelowna (no license RV6-A for sale if you know any buyers) _____ From: owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Joe & Jan Connell Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 3:02 PM Subject: RV-List: Opening Cowl Hinge Sections - just a bit... Guys, It has been very difficult to pin the top and bottom cowl sections together. I have resorted to using a drill to "screw" music wire through the hinge sections. There were lots of good suggestions to try from other builders. One of them was opening the individual hinge sections just a bit for greater clearance for the pin. Today I took a spare piece of .090 music wire and flattened it for about an inch in length and about an inch from a tapered end. To do this I positioned the the wire on the anvil portion of a vice and struck it with a heavy hammer. I then ran the wire through the upper and lower hinge sections separately. I used an electric drill to rotate the wire while doing this. Rotate the wire to open the hinge - the top and bottom are opposite each other. I flattened the wire a second time to open the sections a bit more. No metal is removed from the sections - they just open up a bit. It really helped the process of joining the top and bottom sections. For what it's worth... Joe Connell RV-9A http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV-List http://www.matronics.com/contribution ====== Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.14790) http://www.pctools.com ======= ====== Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. 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