---------------------------------------------------------- RV12-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 11/15/20: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:03 PM - Searching for Richard Livesey and N915DG (Thomas Gummo) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:03:24 PM PST US From: Thomas Gummo Subject: RV12-List: Searching for Richard Livesey and N915DG I just finished the Tail kit for an RV-12iS, my number is 121296.=C2- I a m thinking of using vinyl wrap instead of paint.=C2- Today, I saw a youtu be video of N915DG being wrapped.=C2- I looked up the "N" number and foun d the plane listed to Richard.=C2- I was hoping that he was on this list. My question to him and in fact the whole list, have any of you vinyl wrappe d your planes and are you happy with the results.Any pitfalls, hints etc.I am a little worried of what would happen if the vinyl might come loose on a flight control surface. I have completed the tail kit but have not assembled the pieces as I am thi nking about wrapped the plane and thought it would be easier as separate pa rts than a completed plane.=C2- I am stalled now as Van's is behind, I un derstand they had to close for several weeks due to forest fires, so my nex t kit won't arrive until after the New Year.=C2- So I have time to work t his out. >From 1996 to 2001, I built a Harmon Rocket II.=C2- It is a RV-4 which was modified to accept a IO-540 engine using a Kit from John Harmon.=C2- (Th e joke is that the kits back then were just boxes of dirt and we had to mak e our own aluminum.)=C2- I have enjoyed the Rocket a lot.=C2- I am over 70 years old and while I am still flying the Rocket, father time is taking a toil.=C2- Having the greatest wife ever, followed me for twenty years while I flew the F-4G Wild Weasel, then allowed the building of the Rocket and now the building of an RV-12iS ELSA version. I have a retired A&P friend and we finished the tail kit in three weeks.=C2 - If Van's can ever get me the other kits, I hope to be flying by the end of next summer.=C2- These matched drill parts go together so much better that the old Van's kits before CNC machines.=C2- Of course, four hands a nd two brains help too.=C2- We have worked about 4 to 6 hours, 6 days a w eek. Anyway, I am at Apple Valley Airport in California, KAPV.=C2- Stop by and say hello at Hangar 360 #7.=C2- There is even a chance for a Rocket ride (I fly in the early morning to avoid the high temperatures and high winds of the desert). TomThomas "GummiBear" GummoUSAF Retired MajorF-4G Wild Weasel Instructor Pi lotHarmon Rocket II=C2- N561FS=C2- (561st Fighter Squadron - I retired from and when to war with)RV-12iS N480FS (480th Fighter Squadron) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv12-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV12-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/rv12-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv12-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.