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2. 04:54 PM - Re: landing gear bracket fit issue (Scott Clarkson)
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4. 05:59 PM - Re: landing gear bracket fit issue (RV8ter@aol.com)
5. 06:52 PM - Re: landing gear bracket fit issue (Scott Clarkson)
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| Subject: | landing gear bracket fit issue |
--> RV8-List message posted by: RV8ter@aol.com
http://hometown.aol.com/rv8ter/index.html
Here's a couple of pictures I took today. I struggled to try to get the
backets to line up even half-way decently and failed. The gear itself measures
out dead on with the plum bobs but then the brackes look WAY OFF as a result. I
have have to move the gear back towards the tail to achieve this. When I
center the brackets in the opening just for grins, the gear has toe in.
Is this common? It's a QB fuse with Van's gear.
thanks,
lucky
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| Subject: | Re: landing gear bracket fit issue |
--> RV8-List message posted by: "Scott Clarkson" <sclarkson@tellurian.net>
Hi Lucky,
It looks like you made the number one mistake by quickbuilders. After you
inverted the plane did you level the floor or the bottom skin? I did the
same thing and after reading Van's plans for the 100th time I realized that
in the slow build version the floor is on at this point and not the belly
skin when doing the gear. If you leveled the belly skin instead of the
floor (they're not parallel) it will do exactly what your gear did. I found
out the hard way. I think Van's should have clarified this because I know
several QBuilders who have fell into this trap.
Scott "I hate fiberglass" Clarkson
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From: <RV8ter@aol.com>
Subject: RV8-List: landing gear bracket fit issue
> --> RV8-List message posted by: RV8ter@aol.com
>
> http://hometown.aol.com/rv8ter/index.html
>
> Here's a couple of pictures I took today. I struggled to try to get the
> backets to line up even half-way decently and failed. The gear itself
measures
> out dead on with the plum bobs but then the brackes look WAY OFF as a
result. I
> have have to move the gear back towards the tail to achieve this. When I
> center the brackets in the opening just for grins, the gear has toe in.
>
> Is this common? It's a QB fuse with Van's gear.
>
> thanks,
> lucky
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: landing gear bracket fit issue |
--> RV8-List message posted by: RV8ter@aol.com
Thanks,
You are the second to ask this question and the answer is yes I did measure
to the bottom belly skin. In the beginning of today's might battle I did
remove the hinge pin on the cooling ramp or whatever that thing's called and try
to
level from the floor skin underneath per the instructions but I didn't have a
level that could get in there. I did my best to estimate whether or not the
belly skin was parallel and I guessed that it was close enough. I guess I
guessed wrong.
So, how do you level to the floor skin when it's not accessable? Is there a
known amount of degrees I can lower the tail by to get close to a level floor
condition?
Nothing like taking a 2 hour job and turning it into an 8 hour head banger.
thanks again,
lucky
In a message dated 1/24/2004 7:55:12 PM Eastern Standard Time,
sclarkson@tellurian.net writes:
--> RV8-List message posted by: "Scott Clarkson" <sclarkson@tellurian.net>
Hi Lucky,
It looks like you made the number one mistake by quickbuilders. After you
inverted the plane did you level the floor or the bottom skin? I did the
same thing and after reading Van's plans for the 100th time I realized that
in the slow build version the floor is on at this point and not the belly
skin when doing the gear. If you leveled the belly skin instead of the
floor (they're not parallel) it will do exactly what your gear did. I found
out the hard way. I think Van's should have clarified this because I know
several QBuilders who have fell into this trap.
Scott "I hate fiberglass" Clarkson
----- Original Message -----
From: <RV8ter@aol.com>
Subject: RV8-List: landing gear bracket fit issue
> --> RV8-List message posted by: RV8ter@aol.com
>
> http://hometown.aol.com/rv8ter/index.html
>
> Here's a couple of pictures I took today. I struggled to try to get the
> backets to line up even half-way decently and failed. The gear itself
measures
> out dead on with the plum bobs but then the brackes look WAY OFF as a
result. I
> have have to move the gear back towards the tail to achieve this. When I
> center the brackets in the opening just for grins, the gear has toe in.
