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1. 12:13 AM - VA-193 Clear Lens Wing tip fitting - Ouch (AirMike)
2. 04:16 AM - Re: Elevators (RV Builder (Michael Sausen))
3. 05:28 AM - Re: Elevators (Mike Doble (Home Office))
4. 05:46 AM - Re: Elevators (Lew Gallagher)
5. 08:49 AM - Re: Elevators (MauleDriver)
6. 08:53 AM - Re: Elevators (MauleDriver)
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| Subject: | VA-193 Clear Lens Wing tip fitting - Ouch |
Cautionary note on the VA-193 wing tip lens.
I fitted my first piece the wrong way..........
I think that the big cut comes off what is the bottom (edge) of the half moon as
received. I erred on my first wing tip and it is ruined.
Vans charges $60 for a replacement so be careful
My second one - cut properly fitted very nice. and came out fine
P.S. - if anyone has a right wing lens that they have as a result of messing up
only on the left wing lens - I will buy it ....
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OSH '08 or Bust (busted) be there in "09
Q/B Kit - exited cabin top/door purgatory
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Hey Jesse, how many RV-10's are you up to now? Must be at least 5 or 6. J
ust curious.
Michael
From: owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server@m
atronics.com] On Behalf Of Jesse Saint
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: RV10-List: Elevators
In my experience it is not at all uncommon to have the horns not exactly li
ned up. I think it's just an issue of the welds and lack of accuracy there
. I have seen some that line up almost perfectly and some that are off by
as much as 10 degrees, probably. Is this what you are referring to?
Jesse Saint
Saint Aviation, Inc.
jesse@saintaviation.com<mailto:jesse@saintaviation.com>
Cell: 352-427-0285
Fax: 815-377-3694
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When in trail position the horns are both vertical and lined up fairly well.
I'm talking about the horizontal alignment. If you look from the back with
the elevators in trail, the bottom of the horns are uneven by 3/16". I
guess it really should not matter too much as long as they're drilled
accurately. I'm really anal about things like this..ugh! Unless someone
thinks otherwise, I'll move on and live with it.
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Mike Doble
Builder 40691
Working on my tail.....
Waukesha, Wisconsin
From: owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Jesse Saint
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: RV10-List: Elevators
In my experience it is not at all uncommon to have the horns not exactly
lined up. I think it's just an issue of the welds and lack of accuracy
there. I have seen some that line up almost perfectly and some that are off
by as much as 10 degrees, probably. Is this what you are referring to?
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Jesse Saint
Saint Aviation, Inc.
jesse@saintaviation.com
Cell: 352-427-0285
Fax: 815-377-3694
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Hey Mike,
Ours were off by at LEAST that much. And after obsessing over it way too much,
another builder told us, "you know, it's an airplane, not a Swiss watch" ...
and we moved on.
Later, - Lew
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non-pilot
crazy about building
NOW OFICIALLY BUILDER #40549
doors almost finished, pants on, WHEW!
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If you are referring to the elevator counter weight arms being out of
alignment when the elevator trailing edges are lined up, yes, I had the
same issue. I concluded you just have live with it. I'd suggest not
deciding to line up the counterweights instead of the trailing edges
(obviously) or even trying to split the difference (appealing but
probably bad).
My thinking is that the the counterweight arms end up not being built
exactly the same, perhaps one of the few spots where the CNC- match hole
fabrication fails. Between the fluting and other machinations required
to get the assembly together in the first place, I'm thinking that I may
have pushed and pulled it together unevenly and cemented in some
misalignment when match drilling and power squeezing. I'm pretty sure
that given that experience, I could get both of them together more
'evenly' next time.
I'll be checking arm alignments out at Osh this year...
Oh, mine is about 3/16" too. I've moved on.
Bill "those doors may not be so bad" Watson
Durham
40605
Mike Doble (Home Office) wrote:
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> Please help. I've attached the elevators to the horiz stab and
> adjusted to have a roughly even gap at the trailing edge of the stab.
> Height wise though there is a 3/16" difference between the left and
> right elevator horns. Anyone else have this issue? Is there a fix or
> is this a common misalignment? Just drill away and live with the
> difference?
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> Thanks in advance.
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Well, I can see I answered the wrong question in another post. Yes my
horns were uneven too in seemingly all directions. So much so, I found
it difficult to maintain the prop edge clearance on one or the other.
I obsessed so much about it that with the help of my Tech Counseler, we
re-engineered it a bit so it looked like his Pitts.
Bill "finding a boxed up YIO-540 makes a fine door sanding bench" Watson
Mike Doble (Home Office) wrote:
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> When in trail position the horns are both vertical and lined up fairly
> well. I'm talking about the horizontal alignment. If you look from
> the back with the elevators in trail, the bottom of the horns are
> uneven by 3/16". I guess it really should not matter too much as long
> as they're drilled accurately. I'm really anal about things like
> this....ugh! Unless someone thinks otherwise, I'll move on and live
> with it.
>
>
>
> *
> *
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