---------------------------------------------------------- RV10-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 06/21/07: 17 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:49 AM - Re: Instrument panel update- (Werner Schneider) 2. 03:03 AM - parking brake cable (Jay Brinkmeyer) 3. 06:23 AM - Re: Instrument panel update- (Bob Newman) 4. 06:57 AM - Re: OAT probe (John Jessen) 5. 07:19 AM - Re: parking brake cable (Ralph E. Capen) 6. 07:47 AM - Re: parking brake cable (Lloyd, Daniel R.) 7. 08:33 AM - Re: parking brake cable (Scott Schmidt) 8. 09:01 AM - Re: parking brake cable (Lloyd, Daniel R.) 9. 11:46 AM - OSH 2007 for RV-10's (Tim Olson) 10. 11:47 AM - Re: OSH 2007 for RV-10's (Tim Olson) 11. 12:13 PM - Re: OSH 2007 for RV-10's (Condrey, Bob (US SSA)) 12. 12:49 PM - Re: OSH 2007 for RV-10's (Condrey, Bob (US SSA)) 13. 03:12 PM - fuselage height (David McNeill) 14. 06:32 PM - Re: fuselage height (Deems Davis) 15. 09:05 PM - Re: Batteries (John Testement) 16. 10:34 PM - Re: Re: ACS Experimental Door Handle (Steven DiNieri) 17. 11:14 PM - Re: Batteries (RV_10) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:49:10 AM PST US From: Werner Schneider Subject: Re: RV10-List: Instrument panel update- Hi Bob, wait until you upload the newest software coming out in the next weeks, you can have your wind vector on the main page (EFIS) , some new bugs on the compass as well, glideslope directly in the EFIS page, finally a VSI tape and a speed trend, all selectable one by one. See some of it here: br Werner Bob Newman wrote: > I'm going to provide some info regarding our recent update and learning > experience in converting our Glastar from a steam gauge based VFR > machine to an IFR capable glass panel machine. This experience has > been extremely valuable in preparation for the instrument panel I plan > to build for my RV-10. > > Background. My dad and I built our Glastar and flew it May of '99, > instrumentation was essentially all second hand steam gauges, a KT76 > transponder and a Garmin 250xl com/gps. We flew this until the summer > of 2006, at which time we began the planning for our new panel. The > goal was to make an IFR comfortable and safe plane. > > > Here's what went in: Garmin 530 nav,com,gps +GI-106A CDI/OBS, > Garmin 340 audio panel, Garmin 327 > transponder, > Dynon D-100 EFIS > > Here's what we re-used: Garmin 250 XL com-gps, Navaid single axis > autopilot > > > At this point everything is working very well, However, many items > took some digging to uncover and resolve the issues. > > See photo attached of our new panel. > > > Lessons Learned: > > 1) Wet compass: We wanted the compass to be panel mounted, not up on > top of the glare shield, and in the old panel it worked fine. However, > in the new panel the compass did not work at all, no adjustments to the > compensation magnets would bring the compass in line. Ultimate > problem: residual magnetism in the spiral steel wire in the scat tube > that fed the eyeball vent right near the compass. Using a gauss-o-meter > I sniffed out the magnetism in the scat tube and ultimately changed the > scat tube to a type that uses a poly-plastic helic coil. (available from > McMaster-Carr). Now the compass works. > > 2) Navaid autopilot wouldn't listen to the Garmin 530, however it > worked fine with the Garmin 250xl: Solution: One of the RS-232 > settings that is selectable in the Garmin 530 is called "aviation data > format-no altitude" this is the one that the Navaid autopilot needs, it > cannot accept aviation data with altitude. > > 3) Limitation of the Garmin 530's RS-232 selectable ports: ONLY one > may be set up in the aviation data format. If you have multiple > devices which need this format you may have a problem. I ran into > this with the Dynon and the Navaid autopilot, since both need aviation > data format and the Navaid device cannot accept the data with altitude > in it, I cannot see the GPS reported altitude on the Dynon's HSI > screen. (minor detail, but annoying) > > 4) The Dynon's new HSI split screen software update. Awesome > for en route procedures but the thickness of the CDI line presented on > the HSI is just too fat to shoot a really nice ILS approach. I know > the GPS mode is for reference only and I'm going to get flamed for this, > but I'm just observing that the representation on the glass panel is not > as good as the analog CDI needle. > > 5) Antenna cable connections: The new antennas we added for the > panel update all had Mil spec crimp-on BNC style connectors, assemble > with the real crimp tooling, However, two of the old antennas, (com1 > and transponder) had aftermarket style push on BNC connectors. (which > worked fine for 7 years) Well after all the shuffling around under the > instrument panel the shield termination on com1 became intermittent and > we had corresponding intermittent problems communicating on our fancy > new Garmin 530. Changed all connectors, problem resolved. > > 6) Static system leaks: