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  Topic: Getting beat up by NorCal ATC
dmasys

Replies: 22
Views: 17154

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 1:37 pm   Subject: Getting beat up by NorCal ATC
Thanks all for the educational input. I definitely have an IFR departure
strategy now for this (and any) uncontrolled airport, particularly in
NorCal's jurisdiction: get a clearance plus void time ...
  Topic: Getting beat up by NorCal ATC
dmasys

Replies: 22
Views: 17154

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:09 pm   Subject: Getting beat up by NorCal ATC
Sorry in advance for the long post, but I had a strange experience yesterday
trying to open an IFR flight plan and wonder 1) what I did wrong and 2) has
anybody else had a similar experience?

Bac ...
  Topic: IO-540 hot starts
dmasys

Replies: 16
Views: 11210

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 4:53 am   Subject: IO-540 hot starts
On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 4:21 PM, Dan Charrois <dan@syz.com> wrote:


I'm wondering what procedures people are using for starting their IO-540s, particularly
hot starts.

My setup is pr ...
  Topic: SureFly Electronic Ignition
dmasys

Replies: 5
Views: 5005

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2018 11:16 am   Subject: SureFly Electronic Ignition
Second that. Have about 100 hrs. on the Surefly replacing the right mag. I removed the jumper on ignition switch that grounds the right mag at startup, so both the left mag with SlickStart and the r ...
  Topic: Eclipse travel
dmasys

Replies: 5
Views: 5342

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 7:46 am   Subject: Eclipse travel
Yet another reason that some of us who live within an hour or so of RV-10 flying time from the path of totality are planning to lift off about 1.5 hrs before the event and loiter on the totality cente ...
  Topic: SureFly Electronic Ignition
dmasys

Replies: 3
Views: 3904

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 7:41 am   Subject: SureFly Electronic Ignition
I'll chime in to say I replaced my right mag with the Surefly unit a couple
of weeks ago and am very pleased with the results to date.

I left the Slick mag with the retard connection plus SlickS ...
  Topic: Impulse Coupler
dmasys

Replies: 24
Views: 14388

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 5:28 am   Subject: Impulse Coupler
Same story on my -10. Flew it for about 400 hours without a Slick start and
without knowing I even needed one. Always started great cold, but became
increasingly hard to start hot, till I once had ...
  Topic: Champion Slick Magneto Maintenance Kits
dmasys

Replies: 0
Views: 1572

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:32 am   Subject: Champion Slick Magneto Maintenance Kits
I purchased that Champion Slick Magneto Maintenance kit but ended up not
using it when I got a chance to visit the closest magneto specialty shop and
watched how they do inspections and rebuilds. T ...
  Topic: Stratux permanent installation in RV-10
dmasys

Replies: 0
Views: 1437

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2016 4:41 pm   Subject: Stratux permanent installation in RV-10
After flying with the Stratux ADS-B In receiver for a few months, I liked it
and decided to build it into the plane. Mounting an inexpensive ($17)
external ADS-B antenna on the belly pretty far bac ...
  Topic: Built-in Stratux?
dmasys

Replies: 3
Views: 2588

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:19 am   Subject: Built-in Stratux?
Got my -10 upgraded to ADS-B out (GNS480+GTX330ES) and also built the
Stratux ADS-B + wifi unit, and like it enough that I think I will just build
it into the plane. Thinking about mounting the Ras ...
  Topic: $35M Lawsuit was Re: NTSB - Probable Cause
dmasys

Replies: 56
Views: 28086

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 5:58 am   Subject: $35M Lawsuit was Re: NTSB - Probable Cause
Would it be worth considering creation of an amicus brief co-signed by
hundreds of us RV-10 builder-pilots about the quality of the kit, and good
citizenship of the company?

What the lawyers sa ...
  Topic: First Flight Report
dmasys

Replies: 16
Views: 9929

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 6:25 am   Subject: First Flight Report
Agree with Tim and Jesse on the seating and preference for doing first
flights for others' RV aircraft alone; have done three of these recently and
it much reduces the cognitive load on the test pil ...
  Topic: Lord adhesive window installation question
dmasys

Replies: 15
Views: 18037

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:09 am   Subject: Lord adhesive window installation question
Since my RV-10 seems to be the poster child for bad decisions made with
respect to window adhesives, I'll update the story. I used a composite
adhesive back in 2007 (no longer on the market) that ...
  Topic: Best way to protect plexiglas during installation
dmasys

Replies: 18
Views: 9840

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:17 am   Subject: Best way to protect plexiglas during installation
"Everyone seems to dislike weld-on" is something of a misapprehension, no doubt caused by the amount of chatter on the newsgroups. Van's didn't choose Weld-on lightly or without the enginee ...
  Topic: turf runways
dmasys

Replies: 24
Views: 15229

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:38 am   Subject: turf runways
I operate my RV-10 in and out of a turf runway at my residential airpark on
a regular basis (WN29 - see
http://www.blueribbonfarmsassociation.com/airstrip.shtml ) and it is a fine
performer. Occas ...
  Topic: Oil choice
dmasys

Replies: 3
Views: 2243

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 9:52 am   Subject: Oil choice
So after decades of blissfully thinking I was doing the right thing for my
aircraft engines by feeding them Aeroshell 15W50, it now is being called
evil stuff by knowledgeable folks like Mike Busch. ...
  Topic: Engine purchase
dmasys

Replies: 9
Views: 4633

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 4:49 am   Subject: Engine purchase
Time: 01:09:08 PM PST US
Subject: Engine purchase
From: "bob88" <marty.crooks@comcast.net>

I have located Lycoming IO540 C4B5 (as opposed to the Vans current D4A5
model)
with 70 ...
  Topic: Square footage for painting
dmasys

Replies: 10
Views: 5315

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:57 am   Subject: Square footage for painting
I think you can negotiate what you want regarding reassembly with most paint
shops. My RV-7A was painted at Gillespie field in San Diego, and the
painter just left a hangar full of painted assembli ...
  Topic: Square footage for painting
dmasys

Replies: 10
Views: 5315

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:44 am   Subject: Square footage for painting
I used a high end auto shop to do the painting on my RV-12, which is much
more amenable to auto shop work with its removable wings, and all of the
components will fit in a car-sized paint booth. Th ...
  Topic: Another use for an RV-10: hauling an RV-12
dmasys

Replies: 3
Views: 2523

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:14 pm   Subject: Another use for an RV-10: hauling an RV-12
We flew our RV-10 down to Oregon yesterday to become, as far as Van's employees could remember, the first ones ever to pick up an RV-12 fuselage kit and fly away with it in a -10. Great fun. Full st ...
 
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