---------------------------------------------------------- RV6-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 09/20/05: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 02:59 PM - RV-6A for sale (Travis Hamblen) 2. 05:27 PM - flip up canopy seal, RV-6 (George Frost) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 02:59:26 PM PST US From: "Travis Hamblen" Subject: RV6-List: RV-6A for sale --> RV6-List message posted by: "Travis Hamblen" 1999 RV-6A for sale $68,500.00. 415 Hobbs hours (about 350 tach hours) TTAF & Engine with a FACTORY NEW Lycoming O-320-D1A (160 h.p.). Sterba 68 x 76 prop best prop I have ever flown behind. Full professional panel with all new modern flight and engine instruments. Avmap EKP-IV color moving map GPS (7 inch screen). Bendix/King Comm and mode C transponder. Custom professional paint job that makes this RV a major eye catcher! Interior is finish painted to match exterior with basic upholstery. NO DAMAGE HISTORY and all construction logs, construction pictures, airframe/engine logs, and receipts back to day one! With a factory new engine this plane runs like a top and is one sweet plane that NEEDS NO WORK! Meets or exceeds all Vans performance numbers. Contact Travis by e-mail at TravisHamblen@cox.net or at 702-255-3635 for more info or pictures. Specs and pictures can be seen at: http://www.geocities.com/iflybygps/index.htm Travis Hamblen VGT (North Las Vegas) RV-6A For Sale RV-7A finishing finish kit and engine on order -- ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:27:45 PM PST US From: George Frost Subject: RV6-List: flip up canopy seal, RV-6 --> RV6-List message posted by: George Frost I flew in and out of a rain shower and quickly found out that the forward canopy seal leaked. I had tried a variety of sealing strips including weather strips, None of them would stay in place and did not really fill the non uniform gap between fuselage and canopy. I had heard that some flip up owners solved the problem only by avoiding rain. I tried something which seems to stay in place, fills the gap, and looks like it should be watertight. Borrowing Van's technique for sealing the air vent, pivoting doors, I coated the canopy with vaseline and laid in successive layers of clear RTV, gradually building up a gasket that firmly adheres to the fuselage and looks like it should seal properly. The canopy should be closed when the RTV is still uncured so that it forms to the space. It does require some trimming. I have not yet flown in the rain but have taken a precaution to cover my avionics with plastic sheet for the test. I also plan to quickly fly in and out of a rain shower first. I also have installed a thin plastic weatherstrip ( Frost King V-Seal, self stick, White M13W ) that is used in corners and has a longitudinal hinge point. I put this on the fuselage exterior in front of the gap where it will flip up when the canopy is open but is folded down over the canopy joint by the air stream. This strip is flat and quite thin ( approx .010 ). Since it is only about .5 wide on a side it requires an additional piece of strip to be added similar to lapped house siding in order to extend past the forward edge of edge of the open canopy. It will only work on the flat area on top, as the hinge will not fold when it goes around the curved portion of the fuselage. It does extend beyond the vulnerable avionics area. A drawing would work better to explain this but my scanner is down. If anyone is interested I could fax a drawing which someone could then send to any one else interested. I would also like to hear from anyone who has solved flip up leakage as it is entirely possible that my solution might not work.