passing the static system check was a > royal pain, our second hand steam gauge airspeed indicator had a static > leak around the temperature compensation knob. Tracking down static > leaks is a slow process! > > 7) Transponder: I always had trouble entering transponder codes > into our old KT76, I couldn't turn the knobs fast enough to keep up > with ATC. Well, if you haven't had the pleasure of a transponder > like the Garmin 327, it is huge, huge improvement. The direct entry of > numbers into the keypad let's me enter the numbers as ATC gives them to > me, awesome! > > 8) Tied for #1 favorite thing on the new panel: The wind arrow and > the track triangle on the HSI. Wow, these two things dramatically > improved how I handle the plane. > > > More later. > > -Bob > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 03:03:48 AM PST US From: Jay Brinkmeyer Subject: RV10-List: parking brake cable What sort of cable/control should I order for my Matco Parking Brake? Vendor? Where have others terminated it under the panel? Thanks in advance for replies! Cheers, Jay Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 06:23:50 AM PST US From: "Bob Newman" Subject: Re: RV10-List: Instrument panel update- I'm patiently waiting, ( I check the update section of the Dynon website daily) I think the movement of the altitude and airspeed info on to the center-line of the atitude display will be a big improvement over its current location at the top of the screen. -bob >>> glastar@gmx.net 6/21/2007 3:44 AM >>> Hi Bob, wait until you upload the newest software coming out in the next weeks, you can have your wind vector on the main page (EFIS) , some new bugs on the compass as well, glideslope directly in the EFIS page, finally a VSI tape and a speed trend, all selectable one by one. See some of it here: br Werner Bob Newman wrote: > I'm going to provide some info regarding our recent update and learning > experience in converting our Glastar from a steam gauge based VFR > machine to an IFR capable glass panel machine. This experience has > been extremely valuable in preparation for the instrument panel I plan > to build for my RV-10. > > Background. My dad and I built our Glastar and flew it May of '99, > instrumentation was essentially all second hand steam gauges, a KT76 > transponder and a Garmin 250xl com/gps. We flew this until the summer > of 2006, at which time we began the planning for our new panel. The > goal was to make an IFR comfortable and safe plane. > > > Here's what went in: Garmin 530 nav,com,gps +GI-106A CDI/OBS, > Garmin 340 audio panel, Garmin 327 > transponder, > Dynon D-100 EFIS > > Here's what we re-used: Garmin 250 XL com-gps, Navaid single axis > autopilot > > > At this point everything is working very well, However, many items > took some digging to uncover and resolve the issues. > > See photo attached of our new panel. > > > Lessons Learned: > > 1) Wet compass: We wanted the compass to be panel mounted, not up on > top of the glare shield, and in the old panel it worked fine. However, > in the new panel the compass did not work at all, no adjustments to the > compensation magnets would bring the compass in line. Ultimate > problem: residual magnetism in the spiral steel wire in the scat tube > that fed the eyeball vent right near the compass. Using a gauss-o-meter > I sniffed out the magnetism in the scat tube and ultimately changed the > scat tube to a type that uses a poly-plastic helic coil. (available from > McMaster-Carr). Now the compass works. > > 2) Navaid autopilot wouldn't listen to the Garmin 530, however it > worked fine with the Garmin 250xl: Solution: One of the RS-232 > settings that is selectable in the Garmin 530 is called "aviation data > format-no altitude" this is the one that the Navaid autopilot needs, it > cannot accept aviation data with altitude. > > 3) Limitation of the Garmin 530's RS-232 selectable ports: ONLY one > may be set up in the aviation data format. If you have multiple > devices which need this format you may have a problem. I ran into > this with the Dynon and the Navaid autopilot, since both need aviation > data format and the Navaid device cannot accept the data with altitude > in it, I cannot see the GPS reported altitude on the Dynon's HSI > screen. (minor detail, but annoying) > > 4) The Dynon's new HSI split screen software update. Awesome > for en route procedures but the thickness of the CDI line presented on > the HSI is just too fat to shoot a really nice ILS approach. I know > the GPS mode is for reference only and I'm going to get flamed for this, > but I'm just observing that the representation on the glass panel is not > as good as the analog CDI needle. > > 5) Antenna cable connections: The new antennas we added for the > panel update all had Mil spec crimp-on BNC style connectors, assemble > with the real crimp tooling, However, two of the old antennas, (com1 > and transponder) had aftermarket style push on BNC connectors. (which > worked