---------------------------------------------------------- RV9-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 03/03/05: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:15 PM - Builder Feedback Requested for Kitplanes Article (Alternative Engines) (Cory Emberson) 2. 02:39 PM - Van's Aircraft Belt Buckles For Sale (Glenn Brasch) 3. 06:01 PM - Installing Propeller (Dennis Thomas) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:15:15 PM PST US From: "Cory Emberson" Subject: RV9-List: Builder Feedback Requested for Kitplanes Article (Alternative Engines) --> RV9-List message posted by: "Cory Emberson" Hello everyone, I've subscribed (quietly) to this list for a little more than a year, and would like to hear from you if you're a builder who has successfully installed and flown an alternative engine in your plane. I'm writing a builder's roundup for Kitplanes magazine, and am looking for an installation that's flown for a minimum of 150 hours, and is currently flying. For the builders that we profile, the magazine will also be able to pay you $100 for the write-up. We would also need at least 2-3 good photos, including a close-up of the engine and an overall shot of the aircraft. Additional photos would be great, and all photos will be returned. If you have digital photos, it is very important that they be high-resolution, at least 300 dpi. I have a list of specific areas to address if you'd like to participate, but we can handle that off-line. Please feel free to contact me off-line at: cory @ lightspeededit.com (remove the spaces - my anti-spam protection) or reply offline to my list email address. I have a rather short deadline, so if you're able to contact me as soon as you're able, I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you so much! best, Cory Emberson ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 02:39:39 PM PST US From: "Glenn Brasch" Subject: RV9-List: Van's Aircraft Belt Buckles For Sale --> RV9-List message posted by: "Glenn Brasch" I have high quality "Van's Aircraft - Total Performance" belt buckles for sale. Please check them out at: http://home.earthlink.net/~gbrasch/ Thank you, Glenn Brasch, Tucson RV-9A fuselage ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 06:01:54 PM PST US From: Dennis Thomas Subject: RV9-List: Installing Propeller --> RV9-List message posted by: Dennis Thomas Hi Guys, Just a heads up to those who have not bolted on the prop yet. I'm talking fixed pitch, aluminum Sensinich. The first thing the bolt goes through is the aluminum backplate of the spinner. I am doing my first anual and the first thing on my list was to remove the prop, inspect it, the bolts, hub and spinner assembly. I took off the safety wire, loosened the bolts, and then backed them out with a drill driver. Too fast. The bolt holes in the spinner back plate was a tight fit. I looked at the bolts after they were out 3 of them were scored and galled so basdly they were not servicable. The other 3 were marginal. New bolts from Sensinich are on order, at $50 each. OUCH! I reemed the holes to a looser fit. A silly mistake cost me several dollars that I would have rather spent elsewhere. Dennis Thomas RV-9 165 hours