---------------------------------------------------------- RV8-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 07/31/18: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:50 PM - Re: RV8-List Digest: 3 Msgs - 07/30/18 (Al Dilger) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:50:44 PM PST US From: Al Dilger Subject: RV8-List: Re: RV8-List Digest: 3 Msgs - 07/30/18 Ouch.thats a bummer..no small task > On Jul 30, 2018, at 23:42, RV8-List Digest Server wrote: > > * > > ================================================= > Online Versions of Today's List Digest Archive > ================================================= > > Today's complete RV8-List Digest can also be found in either of the > two Web Links listed below. The .html file includes the Digest formatted > in HTML for viewing with a web browser and features Hyperlinked Indexes > and Message Navigation. The .txt file includes the plain ASCII version > of the RV8-List Digest and can be viewed with a generic text editor > such as Notepad or with a web browser. > > HTML Version: > > http://www.matronics.com/digest/digestview.php?Style=82701&View=html&Chapter 18-07-30&Archive=RV8 > > Text Version: > > http://www.matronics.com/digest/digestview.php?Style=82701&View=txt&Chapter 18-07-30&Archive=RV8 > > > =============================================== > EMail Version of Today's List Digest Archive > =============================================== > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > RV8-List Digest Archive > --- > Total Messages Posted Mon 07/30/18: 3 > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > Today's Message Index: > ---------------------- > > 1. 04:53 AM - Re: Matt's repair (Bill Settle) > 2. 11:43 AM - Re: Matt's repair (Tracy Crook) > 3. 02:49 PM - Re: Matt's repair (John Miller) > > > > ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ > > > Time: 04:53:49 AM PST US > From: Bill Settle > Subject: Re: RV8-List: Matt's repair > > Tracy, > Sorry to hear about your misfortune.=C2- Matt wound up replacing his fuse > lage.=C2- Not a small nor inexpensive endeavor.=C2-=C2- > Details can be found here.... > http://www.mattsrv8.com/users/category.php?user=MattsRV8&project=2273&c > ategory=9041 > > Good luck and let us know what you decide. > Bill Settle=C2- > > > "Experience and common sense cannot be replaced with policy and procedures. > " > > =C2- - R.L. Nuckolls III > > From: Tracy Crook > To: rv8-list@matronics.com > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2018 2:25 PM > Subject: Re: RV8-List: Matt's repair > > > I recently had an incident on takeoff (strong gust forced me off side of ru > nway) and left gear attach point was forced up into the fuselage when it hi > t the edge of an intersecting taxiway. It caused the exact same airframe da > mage that Matt had on his RV-8 in landing incident. > > I never heard how the repair went or if it was successful and how hard was > the repair job.=C2- I=99d love to hear something from Matt or other > s on how it went. > > Tracy Crook > > Sent from my iPad > >>> On Jun 26, 2018, at 11:57, Brian Huffaker wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, 26 Jun 2018, Al Dilger wrote: >>> >>> >>> Been wondering about a few RV issues. >>> 1=Does anyone know of an accurate fuel measuring device for RV > =99s? (RV8A) I have Garmin G3X Touch with the Stewart Warner floats. >>> Because the =9Cthrow=9D (depth of tank) is relatively short > the gauges read 16 gal when full (21g) and stay there until there is about > 13g left, aside from that they are pretty accurate. >>> Im thinking that a dipstick type of gauge attached to the bottom of the > fuel cap could be worked out..Any thoughts??? >> >> A dipstick would have the same problem in the opposite direction, reading >> nothing for the last few gallons.=C2- Also you couldn't use it in fligh > t. >> Would be easy enough to calibrate one starting from an empty tank. >> >>> 2= I would like to see an improvement to the canopy rollers, it seems >>> to me that a hard rubber wheel would work better. >> >> Would be an easy change to make, but don't see why rubber wheels would be >> an improvement. >> >>> 3= I remember when building I had seen a mod to allow the pilot seat >>> back to move more rearward (My seat back sits up too straight) wonder if >>> there is a more simple way to accommodate that then changing and >>> modifying >>> =C2- =C2- the center support bar. >> >> That would be the "tall pilot option" that Van's sells, they say it is >> for 6'6" and up, I'm only 6'4" and have it.=C2- Have to duck to close t > he >> canopy if wearing headset.=C2- It is just a different center bar with t > he >> main support further back.=C2- The extruded angle that forms the sides > of the >> seatback are also left longer. >> >> If you have short legs, you could move the seatback hinge forward to >> get a steeper angle and use the standard center bar.=C2- This would mea > n less >> leg room, need a different size/shape seat cushion.