Your empennage fairing mod is a lifesaver for me right now. I didn't start work on my fairing until after painting and final assembly and was facing nut plate installation on the aft top skin. As you can imagine, very difficult after final assembly. Your solutions may work nicely for me; after all, I'll have lots of time for additional fiberglass fabrication in my shop during the Michigan winter... and while waiting for my engine to be rebuilt after the crankshaft AD debacle (still ongoing). As always, thanks for some great tips!
I just like the look better too! I have seen people forget to add nutplates in areas until it’s almost too late and causes a lot of extra work. Saw one RV-8 that did just that on the bottom skins where the bottom wing skin needs to be screwed to the bottom fuselage skin after mating the wings. He just left them out! I spent most of my building time in our Chicago winters while watching hockey!
Mike, Enjoying all your videos. Met you at OSHKOSH. Congrats on your award! , I had the blue RV8A kitty corner. Ideas for sealing gap in rear canopy. Starts out small and grows to about an inch at the very back. She says it’s cold and the heater only blows up front :)
Hi Jeff, sorry for the late reply. I didn’t see you comment earlier. I have the D-seal from McMaster Carr and seams to work well. They have a bunch of different sizes for different needs. Mine is fairly soft so it flattens out with the canopy closed and expands as needed.
Just got my 2022 Van's calendar. Congrats on making the back cover!! Love this tail fairing mod. Gives me some great ideas for my RV-10. Your stuff combined with Stu's Aircraft Factory are a huge help. Thanks.
I can see Van’s making a few updates to their kits Beautiful faring installation My 7A also has clear inspection plates on the elevator controls as well as the ailerons A great way to check for pre flight inspections Thanks
looks great! I also have a custom fairing for the lower part as the original version with the aluminum strip does not look very nice.. But I did not connect the upper and lower part..
Those marks are “kill marks” or “victory marks” here is a Navy article explaining their significance. www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2022/august/brief-illustrated-history-navy-victory-markings#:~:text=These%20victory%20marks%20(also%20known,fuselage%20of%20its%20victorious%20planes.
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Your RV is beautiful.
Thank you!
Your empennage fairing mod is a lifesaver for me right now. I didn't start work on my fairing until after painting and final assembly and was facing nut plate installation on the aft top skin. As you can imagine, very difficult after final assembly. Your solutions may work nicely for me; after all, I'll have lots of time for additional fiberglass fabrication in my shop during the Michigan winter... and while waiting for my engine to be rebuilt after the crankshaft AD debacle (still ongoing). As always, thanks for some great tips!
I just like the look better too! I have seen people forget to add nutplates in areas until it’s almost too late and causes a lot of extra work. Saw one RV-8 that did just that on the bottom skins where the bottom wing skin needs to be screwed to the bottom fuselage skin after mating the wings. He just left them out!
I spent most of my building time in our Chicago winters while watching hockey!
Nice mod.
I like the elevator horn window mod. Very practical. Might “borrow” that on my 7. Cheers
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Mike,
Enjoying all your videos. Met you at OSHKOSH. Congrats on your award! , I had the blue RV8A kitty corner. Ideas for sealing gap in rear canopy. Starts out small and grows to about an inch at the very back. She says it’s cold and the heater only blows up front :)
Hi Jeff, sorry for the late reply. I didn’t see you comment earlier. I have the D-seal from McMaster Carr and seams to work well. They have a bunch of different sizes for different needs. Mine is fairly soft so it flattens out with the canopy closed and expands as needed.
Just got my 2022 Van's calendar. Congrats on making the back cover!! Love this tail fairing mod. Gives me some great ideas for my RV-10. Your stuff combined with Stu's Aircraft Factory are a huge help. Thanks.
Thank you sir! I enjoy Stu’s stuff as well.
Beautiful plane. Hope my 7 turns out this nice.
Thank you…yours will be even better!
Great ideas and excellent execution. Keep them coming. Starting an RV10!
Thank you! We are considering build a -10 as an addition to the -8.
I can see Van’s making a few updates to their kits
Beautiful faring installation
My 7A also has clear inspection plates on the elevator controls as well as the ailerons
A great way to check for pre flight inspections
Thanks
I thought about doing the ailerons as well but only after it was painted! 😂
Nice mod for the plexiglass inspection port.
Thank you!
Pretty darn cool. Thanks!
Thanks and you are welcome!
looks great! I also have a custom fairing for the lower part as the original version with the aluminum strip does not look very nice.. But I did not connect the upper and lower part..
I didn’t even consider that I could have made it two pieces! That works well I bet!
Both excellent ideas that im stealing!
Awesome, best part of build an RV is all the ideas that came before us.
why not a castellated nut and cotter pin on the elevator control?
That would be a good option. Vans just didn’t call for that in the plans so I just went that route.
Why are there swastikas on your plane?
Those marks are “kill marks” or “victory marks” here is a Navy article explaining their significance.
www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2022/august/brief-illustrated-history-navy-victory-markings#:~:text=These%20victory%20marks%20(also%20known,fuselage%20of%20its%20victorious%20planes.