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1. 05:48 AM - Re: RV-List: Bolt on roll bar handles? (Esten Spears)
2. 12:48 PM - Bolt on roll bar handles? (Maureen & Bob Christensen)
3. 01:53 PM - Re: Bolt on roll bar handles? (Mauri Morin)
4. 03:57 PM - Re: Bolt on roll bar handles? (Esten Spears)
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| Subject: | Re: RV-List: Bolt on roll bar handles? |
--> RV8-List message posted by: "Esten Spears" <ewspears@comcast.net>
> Time: 08:15:18 AM PST US
> Subject: Re: RV-List: Bolt on roll bar handles?
> From: czechsix@juno.com
>
> --> RV-List message posted by: czechsix@juno.com
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> Just out of curiosity, does anyone share my concern about putting too
> much stress on the rollbar by pulling on it (with or without handles)?
> Perhaps the -6/7/9 series is more rigid due to the brace that goes up to
> the center of the roll bar, but on my -8A I noticed before glassing in my
> windshield that the roll bar would flex quite a bit by pushing/pulling on
> it. I remember thinking at the time that this would imply quite a bit of
> stress being transferred to the plexiglass via the screws that hold it to
> the roll bar. Sounds to me like a crack waiting to happen. But maybe
> extensive experience has proven that this is not a valid concern????
Mark,
If your rollbar installation is so flexible you would be worried about
cracking the windshield, then yours is way more flexible than it should be
or any I've seen. Keep in mind its primary purpose is a "rollbar" which
could be subjected to an 1800 # impact load and not collapse.
I did a little study at our last Leeward Air Ranch Fly-In. I watched
pilots getting in and out of RV8's and RV8A's. (We had 18 of them) Two of
them had handles installed on the rollbar and of course used them.14 out of
the remaining 16 of them put their hand on the windshield fairing at some
point in the process of getting in or out.
Certainly if you're young and agile you can do without it, but I
wouldn't even consider building an 8 without one.
Esten Spears, RV8A, 80922, N922ES (reserved), Leeward Air Ranch, Ocala, FL
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| Subject: | Bolt on roll bar handles? |
--> RV8-List message posted by: "Maureen & Bob Christensen" <mchriste@danvilletelco.net>
Please tell me more . . .handles on the roll bar sound like a good idea . .
. where can I see a picture or diagram so I know what's worked for others?
Thanks,
Bob Christensen
RV-8 Builder in SE Iowa . . . (Fuse)
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| Subject: | Re: Bolt on roll bar handles? |
--> RV8-List message posted by: "Mauri Morin" <maurv8@bigsky.net>
try http://www.aircraftextras.com/
Mauri Morin
RV-8 wings/tanks
Polson, Mt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Maureen & Bob Christensen" <mchriste@danvilletelco.net>
Subject: RV8-List: Bolt on roll bar handles?
> --> RV8-List message posted by: "Maureen & Bob Christensen"
<mchriste@danvilletelco.net>
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> Please tell me more . . .handles on the roll bar sound like a good idea .
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> . where can I see a picture or diagram so I know what's worked for others?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob Christensen
> RV-8 Builder in SE Iowa . . . (Fuse)
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: Bolt on roll bar handles? |
--> RV8-List message posted by: "Esten Spears" <ewspears@comcast.net>
Bob,
I made mine out of 5/16ths 4130 Tubing. No welding involved. Theres now
a guy selling them of the same design except his are made from Aluminum
Tubing. See at http://www.aircraftextras.com/Handles1.htm
Esten Spears, RV8A, 80922, N922ES (reserved), Leeward Air Ranch, Ocala, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Maureen & Bob Christensen" <mchriste@danvilletelco.net>
Subject: RV8-List: Bolt on roll bar handles?
> --> RV8-List message posted by: "Maureen & Bob Christensen"
<mchriste@danvilletelco.net>
>
> Please tell me more . . .handles on the roll bar sound like a good idea .
.
> . where can I see a picture or diagram so I know what's worked for others?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob Christensen
> RV-8 Builder in SE Iowa . . . (Fuse)
>
>
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