---------------------------------------------------------- RV8-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 06/29/04: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 01:17 PM - Jacking RV-8 (Jim.Truitt@usdoj.gov) 2. 05:56 PM - Wing Tips (John Bombard) 3. 08:06 PM - Re: Wing Tips (Terry Watson) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 01:17:39 PM PST US From: "Jim.Truitt@usdoj.gov" Subject: RV8-List: Jacking RV-8 (Receipt Notification Requested) --> RV8-List message posted by: "Jim.Truitt@usdoj.gov" I have an RV-8A, but I think this would work on a tail dragger. I bought an ATV lift on sale at Sears (75). Used some 4 X 4s to build up a carriage to sit on the lift legs and topped it with a 6 X 6 covered with a clean cotton towel. I place the cotton covered 6 X 6 directly under the center belly where the wing spar runs through and slowly lift the plane. The capacity of the ATV lift is 1500 lbs. so full fuel is still well under that. You do, however, have to be careful about the side to side balance when it's up on the lift, but you usually only need the mains up a half inch or so. I place a padded sawhorse under the tail and if need be, a wood block under the nosewheel. I'm too cheap to spend 260.00 on two wing jacks. ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:56:16 PM PST US From: John Bombard Subject: RV8-List: Wing Tips --> RV8-List message posted by: John Bombard I have a pair of the new sheared wing tips for my RV-8A that I would like to swap for a pair of the old style. I think the sheared type look better on the RV-8 but that the old style look better on the 8A. If anyone is interested in making a swap please contact me off list at jtb1@prodigy.net or give me a call at (803) 663-6415. Jack RV-8A Fuselage Trenton, SC ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:06:13 PM PST US From: "Terry Watson" Subject: RE: RV8-List: Wing Tips --> RV8-List message posted by: "Terry Watson" Jack, You will probably get several offers, but I have my old-style wing tips hanging on the wall in my living room since I got them probably four or five years ago. I bought a set of wingtip tanks that are also the old style and will be using them instead of the regular old style. I don't know what they are worth or what the shipping would be, but I haven't worried much about selling them because they look kind of nice hanging high up on the two-story wall. Visitors think they are sculpture, but they usually ask about the completed tail section hanging from the living room ceiling. If you don't find any closer that someone wants to get rid off, send me a note. I don't need the ones you have. Terry RV-8A #80729 Seattle -----Original Message----- From: owner-rv8-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv8-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of John Bombard Subject: RV8-List: Wing Tips --> RV8-List message posted by: John Bombard I have a pair of the new sheared wing tips for my RV-8A that I would like to swap for a pair of the old style. I think the sheared type look better on the RV-8 but that the old style look better on the 8A. If anyone is interested in making a swap please contact me off list at jtb1@prodigy.net or give me a call at (803) 663-6415. Jack RV-8A Fuselage Trenton, SC