>
> Is this common? It's a QB fuse with Van's gear.
>
> thanks,
> lucky
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: landing gear bracket fit issue |
--> RV8-List message posted by: RV8ter@aol.com
follow up. I found a small torpedo level, opened up the ramp hatch and stuck
it on the REAL floor skin. I resulted in probably a drop of an inch at the
tail to get level. Unfortunately, I can't say that it help the darn brackets
lining up any better. Maybe I was able to slide the gear a 1/16 of an unch
further forward to get the plumb bobs all lined back up again :-(
unlucky
In a message dated 1/24/2004 7:55:12 PM Eastern Standard Time,
sclarkson@tellurian.net writes:
Lucky,
It looks like you made the number one mistake by quickbuilders. After you
inverted the plane did you level the floor or the bottom skin? I did the
same thing and after reading Van's plans for the 100th time I realized that
in the slow build version the floor is on at this point and not the belly
skin when doing the gear. If you leveled the belly skin instead of the
floor (they're not parallel) it will do exactly what your gear did. I found
out the hard way. I think Van's should have clarified this because I know
several QBuilders who have fell into this trap.
Scott "I hate fiberglass" Clarkson
----- Original Message -----
From: <RV8ter@aol.com>
Subject: RV8-List: landing gear bracket fit issue
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| Subject: | Re: landing gear bracket fit issue |
--> RV8-List message posted by: "Scott Clarkson" <sclarkson@tellurian.net>
(Un)Lucky,
If my memory serves me correctly and since the plane was sitting high enough
off of the floor I think I crawled under the plane and put my Smartlevel
directly of the floor skin to level it. This made quite a difference in my
case and the gear fell in where they should be.
Scott Clarkson
----- Original Message -----
From: <RV8ter@aol.com>
Subject: Re: RV8-List: landing gear bracket fit issue
> --> RV8-List message posted by: RV8ter@aol.com
>
> Thanks,
> You are the second to ask this question and the answer is yes I did
measure
> to the bottom belly skin. In the beginning of today's might battle I did
> remove the hinge pin on the cooling ramp or whatever that thing's called
and try to
> level from the floor skin underneath per the instructions but I didn't
have a
> level that could get in there. I did my best to estimate whether or not
the
> belly skin was parallel and I guessed that it was close enough. I guess I
> guessed wrong.
>
> So, how do you level to the floor skin when it's not accessable? Is there
a
> known amount of degrees I can lower the tail by to get close to a level
floor
> condition?
>
>
> Nothing like taking a 2 hour job and turning it into an 8 hour head
banger.
>
> thanks again,
> lucky
> In a message dated 1/24/2004 7:55:12 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> sclarkson@tellurian.net writes:
> --> RV8-List message posted by: "Scott Clarkson" <sclarkson@tellurian.net>
>
> Hi Lucky,
> It looks like you made the number one mistake by quickbuilders. After you
> inverted the plane did you level the floor or the bottom skin? I did the
> same thing and after reading Van's plans for the 100th time I realized
that
> in the slow build version the floor is on at this point and not the belly
> skin when doing the gear. If you leveled the belly skin instead of the
> floor (they're not parallel) it will do exactly what your gear did. I
found
> out the hard way. I think Van's should have clarified this because I know
> several QBuilders who have fell into this trap.
> Scott "I hate fiberglass" Clarkson
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <RV8ter@aol.com>
> To: <Mid-AtlRVwing@yahoogroups.com>; <rv8-list@matronics.com>
> Subject: RV8-List: landing gear bracket fit issue
>
>
> > --> RV8-List message posted by: RV8ter@aol.com
> >
> > http://hometown.aol.com/rv8ter/index.html
> >
> > Here's a couple of pictures I took today. I struggled to try to get the
> > backets to line up even half-way decently and failed. The gear itself
> measures
> > out dead on with the plum bobs but then the brackes look WAY OFF as a
> result. I
> > have have to move the gear back towards the tail to achieve this. When
I
> > center the brackets in the opening just for grins, the gear has toe in.
> >
> > Is this common? It's a QB fuse with Van's gear.
> >
> > thanks,
> > lucky
> >
> >
>
>
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