---------------------------------------------------------- RV9-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 03/22/03: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 02:06 AM - estra hole (JOHN KERR) 2. 04:52 AM - Re: estra hole (John Oliveira) 3. 08:57 AM - Re: RV9A Prop Pitch (Leland) 4. 09:05 AM - Re: Wing Help (Jim Hosie) 5. 06:39 PM - Re: RV9A Prop Pitch (Jones) 6. 07:01 PM - 7-Day Matronics List Browse Enhancement... (Matt Dralle) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 02:06:13 AM PST US From: JOHN KERR Subject: RV9-List: estra hole --> RV9-List message posted by: JOHN KERR there is an extra hole in the bottom of the leaing edge skin, about where the pitot will go but it misses the spar flange. what is its purpost? ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 04:52:18 AM PST US From: "John Oliveira" Subject: Re: RV9-List: estra hole --> RV9-List message posted by: "John Oliveira" The hole for the tie downs John Oliveira - 90054 Fuselage arrives this week - Wings and Tail done ----- Original Message ----- From: "JOHN KERR" Subject: RV9-List: estra hole > --> RV9-List message posted by: JOHN KERR > > > there is an extra hole in the bottom of the leaing edge skin, about > where the pitot will go but it misses the spar flange. what is its > purpost? > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:57:20 AM PST US From: Leland Subject: RV9-List: Re: RV9A Prop Pitch --> RV9-List message posted by: Leland Ivo, here are some thoughts on your posting and website: With regard to your nosewheel steering, Van's specifies a specific breakout force for setting the big nosewheel nut. This could affect ground handling. This procedure would be shown on the plans (also on the Preview plans). On your panel layout, the glovebox is too low and will encounter interferences. Consider buying the the rather inexpensive glovebox kit which has drawings with it. When Fabian Leffler redoes your panel, be sure he has full access to your ship as you have to finagle instrument locations to avoid interference with the ribs. People tell me that the SL40 is a much better radio than the ICOM 760 although it will cost $300 more. Consider buying your avionics from John Stark at Stark Avionics in Georgia as he gives the best prices and good service, as noted by a number of other listers. Happy flying Leland ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 09:05:02 AM PST US From: "Jim Hosie" Subject: Re: RV9-List: Wing Help --> RV9-List message posted by: "Jim Hosie" Thanks everyone for the help with the w-912 ribs, BTW my kit is 90640 and the wing kit arrived in feb. 2003 with the incorrect holes. Sealing tanks this weekend... Jim Hosie ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Strong's" Subject: Re: RV9-List: Wing Help > --> RV9-List message posted by: "The Strong's" > > This is interesting. My kit number is #90489 and those holes are still > mismatched. I guess Van's just likes to make > sure they will have a few easy questions to answer. > > > Tom (working on wings) > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 06:39:06 PM PST US From: "Jones" Subject: Re: RV9-List: RV9A Prop Pitch --> RV9-List message posted by: "Jones" Ivo: Thanks for your reply. You have some excellent advice for landings. I just wish I had read your note before I went to fly Friday afternoon. It was my first flight with wheel and gear leg fairings. I'm now waiting for Van's to open so I can order a new nose gear strut and associated fiberglass. Also, I hope I get good news from the prop shop. As I was warned by some 6A guys, you just better not land these things too fast. Live and hopefully learn! Dick Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: "ivo welch" Subject: RV9-List: RV9A Prop Pitch > --> RV9-List message posted by: ivo welch > > > hi guys: thanks for all your comments. > > > larry: I have not systematically determined my airspeed. I am also a bit > envious that you have a Subaru powered RV9A. I hear they are very quiet. Are > you happy with it? On my Lycoming 160hp, I do not get TAS of 160-170mph at > 10,000' altitude. I seem to be getting something more like 150mph, but again, > this is more impression than fact. > > > dick: I forgot to say that I have the 160hp Lycoming dinosaur. And, yes, my > plane too requires considerable right rudder right now. I need to get myself a > little rudder trim made. Slowing down an RV-9A is definitely not an easy task. > Most people who start flying one and want to do an ordinary VFR landing > (power-off landing) rather than a powered-type IFR landing overshoot the > runway. Believe me: I have done this many times. It is hard to get the RV-9A > to stop flying. I sometimes think I own a sailing plane with an engine. > > Incidentally, for builders who have not yet flown: be ready for a goaround if > you cannot get the plane down. Don't be too eager. the hardest aspect of > flying the RV-9A is post-landing ground handling. It is not *very* hard, > though reasonably challenging. (in comparison, everything else is easy flying. > on the 9A.) I think the main "problem" is that the 9A is just a very light > plane. I also sometimes wonder if the landing tires are closer together than > they are on the pipers, but I think the flimsier and freely moving front wheel > together with the powerful rudder is what makes control after landing more > difficult. Maybe it might have been better for the 9A not to let the front > wheel pivot so freely, but to give it a tendency to want to keep straight. > (Anyone tried this? Maybe two small springs could do the job.) > > > ed: thanks again for your email. great to see you on this forum, too. The > RV-9A definitely is a real jumper off the ground. I see 2000fpm alone and > 1500fpm with a passenger. This is at sea level. I vaguely remember that I can > still get standard IFR climb rates at 11,000 feet with passenger during the > absolute heat wave on the east coast last year. At this altitude, I stopped > experimenting. In other words, this thing climbs so fast, climb speed is not a > concern. This is also why I can pitch higher if this were to get me more > cruise speed. > > I think I can only order 79 or 81 from Vans. So, I posted here to get an > educated guess on whether the 81 is too overspun for maximum cruise speed. I > gather from your note that you are not sure, but you would guess not. > > > Andy: you are correct, I am flying N994KS. Kevin did a great job (and is a > really nice chap, too!) I got lucky. Now, how do you determine that something > is "oversped" rather than "undersped"? Does Sam B get better cruise TAS > speeds? (I presume these are all impressions, anyway, as this is really > difficult to determine, except in a perfectly controlled wind tunnel.) > > > And, for those of you who are wondering about avionics, my panel revamp plan is > at http://welch.som.yale.edu/n994ks/newpanel.html . I have learned from flying > what I want. > > thanks again, and regards, > > /iaw > > PS: I only subscribe to the list, so I only get once per day the emails. > > -- > Ivo Welch, Professor of Finance/Economics, Yale/SOM+NBER > http://welch.som.yale.edu/ > > ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 07:01:51 PM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: RV9-List: 7-Day Matronics List Browse Enhancement... --> RV9-List message posted by: Matt Dralle Dear Listers, Neil Hulin of the Zenith-List at Matronics wrote to me suggesting I add a "total of available messages" column to the 7-Day List Browse Main page, and it seemed like a great idea! I've made the modifications and I think many will find it extremely helpful as well. Have a look at the following URL: http://www.matronics.com/listbrowse/ Best regards, Matt Dralle Matronics Email List Admin... 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