---------------------------------------------------------- RV8-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 01/11/04: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:15 PM - Re: Getting closer (Tom Scherder) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:15:54 PM PST US From: "Tom Scherder" Subject: RE: RV8-List: Getting closer --> RV8-List message posted by: "Tom Scherder" Al, I finnally got back in the swing of building. I have almost all the construction done on the horse pool and the high class horses are beginning to find me. I got a call tonight from a doctor/owner bringing 2 more in this week. That means building money! I got the right wing on for the final time today and all the tank plumbing done as well as the airelon controls. I will have a wing incidence caliper as well as drive bolts to line up your wing bolts available to you very soon. Let me know if you will need them. I'm excited again. I just had to concentrate on the construction project to stay focused enough to get it done. But now my mind is beginning to wander into the sky again. I WIIL BE FLYING THIS SUMMER!! I finally got the avionics shop to finish my radio stack, so now the front skin and wind screen are also ready to finish. I can't tell you how neat it is to pull down the big bolts on a wing. You really feel like it's becoming an airplane. I talked to the FAA inspector at length at a EAA meeting and learned a hell of a lot about the certification process and some do's and don'ts about the initial paperwork. This guy is really here to help, unlike many in the FAA. The first thing he told me was that he gives RV's a 75 mile test range because he knows we couldn't ever stay inside a 25 mile range that most other experimentals get. He told me to get it done before he sees it. Leave the back of the rear bagadge compartment unsecured and all the inspection plates open. He said I should run the engine and even do some taxi runs if we want before he sees it. He will only look at it once. After that we are on our own. When we run off the hours we simply log it and we are free! If you want to wait to do the aeirobatic testing till later you simply go back into your original test area and log what manuevers you did, and your good. A change if the FARS now allows us to fly over populated areas like any certified aircraft. The guys name is Stan Faske and he will answer any of your questions with a smile. He really likes homebuilt aircraft. See ya later, Tom >From: "Al Grajek" >Reply-To: rv8-list@matronics.com >To: sears@searnet.com, OhioValleyRVators@yahoogroups.com, PASSPAT@aol.com, > rv8-list@matronics.com, rv8list@yahoogroups.com, tomscherder@hotmail.com >Subject: RV8-List: Getting closer >Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 16:47:58 -0500 > >--> RV8-List message posted by: "Al Grajek" > >I did a check on the electrical system with the battery hooked up today. I >am excited to say, everything checked out fine, no glitches! Going to be >sad >to see the airplane leave the garage soon( I wonder if my wife feels the >same way?) >Al Grajek > > High-speed usersbe more efficient online with the new MSN Premium Internet