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1. 04:27 PM - Wheelpants Part Duex - Air Access Door & Misc... (Matt Dralle)
2. 07:03 PM - Re: Wheelpants Part Duex - Air Access Door & Misc... (Dennis Flosi)
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| Subject: | Wheelpants Part Duex - Air Access Door & Misc... |
I'm happy to report that my second wheel pant installation on the RV-8 is coming
out very nice. With the Grove gear (I guess), I'm finding that I have to add
a large cutout to clear the rear brake caliper. I didn't do this on the first
set and found that it put undue stress on the whole pant assembly. Now I just
have to figure out how to make a "blister" to cover it. Anyone know of a
premade fiberglass blister about 2.25" wide that I could just epoxy to the pant?
Anyway, here's my real question. Has anyone used these little doors on the sides
of their RV wheelpants to access the valve stem for checking the pressure?
Drilling a 1" hole sounds like just the right amount of work to me at this point...
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/hapages/accessdoors.php
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Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N998RV
http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's RV-8 Construction Blog
http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
Status: Enjoying The Fruits of 2500 Hours of Labor!
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| Subject: | Re: Wheelpants Part Duex - Air Access Door & Misc... |
Matt:
I too have Grove gear and the bulges from the pants mounts. I figure I'll just
build it up there. I did install a couple of 1" spring loaded round doors on the
pants to access the air valves. You'll need a screw on valve extention. Seems
like I got them from Spruce. At least the round doors anyway. Paint a small
mark on the tire so it lines up with a mark on the pants (where the pants join
for instance) when the valve stem is lined up with the access door. It works
great. Then you just screw in the valve extender and service your tires. Aren't
you glad you didn't paint your plane yet? I've been flying my 8 a year and
still tweaking small things that would have screwed with the paint had it been
painted... My thoughts for what it's worth!
Dennis Flosi
N963DF
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 4, 2010, at 5:23 PM, Matt Dralle <dralle@matronics.com> wrote:
>
> I'm happy to report that my second wheel pant installation on the RV-8 is coming
out very nice. With the Grove gear (I guess), I'm finding that I have to
add a large cutout to clear the rear brake caliper. I didn't do this on the first
set and found that it put undue stress on the whole pant assembly. Now I
just have to figure out how to make a "blister" to cover it. Anyone know of
a premade fiberglass blister about 2.25" wide that I could just epoxy to the pant?
>
> Anyway, here's my real question. Has anyone used these little doors on the sides
of their RV wheelpants to access the valve stem for checking the pressure?
Drilling a 1" hole sounds like just the right amount of work to me at this
point...
>
> http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/hapages/accessdoors.php
>
> .
>
> Matt Dralle
> RV-8 #82880 N998RV
> http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's RV-8 Construction Blog
> http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
> Status: Enjoying The Fruits of 2500 Hours of Labor!
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