---------------------------------------------------------- RV8-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 07/04/10: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:27:11 PM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: RV8-List: 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 .. 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! ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:03:30 PM PST US Subject: Re: RV8-List: Wheelpants Part Duex - Air Access Door & Misc... From: Dennis Flosi 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 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! > <2010.07.04 - RV-8 - Wheelpants Part Duex - Initial Fitting (1).jpg> > <2010.07.04 - RV-8 - Wheelpants Part Duex - Initial Fitting (2).jpg> > <2010.07.04 - RV-8 - Wheelpants Part Duex - Initial Fitting (3).jpg> > <2010.07.04 - RV-8 - Wheelpants Part Duex - Initial Fitting (4).jpg> > <2010.07.04 - RV-8 - Wheelpants Part Duex - Initial Fitting (5).jpg> > <2010.07.04 - RV-8 - Wheelpants Part Duex - Initial Fitting (6).jpg> > <2010.07.04 - RV-8 - Wheelpants Part Duex - Initial Fitting (7).jpg> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv8-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV8-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv8-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv8-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.