---------------------------------------------------------- RV9-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 11/30/04: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 02:19 AM - More Lister Comments - Last Official Day of List Fund Raiser!!! (Matt Dralle) 2. 05:16 AM - Re: Engines (dedgemon@knology.net) 3. 08:22 AM - Suggestion for drilling the hinge points in the tip-up canopy frame. (Matthew Brandes) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 02:19:26 AM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: RV9-List: More Lister Comments - Last Official Day of List Fund Raiser!!! --> RV9-List message posted by: Matt Dralle Dear Listers, Well, its November 30th and that means two things... I'm 41 years old today - your sympathy is appreciated; and its the last official day of this year's List Fund Raiser!!! 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The List is very valuable to me... Red H. Great web site!! Robert H. Thanks for giving me another year of learning. Larry M. I don't think I'd have been able to get my project airborne without it! Grant C. Matt G Dralle | Matronics | PO Box 347 | Livermore | CA | 94551 925-606-1001 V | 925-606-6281 F | dralle@matronics.com Email http://www.matronics.com/ WWW | Featuring Products For Aircraft do not archive ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:16:16 AM PST US From: "dedgemon@knology.net" Subject: RV9-List: Re: Engines --> RV9-List message posted by: "dedgemon@knology.net" JC, My O-320 is a stock D1A which is 160HP with 8.5:1 pistons. Nothing fancy except for ignition. I'm running one Slick impulse mag on the left side and a lighspeed electronic on the right side. ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:22:30 AM PST US From: "Matthew Brandes" Subject: RV9-List: Suggestion for drilling the hinge points in the tip-up canopy frame. --> RV9-List message posted by: "Matthew Brandes" Take it for what it's worth.. but here is what I did to drill the hinge point hole in the WD-716 TIP-UP canopy frame. So you've done all the drilling of the plastic hinge blocks and have them in position. You have the tip-up frame in place with the C-702 skin cleco'd on. Now the instructions tell you to drill a 1/4" hole in the hinge point using the 1/4" hole in the blocks as a guide.. and to only drill enough to get the hole started... AND to use an angle drill to do it since you have limited access. Well.. I didn't have a threaded 1/4" bit to use with my angle drill and I didn't want to stick a normal bit in there and just mark it as that would leave room for error, so I had to get creative. What resulted is what I _think_ is a better way of drilling these holes. I bought a piece of 1/4" OD 4130 steel tube from the local airparts store with a wall thickness of .049. I then enlarged the ID hole to #19. I cut a ~1" piece off and then inserted that piece into the 1/4" hole already in the plastic block. Then I used my threaded #19 drill bit in the angle drill to drill a pilot hole. I did this to both sides then pulled the frame off and enlarged the holes to the correct size. (If you have a 3" bit, I would go ahead and drill all the way through, I can't see a reason not too. My short 1" bit wasn't getting the shavings out, so I only went deep enough to get a good start on the hole.) Using the short piece of pipe gives you a very accurate positioning of the drill bit without a chance of enlarging the hole in the plastic blocks. It also takes away any possible error if you had just marked the hole and drilled. Again, take it FWIW. Matthew RV-9A Finishing http://www.n523rv.com #90569