| Flying
Stories |
| Trip
to Yellowstone in an RV-10
As we got midway across SD, I was impressed by the beauty
of the seemingly barren landscape. It got very interesting
as we started to approach the Black Hills. It had been probably
over 25 years since I've been in these parts of the country,
and I had no memories of how beautiful it was. (More) |
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| MESSSAGES |
| Next
week's newsletter
Because of the Minnesota Wing of Van's Air Force meeting at
SteinAir on Saturday (6/17), I'm going to delay publication
of the Hotline until the afternoon. This should allow me time
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| NEW
BUILDER WEB SITES |
| Tom
& Martha's 9A
We
made the commitment. Martha says, and I agree with her, that
we can accomplish what ever we set out minds to ... even a
project of the magnitude of completing a complex kit aircraft
that will in 18 to 24 months carry us aloft to new adventures.
Mark
Phillips' 6A
Thanks to Expercraft, I am offering my experience here for
the following reasons:
1. Hopefully show that if I can pull this off, so can you!
2. Share lessons learned
3. Possibly stimulate some "outside the box" thinking,
and
4. Show that this really ain't rocket science- If you enjoy
a real challenge, possess decent mechanical skills, a fair
amount of discipline and dedication, and are interested in
meeting some really fascinating people, this trip's for YOU!
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An
evening at Van's
Benton Holzwarth chronicles EAA 105's trip to
Van's in the "home wing's" monthly newsletter
"The chapter held what is becoming our 'annual'
meeting at Van's Aircraft factory on the Aurora airport. It was a nice
evening, with several planes flying in, and about 100 or so folks attending.
It was what I've come to expect, being now my third visit to the place
-- a generous supply of pizza, a chance to see what's new in the Van's
accessory catalog and a peek at what my garage would look like if I
hit the lottery." (See
the newsletter)
Related links:
Chapter 105 Web site
 Van’s
Club France Fly In La Baule 2006
We had about
40 RVs from all over Europe. The countries from which RVs came were
France, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and the
usual large contingent from the UK. It was probably the first time outside
of North America that there were 7 RV8s present at one time at a Fly
In. (Barry
Ward on VAF)
Related links:
Pictures from the fly-in (first
set |
second set)
Van's
Club de France photo gallery
PDK
Good Neighbor Air Show 2006
Pictures
via gapilot.com
Van's
announces OSH dinner
The Pioneer Inn is no more, but the Van's annual Oshkosh
banquet lives on. It'll now be held at the EAA Nature Center, tent #2.
Tickets
are on sale at Van's for $20. It's quite the shindig, with a terrific
catered dinner. (Note: Do not confuse this event with the RV
Builders BBQ the night before)
RV
Lists add enclosure support
Matt Dralle,
the brains -- and heart -- behind several of the RV lists. Has added
"enclosure support" functionality to some of the most popular
RV lists. This will allow pictures and attachments, with a few exceptions.
(More)
Tom
Greene pedals more than planes
 Van's
Aircraft President Tom Greene took the scenic route home from Sun 'n
Fun, according to an article in the latest RVator. He planned to ride
his bike from Florida to Texas, where the capable hands of Bob Avery
would put him on a plane home to Oregon. Did he make it? "yes,
my wife, Susan, and I did make it from Florida to Texas," he reported
in an e-mail this week. " I have attached a rough itinerary of
the trip (click for a spreadsheet)
and we are going to publish an expanded version in the next RVator.
A great trip and many thanks to Bob and Judy Avery for picking us up
before we had to tackle the Ft. Worth Dallas traffic... and for getting
us to the airport for our return to Oregon."
AeroElectric
Chapter 8 updated
From Bob Nuckolls: "Chapter 8 of the Connection has been updated
with the corrected temperature rise data in the figures. For a limited
time, folks can download and print a complete replacement for Chapter
8." (See
PDF)
What's
Garmin got?
 A
$200 price reduction this week in the cost of the Garmin 396 portable
GPS has renewed speculation that Oshkosh will see an unveiling of some
spiffy avionics. A posting a few weeks ago quoted Jim Younkin as saying
"don't buy any avionics until Oshkosh," suggesting something
"big" is in store. According to one poster on a bulletin board,
"Garmin has the 496 in BETA test as we speak. Same size as a 396.
It has a higher resolution display and the AOPA airport database."