fine for 7 years) Well after all the shuffling around under the > instrument panel the shield termination on com1 became intermittent and > we had corresponding intermittent problems communicating on our fancy > new Garmin 530. Changed all connectors, problem resolved. > > 6) Static system leaks: passing the static system check was a > royal pain, our second hand steam gauge airspeed indicator had a static > leak around the temperature compensation knob. Tracking down static > leaks is a slow process! > > 7) Transponder: I always had trouble entering transponder codes > into our old KT76, I couldn't turn the knobs fast enough to keep up > with ATC. Well, if you haven't had the pleasure of a transponder > like the Garmin 327, it is huge, huge improvement. The direct entry of > numbers into the keypad let's me enter the numbers as ATC gives them to > me, awesome! > > 8) Tied for #1 favorite thing on the new panel: The wind arrow and > the track triangle on the HSI. Wow, these two things dramatically > improved how I handle the plane. > > > More later. > > -Bob > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 06:57:55 AM PST US From: "John Jessen" Subject: RE: RV10-List: OAT probe Chris, sounds good. Do you have a picture or two? John J do not archive _____ From: owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Chris Hukill Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 9:48 AM Subject: RV10-List: OAT probe I just mounted an OAT probe during my RV8 panel remodel. Since I had to mount the magnetometer in the wingtip, and the OAT probe hooks up to that, I mounted the probe in the aft part of the tip, where it is shaded by the white wing tip, but is still exposed to the airflow. It's mounted thru the outboard rib, with the probe portion extending outboard into the void between the rib, and the tip rib. If you look forward into the gap between the aileron and tip you can see it, but it's shaded, and the air moves in that area. Works great. Chris Hukill ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 07:19:45 AM PST US From: "Ralph E. Capen" Subject: Re: RV10-List: parking brake cable I got the one with a pushbutton in the center....haven't figured out where it's going yet though...... -----Original Message----- >From: Jay Brinkmeyer >Sent: Jun 21, 2007 6:00 AM >To: RV10 >Subject: RV10-List: parking brake cable > > >What sort of cable/control should I order for my Matco Parking Brake? Vendor? >Where have others terminated it under the panel? > >Thanks in advance for replies! > >Cheers, >Jay > > > >Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. >http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 > > ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 07:47:41 AM PST US Subject: RE: RV10-List: parking brake cable From: "Lloyd, Daniel R." I got the one from Aircraft Spruce that ratchets and releases with a quarter turn. I mounted the valve on the firewall, next to the brake line standoffs. Then routed the cable forward to a sub panel attached to the main panel and in easy reach of the pilot. Dan N289DT RV10E -----Original Message----- From: owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Ralph E. Capen Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 10:19 AM Subject: Re: RV10-List: parking brake cable I got the one with a pushbutton in the center....haven't figured out where it's going yet though...... -----Original Message----- >From: Jay Brinkmeyer >Sent: Jun 21, 2007 6:00 AM >To: RV10 >Subject: RV10-List: parking brake cable > > >What sort of cable/control should I order for my Matco Parking Brake? Vendor? >Where have others terminated it under the panel? > >Thanks in advance for replies! > >Cheers, >Jay > > > >Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. >http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 > > ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 08:33:53 AM PST US From: Scott Schmidt Subject: Re: RV10-List: parking brake cable For my parking brake I used the same push pulls that Van's gives you in the kit. I then did some bending and riveting of some aluminum and made some stops for the arm and placed a spring on the arm so it would be in the open position. I then placed a micro switch on the assembly that was attached to a light on my panel. The light is off only if the arm is in the full open position. So far it has worked great. Scott Schmidt scottmschmidt@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ---- From: "Lloyd, Daniel R." Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 7:46:47 AM Subject: RE: RV10-List: parking brake cable I got the one from Aircraft Spruce that ratchets and releases with a quarter turn. I mounted the valve on the firewall, next to the brake line standoffs. Then routed the cable forward to a sub panel attached to the main panel and in easy reach of the pilot. Dan N289DT RV10E -----Original Message----- From: owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Ralph E. Capen Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 10:19 AM Subject: Re: RV10-List: parking brake cable I got the one with a pushbutton in the center....haven't figured out where it's going yet though...... -----Original Message----- >From: Jay Brinkmeyer >Sent: Jun 21, 2007 6:00 AM >To: RV10 >Subject: RV10-List: parking brake cable > > >What sort of cable/control should I order for my Matco Parking Brake? Vendor? >Where have others terminated it under the panel? > >Thanks in advance for replies! > >Cheers, >Jay > > > >Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. >http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 > > ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 09:01:36 AM PST US Subject: RE: RV10-List: parking brake cable From: "Lloyd, Daniel R." I like the idea of a parking brake light, I will have to make that mod. THX for the idea Dan _____ From: owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Scott Schmidt Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 11:33 AM Subject: Re: RV10-List: parking brake cable For my parking brake I used the same push pulls that Van's gives you in the kit. I then did some bending and riveting of some aluminum and made some stops for the arm and placed a spring on the arm so it would be in the open position. I then placed a micro switch on the assembly that was attached to a light on my panel. The light is off only if the arm is in the full open position. So far it has worked great. Scott Schmidt scottmschmidt@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ---- From: "Lloyd, Daniel R." Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 7:46:47 AM Subject: RE: RV10-List: parking brake cable I got the one from Aircraft Spruce that ratchets and releases with a quarter turn. I mounted the valve on the firewall, next to the brake line standoffs. Then routed the cable forward to a sub panel attached to the main panel and in easy reach of the pilot. Dan N289DT RV10E -----Original Message----- From: owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Ralph E. Capen Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 10:19 AM Subject: Re: RV10-List: parking brake cable I got the one with a pushbutton in the center....haven't figured out where it's going yet though...... -----Original Message----- >From: Jay Brinkmeyer >Sent: Jun 21, 2007 6:00 AM >To: RV10 >Subject: RV10-List: parking brake cable > > >What sort of cable/control should I order for my Matco Parking Brake? Vendor? >Where have others terminated it under the panel? > >Thanks in advance for replies! > >Cheers, >Jay > > > >Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. > to browse Archive Search more: --> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV10-List the Web =========== ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 11:46:56 AM PST US From: Tim Olson Subject: RV10-List: OSH 2007 for RV-10's Well, OSH is just over a month away now, and in LESS than a month, there will be some of us with official on-site campsites! First, I should say this: If you're going to OSH, it's probably just not a good idea for all many hundreds of us to blast to the email list our traveling intentions and dates...that's a lot of junk mail. So, if you email me about OSH, please send it as an individual email to me (or Bob, or Gary, or ...) and not to the list. Not that everyone isn't glad you're coming, but it'll just get lost in the shuffle. This year should be a great one for RV-10 fans, with over 85 flying RV-10's I'd estimate we see perhaps up to 25-30 of them possibly show up at the show...maybe more, if we can rouse their interest. We've got plans in place for RV-10 Headquarters, the campsite grouping in Camp Scholler where you can go to meet lots of RV-10 builders. This should be a lot of fun this year if we can get people to plan and think ahead a bit. Personally, I'd love to camp by my plane, but until we get more like 150 flying RV-10's, I just don't think it'll be as "group" oriented so I'm sticking with the Camp Scholler thing for another year. The plan right now is that Bob Condrey and Gary Specketer are showing up early to grab great campsites, and Bob will be happy to reserve one for you....IF YOU'RE WILLING TO PAY HIM IN ADVANCE. Last year got a little wild with last-minute showings and unplanned attendance, so this year we're just going to do it all nice and legal-like and we're going to officially rope off and pay for our sites all in one group. This will mean a couple things: 1) If you're interested in hanging with the group, there WILL be room for you because we'll make room. 2) You'll perhaps want to get some good coordination together for the camping. The reason is, you pay for campsites from the day you reserve them, all the way through the end of the show. And obviously, if we want to reserve sites together, we need to pay and reserve them together...that's what Bob will do for us. Yes, this means that you'll pay approximately $19 X 12 days = $228 for your site for all