OK folks, we have had incredibly good fortune so far in the RV-1 restoration project. Almost all of the major RV vendors have contributed products and services to help us get the airplane flying safely, and a tremendous amount of volunteer labor has already been contributed. We now have an interesting opportunity for anyone that might be harboring a set of 600x6 wheels, axles, brakes and tires.
Van himself has molded a new set of wheel pants for the airplane. While looking at pictures of the existing airplane to sketch up a mounting system, he realized that it has been converted from the original 600x6 gear to 500x5?s. This is unfortunately going to look very odd, and quite ?un-original? ? especially with the airplane going into the EAA Museum next July. We really need to get the airplane back to stock, but would really rather not put a brand new (expensive) set of gear on an airplane that is expected to fly a hundred hours or so. We are hoping that someone might have a set sitting in a back corner of a hangar, on a non-flying airframe, or simply hiding in the attic.
What we need is 600x6 axles, wheels, brakes, and tires(with tubes). We can certainly find some new 600x6 tires, so we really need the hardware, and used would be great! If no one in the community has a set, we?ll have to see if we can find a vendor who could supply them, but let?s try this first. Please post here, and PM me if you have something ? this would be a GREAT way to get your name in the RV-1 log book!
Paul
Van himself has molded a new set of wheel pants for the airplane. While looking at pictures of the existing airplane to sketch up a mounting system, he realized that it has been converted from the original 600x6 gear to 500x5?s. This is unfortunately going to look very odd, and quite ?un-original? ? especially with the airplane going into the EAA Museum next July. We really need to get the airplane back to stock, but would really rather not put a brand new (expensive) set of gear on an airplane that is expected to fly a hundred hours or so. We are hoping that someone might have a set sitting in a back corner of a hangar, on a non-flying airframe, or simply hiding in the attic.
What we need is 600x6 axles, wheels, brakes, and tires(with tubes). We can certainly find some new 600x6 tires, so we really need the hardware, and used would be great! If no one in the community has a set, we?ll have to see if we can find a vendor who could supply them, but let?s try this first. Please post here, and PM me if you have something ? this would be a GREAT way to get your name in the RV-1 log book!
Paul