=C2- You wouldn't ha > ve as >> bit a flat space before the slope up at the front of the seat. >> >> Brian Huffaker, DSWL (bifft@xmission.com) >> RV-8A N609HZ in test period > > S - > WIKI - > - > =C2- =C2- =C2- =C2- =C2- -Matt Dralle, List Admin. > > > > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ > > > Time: 11:43:36 AM PST US > From: Tracy Crook > Subject: Re: RV8-List: Matt's repair > > Thanks for the link Bill, just what I needed. > > As Matt noted, the RV-8 gear will take even hard landing loads but not strai > ght up vertical loads. My damage was almost exactly what Matt's was except m > y gear leg (same as Matt's) was not bent and I had no wing damage except for > the wing tank rib. The wheel pant shattered on impact with the edge of the > taxiway and part of it fell off somewhere during my flight around the patte > rn. I heard it flopping around then stop. > > The exciting part was the fuel spraying into the cabin from the damaged tank > rib. As a side note, I was glad I had plumbed the fuel line in rubber hose > instead of aluminum. It probably would have broken off like the aluminum ve > nt line did and I=99d have never made it around to land. > > I=99m in the process of drilling out skin rivets and exposing the stru > cture and while it=99s not going to be a picnic, I=99m going to a > t least give repairing the fuselage a try. > > Tracy Crook > >> On Jul 30, 2018, at 05:53, Bill Settle wrote: >> >> Tracy, >> >> Sorry to hear about your misfortune. Matt wound up replacing his fuselage > . Not a small nor inexpensive endeavor. >> >> Details can be found here.... >> >> http://www.mattsrv8.com/users/category.php?user=MattsRV8&project=2273& > category=9041 >> >> Good luck and let us know what you decide. >> >> Bill Settle >> >> >> >> >> "Experience and common sense cannot be replaced with policy and procedures > ." >> >> - R.L. Nuckolls III >> >> >> From: Tracy Crook >> To: rv8-list@matronics.com >> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2018 2:25 PM >> Subject: Re: RV8-List: Matt's repair >> >> >> I recently had an incident on takeoff (strong gust forced me off side of r > unway) and left gear attach point was forced up into the fuselage when it hi > t the edge of an intersecting taxiway. It caused the exact same airframe dam > age that Matt had on his RV-8 in landing incident. >> >> I never heard how the repair went or if it was successful and how hard was > the repair job. I=99d love to hear something from Matt or others on h > ow it went. >> >> Tracy Crook >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>>> On Jun 26, 2018, at 11:57, Brian Huffaker wrote: >>>> >> >> > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ > > > Time: 02:49:26 PM PST US > From: John Miller > Subject: Re: RV8-List: Matt's repair > > Tracy, > > Please post some pictures for us when you can. > > grumpy > N82W (in the paint shop now!) > >> On Jul 30, 2018, at 1:43 PM, Tracy Crook wrote: >> >> Thanks for the link Bill, just what I needed. >> >> As Matt noted, the RV-8 gear will take even hard landing loads but not > straight up vertical loads. My damage was almost exactly what Matt's > was except my gear leg (same as Matt's) was not bent and I had no wing > damage except for the wing tank rib. The wheel pant shattered on impact > with the edge of the taxiway and part of it fell off somewhere during my > flight around the pattern. I heard it flopping around then stop. >> >> The exciting part was the fuel spraying into the cabin from the > damaged tank rib. As a side note, I was glad I had plumbed the fuel > line in rubber hose instead of aluminum. It probably would have broken > off like the aluminum vent line did and I=99d have never made it > around to land. >> >> I=99m in the process of drilling out skin rivets and exposing > the structure and while it=99s not going to be a picnic, I=99m > going to at least give repairing the fuselage a try. >> >> Tracy Crook >> >> On Jul 30, 2018, at 05:53, Bill Settle > wrote: >> >>> Tracy, >>> >>> Sorry to hear about your misfortune. Matt wound up replacing his > fuselage. Not a small nor inexpensive endeavor. >>> >>> Details can be found here.... >>> >>> > http://www.mattsrv8.com/users/category.php?user=MattsRV8&project=2273& > category=9041 > &category=9041> >>> >>> Good luck and let us know what you decide. >>> >>> Bill Settle >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> "Experience and common sense cannot be replaced with policy and > procedures." >>> >>> - R.L. Nuckolls III >>> >>> >>> From: Tracy Crook > >>> To: rv8-list@matronics.com >>> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2018 2:25 PM >>> Subject: Re: RV8-List: Matt's repair >>> > > >>> >>> I recently had an incident on takeoff (strong gust forced me off side > of runway) and left gear attach point was forced up into the fuselage > when it hit the edge of an intersecting taxiway. It caused the exact > same airframe damage that Matt had on his RV-8 in landing incident. >>> >>> I never heard how the repair went or if it was successful and how > hard was the repair job. I=99d love to hear something from Matt > or others on how it went. >>> >>> Tracy Crook >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>>> On Jun 26, 2018, at 11:57, Brian Huffaker > wrote: >>>>> >>> >>> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.