those days. But, you get benie's... You get a parking pass with your site, so you can park on it. You also get an awesome site that will be much easier to get back and forth from during the show. Check out last year's sites: http://www.myrv10.com/osh/RV10_HQ_2006.jpg Those of you who've done this before know the value of a nearby campsite. Scholler is HUGE, with something like 40,000 campers if I remember what I heard right...and you DON'T want to be on the way outside rows. We may even be close enough this year to be in the wooded area, which would be awesome. When you leave the site for the week, they will refund you for your unused days (3 day minimum though), so I've tried to make things easier for you to coordinate by starting a camping chart here: http://www.myrv10.com/osh/OSH_2007_RV10HQ.jpg With that chart, you can find someone else who's leaving early and perhaps arrange to start paying for their site from the time that they leave...that way you can share a site the remaining days. My suggestion..... Book a site, offer off your extra days, but split the total overall cost between you on a total percentage of time occupied basis. That way you can share the cost of the pre-show (17th through 23rd) too. Bob is going on the 17th to reserve all of the sites, if I forgot to mention that....but only if you pre-pay him before he leaves. We'll also be perhaps arranging an RV-10 cookout one night so that the attending people on the sites can all gather for a meal. More to come on that later. This is going to be a lot of work, so please bear with me if things don't move ultra fast, but I've got the RV-10 builders list revamped a little to accommodate the OSH 2007 show now. What you can do, if you haven't done it for a while, is go re-enter your info on the builders list using this link: http://www.myrv10.com/osh.html That way I can verify and update your info, and get you on the list for you days that you plan to attend OSH. This can be a central clearing house of information to help you locate your fellow builders at the show. I've got fields for if your dates of attendance, if you're going to the BBQ or Banquet, if you're bringing kids and what ages they are, and if you're camping in RV-10HQ. If you're intending on leaving your campsite early, let Bob know when you arrange camping with him and he'll make sure I enter it on the chart right so you can try to round up someone to continue the site. So there you go...it's officially kicked off. Camp Scholler actually opens TOMORROW, so if anyone wants to waste a few thousand bucks as a gift, we could even rope them off right away. ;) Again, sorry if my responses get a little slow at times...I'm trying to continue both a job and a life while I do this, but it'll be great to help coordinate and bring you all together. -- Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying do not archive ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 11:47:46 AM PST US From: Tim Olson Subject: RV10-List: Re: OSH 2007 for RV-10's PS: The Builders List page will now be updated with new OSH info as we get it, so check it often and don't forget your login. ------ Well, OSH is just over a month away now, and in LESS than a month, there will be some of us with official on-site campsites! First, I should say this: If you're going to OSH, it's probably just not a good idea for all many hundreds of us to blast to the email list our traveling intentions and dates...that's a lot of junk mail. So, if you email me about OSH, please send it as an individual email to me (or Bob, or Gary, or ...) and not to the list. Not that everyone isn't glad you're coming, but it'll just get lost in the shuffle. This year should be a great one for RV-10 fans, with over 85 flying RV-10's I'd estimate we see perhaps up to 25-30 of them possibly show up at the show...maybe more, if we can rouse their interest. We've got plans in place for RV-10 Headquarters, the campsite grouping in Camp Scholler where you can go to meet lots of RV-10 builders. This should be a lot of fun this year if we can get people to plan and think ahead a bit. Personally, I'd love to camp by my plane, but until we get more like 150 flying RV-10's, I just don't think it'll be as "group" oriented so I'm sticking with the Camp Scholler thing for another year. The plan right now is that Bob Condrey and Gary Specketer are showing up early to grab great campsites, and Bob will be happy to reserve one for you....IF YOU'RE WILLING TO PAY HIM IN ADVANCE. Last year got a little wild with last-minute showings and unplanned attendance, so this year we're just going to do it all nice and legal-like and we're going to officially rope off and pay for our sites all in one group. This will mean a couple things: 1) If you're interested in hanging with the group, there WILL be room for you because we'll make room. 2) You'll perhaps want to get some good coordination together for the camping. The reason is, you pay for campsites from the day you reserve