---------------------------------------------------------- RV9-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 01/25/03: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:35 AM - New member (Joe Wiza) 2. 09:41 AM - Final Assembly (Albert Gardner) 3. 10:55 AM - [ Ollie Washburn ] : New Email List Photo Share Available! (Email List Photo Shares) 4. 10:02 PM - W-932DG drill guides - CAUTION!! (Richard E. Tasker) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:35:21 AM PST US Subject: RV9-List: New member From: Joe Wiza --> RV9-List message posted by: Joe Wiza Listers I haven't been on the list for some time, I did build fly RV6A and then sold it due to the following.. Last march I was diagnost with small cell lung cancer and was given 2 months. Looks like they were wrong. I have just ordered RV9A kit and will be looking for an engine would like to here from other people what they have used and any other suggestions you might have, like did you install electric flaps. Also has anyone heard any pro's or con's about Don George Acft in orlando FL. Thanks ahead RV9A Joe ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 09:41:52 AM PST US From: "Albert Gardner" Subject: RV9-List: Final Assembly --> RV9-List message posted by: "Albert Gardner" I have spent this last week at the airport doing the final assembly on my RV-9A. If I were building another one these are some things I might do differently. Everything I did at the airport was more difficult than back at the ranch. No matter how many tools I took with me I always needed something else. A. Fitting the ailerons: before I put the bottom outboard skin on the wing I think I'd put the bellcrank and push/pull tube in, check for deflection and install the aileron stop. I had to do some filing in the rear spar where the aileron push rod comes through because of the lateral movement of the pushrod as the bellcrank rotates. B. Wingtips: with the aileron lined up I for sure would fit the wingtips in the shop. C. Wiring: I thought I had plenty of holes for wires to go back and forth through the spar and from side to side under the seats but it got very tight by the time I was done. The holes in the lower front area of the seat ribs just aft of the spar are of little use since the brackets holding the control stick assy interfere with the two inboard ones. I'd consider putting those wiring holes further aft. You need to make a hole in the fuse side skin forward of the spar for the fuel sender. Also life would be easier if I had made the hole in the fuse line up with the wiring conduit in the wing. Albert Gardner, Yuma, AZ RV-9A: N872RV ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:55:34 AM PST US Subject: RV9-List: [ Ollie Washburn ] : New Email List Photo Share Available! From: Email List Photo Shares --> RV9-List message posted by: Email List Photo Shares A new Email List Photo Share is available: Poster: Ollie Washburn Subject: RV Tow Bars... http://www.matronics.com/photoshare/ollie-6a@prodigy.net.01.25.2003/index.html -------------------------------------------- o EMAIL LIST PHOTO SHARE Share your files and photos with other List members simply by emailing the files to: pictures@matronics.com Please view the typical Share above and include the Description Text Fields as shown along with your submission of files and photos. o Main Photo Share Index: http://www.matronics.com/photoshare -------------------------------------------- ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 10:02:07 PM PST US From: "Richard E. Tasker" Subject: RV9-List: W-932DG drill guides - CAUTION!! --> RV9-List message posted by: "Richard E. Tasker" CAUTION! I drilled the tank mounting brackets today and started using the W-932DG drill guides supplied by Van's in the kit. Fortunately, before I got very far I discovered that three out of four of the supplied drill guiides were drilled incorrectly. The hole was not centered properly across the narrow part of the guide. In addition, the drawing dimensions seem to have an error in the length vs hole placement. The manual says that the hole must be centered in the bracket, but the dimensions show the hole slightly displaced from the center. If it is actually supposed to be offset, then there should be somewhere that sho\ws the proper placement on the bracket. I ended up using the one drill guide that had the hole centered laterally and longitudinally and the brackets came out fine. Check the parts BEFORE you use them to drill your mounting brackets! Dick Tasker, 90573