Vibration
control
 The
whole idea behind vibration control is to isolate that which is vibrating
(typically the engine and/or propeller) with that which you want to
protect (say the airframe, instruments or pilot) see Figure 1. The main
idea here is to dissipate the vibrational energy into heat. (EAA
Chapter 602 Logbook)
BUILDER QUICK Q & A & TIPS |
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Measuring
current draw
I am building an experimental airplane, with an ‘all electric’
panel. This includes both the
instrumentation and the engine ignition/fuel supply. Needless to say,
I am concerned with current draws, and endurance in the event of an alternator
failure. To that end, I wanted to be able to measure the actual current
draw of each device in the plane as that will allow me to know what the
drain on the battery will be if needed. (Bill
Schertz in EAA Chapter 153 June newsletter)
Instrument
hole cutting
From the RV-List comes this piece of advice, "After experimenting
with several different things, I found that a (baby size) router used
for laminate trimming worked the best for me. I made a wooden jig for
the two rectangular holes needed for the EFIS and AOA mounting and the
results turned out very nice, almost as good a as a CNC milling machine.
(More)
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CALENDAR
June 11-17, 2006 |
| AZ--
Overgaard,AZ. Fly-in and pancake breakfast. Saturday. 7-11
a.m. (More)
CO
-- Garmin/EAA997 Fly-In,Animas Air Park 00C Contact
Charles Stone
IA -- Boone. RV Fly-in. Saturday. (More)
MI
-- Flushing. Sunday. Dawn Patrol Pancake Breakfast,Dalton
Airport 3DA Contact Jim
Plourde
OR
--Medford. Through tomorrow (Sunday). Rogue Valley Air Festival.
(More)
OR -- Scappoose. Saturday. Fifteenth annual
Northwest RV fly-in. 10 a.m. (More)
UK
- RV Fly-in at Old Buckenham. Today through Sunday. (More)
Coming:
BC - Langley Fly-in. Sat. June 24. (More)
Related Link:
Fly-in
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| ACCIDENT
REPORTS |
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NEW
INCIDENTS
AZ:
RV-6A N36XP (Superior Air Parts). Thursday 6/8. Landed
on road under unknown circumstances. (Data) |
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| ASK
VAN'S |
Q:
I'm using the Airflow HP fuel pump and the manual trim cable
is a tad short. But if I don't thread it through the 708 bulkhead,
it works out fine? Is this acceptable.
A: With the FI pump it's possible for the standard manual trim
cable to be too short, though some guys have made it work, maybe
by missing out the 708 bulkhead, which wouldn't be a problem.
Alternatively you could exchange the cable for the 191"
RV-8 one. That is 10" longer though, which may be too much,
though it has also worked for some. The hole is the rear spar
of the HS is too small for a bushing and the cable should be
RTV'd there. -- Gus Funnell |
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OTHER NEWS
Where to?
Wings to Adventure TV series looking for location ideas for new season.
(See Web site)
Dealing with
a dirty belly
Sure, you can't see it when you approach the plane, but a dirty belly
can be a sign of problems in the engine compartment. AVweb has suggestions
to fix the problems and clean up the mess. (AVweb)
(Non-RV) Pilot
sets speed record in plane he built
Gary Schettl and his friend Loren Jones set a national and world city-to-city
speed record for their nonstop flight from Minneapolis to Martha's Vineyard
Airport aboard a Glasair II kit-plane. (Martha's
Vineyard Times)
Cessna studying
light sport aircraft market
Cessna will unveil its LSA concept July 24 at the Experimental Aircraft
Association's annual convention in Oshkosh, Wis., to evaluate market reaction.
(Wichita
Business Journal)
What will
happen to 100LL?
It's almost a tradition around this time of year. Pilots hear a rumor...
the rumor spreads... and pretty soon, everybody's wondering if this is
the year we finally run out of 100-low lead. Well, are we? Aero News Network
I asked their CFI, Tom Turner... who's actually done quite a bit of research
on this topic... about it in this podcast. (Aero-News
Network)
Hurricane
inland base list updated
VAF has a terrific idea, especially with hurricane season upon us. It's
a list of folks inland who have hangar space for RVers fleeing approaching
storms. (VAF)
Hallmarks
of homebuilding
EAA AirVenture to show case the important milestones in homebuilding history.
Why Van's isn't in there somewhere is beyond me. (EAA)
AirVenture
Forums announced
The list of forums has now been posted. I'm looking for help from folks
attending individual forums to help pen a synopsis in the RV Newsletter
from each forum of interest to RVers. Care to help? Contact
me. (AirVenture)
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