them, all the way through the end of the show. And obviously, if we want to reserve sites together, we need to pay and reserve them together...that's what Bob will do for us. Yes, this means that you'll pay approximately $19 X 12 days = $228 for your site for all those days. But, you get benie's... You get a parking pass with your site, so you can park on it. You also get an awesome site that will be much easier to get back and forth from during the show. Check out last year's sites: http://www.myrv10.com/osh/RV10_HQ_2006.jpg Those of you who've done this before know the value of a nearby campsite. Scholler is HUGE, with something like 40,000 campers if I remember what I heard right...and you DON'T want to be on the way outside rows. We may even be close enough this year to be in the wooded area, which would be awesome. When you leave the site for the week, they will refund you for your unused days (3 day minimum though), so I've tried to make things easier for you to coordinate by starting a camping chart here: http://www.myrv10.com/osh/OSH_2007_RV10HQ.jpg With that chart, you can find someone else who's leaving early and perhaps arrange to start paying for their site from the time that they leave...that way you can share a site the remaining days. My suggestion..... Book a site, offer off your extra days, but split the total overall cost between you on a total percentage of time occupied basis. That way you can share the cost of the pre-show (17th through 23rd) too. Bob is going on the 17th to reserve all of the sites, if I forgot to mention that....but only if you pre-pay him before he leaves. We'll also be perhaps arranging an RV-10 cookout one night so that the attending people on the sites can all gather for a meal. More to come on that later. This is going to be a lot of work, so please bear with me if things don't move ultra fast, but I've got the RV-10 builders list revamped a little to accommodate the OSH 2007 show now. What you can do, if you haven't done it for a while, is go re-enter your info on the builders list using this link: http://www.myrv10.com/osh.html That way I can verify and update your info, and get you on the list for you days that you plan to attend OSH. This can be a central clearing house of information to help you locate your fellow builders at the show. I've got fields for if your dates of attendance, if you're going to the BBQ or Banquet, if you're bringing kids and what ages they are, and if you're camping in RV-10HQ. If you're intending on leaving your campsite early, let Bob know when you arrange camping with him and he'll make sure I enter it on the chart right so you can try to round up someone to continue the site. So there you go...it's officially kicked off. Camp Scholler actually opens TOMORROW, so if anyone wants to waste a few thousand bucks as a gift, we could even rope them off right away. ;) Again, sorry if my responses get a little slow at times...I'm trying to continue both a job and a life while I do this, but it'll be great to help coordinate and bring you all together. -- Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying do not archive ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 12:13:03 PM PST US Subject: RE: RV10-List: OSH 2007 for RV-10's From: "Condrey, Bob (US SSA)" A little more - My mailing address will be on the attendee list (www.myrv10.com/osh.html) if you want to mail a check for the campsite fee. I can also accept PayPal but I need to ask you to pick up their processing fee of $6.91 (making the total $234.91). Finally, the site will be registered in your name and I'll need you to send me your EAA membership number to include on the registration. I talked with Gary a little earlier today and he's also willing to get sites ahead of time but later in the week (starting Friday instead of Tuesday 7/17, etc). He will make every effort to get something close to the rest of the group but you need to understand that Camp Scholler starts filling very quickly the few days before the show start on Monday. Bob -----Original Message----- From: owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Tim Olson Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 1:46 PM Subject: RV10-List: OSH 2007 for RV-10's Well, OSH is just over a month away now, and in LESS than a month, there will be some of us with official on-site campsites! First, I should say this: If you're going to OSH, it's probably just not a good idea for all many hundreds of us to blast to the email list our traveling intentions and dates...that's a lot of junk mail. So, if you email me about OSH, please send it as an individual email to me (or Bob, or Gary, or ...) and not to the list. Not that everyone isn't glad you're coming, but it'll just get lost in the shuffle. This year should be a great one for RV-10 fans, with over 85 flying RV-10's I'd estimate we see perhaps up to 25-30 of them possibly show up at the show...maybe more, if we can rouse their interest. We've got plans in place for RV-10 Headquarters, the campsite grouping in Camp Scholler where you can go to meet lots of RV-10 builders. This should be a lot of fun this year if we can get people to plan and think ahead a bit. Personally, I'd love to camp by my plane, but until we get more like 150 flying RV-10's, I just don't think it'll be as "group" oriented so I'm sticking with the Camp Scholler thing for another year. The plan right now is that Bob Condrey and Gary Specketer are showing up early to grab great campsites, and Bob will be happy to reserve one for you....IF YOU'RE WILLING TO PAY HIM IN ADVANCE. Last year got a little wild with last-minute showings and unplanned attendance, so this year we're just going to do it all nice and legal-like and we're going to officially rope off and pay for our sites all in one group. This will mean a couple things: 1) If you're interested in hanging with the group, there WILL be room for you because we'll make room. 2) You'll perhaps want to get some good coordination together for the camping. The reason is, you pay for campsites from the day you reserve them, all the way through the end of the show. And obviously, if we want to reserve sites together, we need to pay and reserve them together...that's what Bob will do for us. Yes, this means that you'll pay approximately $19 X 12 days = $228 for your site for all those days. But, you get benie's... You get a parking pass with your site, so you can park on it. You also get an awesome site that will be much easier to get back and forth from during the show. Check out last year's sites: http://www.myrv10.com/osh/RV10_HQ_2006.jpg Those of you who've done this before know the value of a nearby campsite. Scholler is HUGE, with something like 40,000 campers if I remember what I heard right...and you DON'T want to be on the way outside rows. We may even be close enough this year to be in the wooded area, which would be awesome. When you leave the site for the week, they will refund you for your unused days (3 day minimum though), so I've tried to make things easier for you to coordinate by starting a camping chart here: http://www.myrv10.com/osh/OSH_2007_RV10HQ.jpg With that chart, you can find someone else who's leaving early and perhaps arrange to start paying for their site from the time that they leave...that way you can share a site the remaining days. My suggestion..... Book a site, offer off your extra days, but split the total overall cost between you on a total percentage of time occupied basis. That way you can share the cost of the pre-show (17th through 23rd) too. Bob is going on the 17th to reserve all of the sites, if I forgot to mention that....but only if you pre-pay him before he leaves. We'll also be perhaps arranging an RV-10 cookout one night so that the attending people on the sites can all gather for a meal. More to come on that later. This is going to be a lot of work, so please bear with me if things don't move ultra fast, but I've got the RV-10 builders list revamped a little to accommodate the OSH 2007 show now. What you can do, if you haven't done it for a while, is go re-enter your info on the builders list using this link: http://www.myrv10.com/osh.html That way I can verify and update your info, and get you on the list for you days that you plan to attend OSH. This can be a central clearing house of information to help you locate your fellow builders at the show. I've got fields for if your dates of attendance, if you're going to the BBQ or Banquet, if you're bringing kids and what ages they are, and if you're camping in RV-10HQ. If you're intending on leaving your campsite early, let Bob know when you arrange camping with him and he'll make sure I enter it on the chart right so you can try to round up someone to continue the site. So there you go...it's officially kicked off. Camp Scholler actually opens TOMORROW, so if anyone wants to waste a few thousand bucks as a gift, we could even rope them off right away. ;) Again, sorry if my responses get a little slow at times...I'm trying to continue both a job and a life while I do this, but it'll be great to help coordinate and bring you all together. -- Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying do not archive ________________________________ Message 12 ____________________________________ Time: 12:49:53 PM PST US Subject: RE: RV10-List: OSH 2007 for RV-10's From: "Condrey, Bob (US SSA)" And just in case anybody needs reminders or motivation, Tim has pictures from last year in his photo album http://www.myrv10.com/miscphotos/OSH2006/index.html All of the campsite pictures (including Stein on the motorized couch) are in the RV-10 HQ area. Down toward the bottom of the web page picture rv_10_hq_996.jpg shows how things were late in the week of the show - we only had 3 campsites and the motorhomes at the left and right ends of the picture are taking up 2 of them. It was getting tough to actually get around the campsites - that's why we're trying to be a bit more organized this year... Bob #40105 Do Not Archive ________________________________ Message 13 ____________________________________ Time: 03:12:17 PM PST US From: "David McNeill" Subject: RV10-List: fuselage height It's time to get the fuselage (with engine) on wheels sans vertical stab out of the garage. Does anyone have the height of the fuselage in said condition? How have others gotten the airframe out of the 84" garage? ________________________________ Message 14 ____________________________________ Time: 06:32:12 PM PST US From: Deems Davis Subject: Re: RV10-List: fuselage height I just measured (sight) and it looks like with the wheels on the top of the cabin cover is 77 1/2" off the ground. Deems Davis # 406 Baffling / Plenum / Engine Stuff http://deemsrv10.com/ David McNeill wrote: > > Its time to get the fuselage (with engine) on wheels sans vertical > stab out of the garage. Does anyone have the height of the fuselage in > said condition? How have others gotten the airframe out of the 84 garage? > > * > > > * ________________________________ Message 15 ____________________________________ Time: 09:05:48 PM PST US From: "John Testement" Subject: RE: RV10-List: Batteries I've done exactly the same thing. John Testement HYPERLINK "mailto:jwt@roadmapscoaching.com"jwt@roadmapscoaching.com 40321 Richmond, VA Paint prep and LOTS of misc stuff do not archive _____ From: owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Condrey, Bob (US SSA) Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 8:48 AM Subject: RE: RV10-List: Batteries I have a pair of PC-680s but they are in the standard battery location (minor mod to the battery tray). Bob #40105 _____ From: owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Rick Leach Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 8:47 PM Subject: RV10-List: Batteries Not to start the battery wars again but has anyone installed 2 PC680 batteries and put one up front somewhere, ie. Firewall. If so, where does it fit and how is it on W&B. I know Tim has smaller batteries under his seat I believe. Rick Leach 40397 "http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV10-List"http://www.matronics.com/Navig ator?RV10-List 1:12 PM 2:18 PM ________________________________ Message 16 ____________________________________ Time: 10:34:13 PM PST US From: "Steven DiNieri" Subject: RE: RV10-List: Re: ACS Experimental Door Handle nick, this handle from spruce is made by an independent machinist in the midwest somewhere. Its actually a great design and well built, just too deep (thick) for our doors. We really don't need two double tabs for linkage attachment. I talked to the machinist to modify it to better fit our application and found he wasn't interested. I've been diligently woking on a modified version to offer to rv10's specificly. I've attached pics on how my kit attaches to the existing pushrod mechanism without modifications to the original design. I wanted to leave the interior locking handle in place for safety. If you bought a set already drop me a line and I'll send some of the dimensions for linkages and guideblocks I used. (note the pics were taken with the aircraft spruce handles in my doors) Steve dinieri 40205 Iflyrv10.com Any suggestions, one way or the other, from your experiences? I would love to see any pictures that you may have, as I'm sure that they will help, especially with the handle design. Nick -------- Nick Leonard RV-10 (40015) Finish ________________________________ Message 17 ____________________________________ Time: 11:14:44 PM PST US From: "RV_10" Subject: RE: RV10-List: Batteries Rick, We haven't done it yet but we are planning 2 PC680s, one up the front to crank the engine, and the second down the back for the endurance bus. We plan to follow Bob Knuckolls' approach of changing out the cranking battery and rotating the new battery down the back to maximize life on the endurance bus battery. We have purchased the RV7 firewall mount kit and we will locate it when we have the engine hung. I would prefer to hang it on the engine side of the firewall, but if I can't, then we will put it inside somewhere 'convenient'. I have done several W & B calcs using the numbers other people have published for their RV 10s and I feel comfortable with the results. Being a first time builder we have gone a bit overboard with the primer on the empennage parts, which is all weight way down the back and we are looking at the light weight starter and alternators which reduces weight at the front. John Cleary 40260 Fitting cabin top _____ From: owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Rick Leach Sent: Wednesday, 20 June 2007 11:47 AM Subject: RV10-List: Batteries Not to start the battery wars again but has anyone installed 2 PC680 batteries and put one up front somewhere, ie. Firewall. If so, where does it fit and how is it on W&B. I know Tim has smaller batteries under his seat I believe. 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