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What Bob said! A great project built (so far) by great ‘adult supervision’ and at a really great price. The savings on this project offsets the cost of engine and prop, and the Vans engine/prop discounts are still there to be applied. Somebody snap up this great deal!

...and 17 minutes later, they responded. Mission complete!

Thanks, Stig. I just sent the email to both gents. Will follow up here with how the process went.

Does anybody know how to retract my claim? Last fall I had filed a claim for an RV-8 rudder that was stalled in the process. I have since received the kit so this deal is done. I've since received the lawyers' package for my original claim, but I have no further business regarding the rudder...

Question: Have these cracks appeared in RV-8 rudders? Those have folded trailing edges, and the skin sheet is thicker.

Maybe a little, but I wouldn't say "much worse off." For taxiing, it probably takes less than 10 mph of crosswind component to require deliberate crosswind weathervane management, but it is completely manageable. Just teach yourself to not ride the brakes. Apply full corrective rudder, then...

Dang! Hope the amoxi works.

Make (ie Manufacturer ie Builder’s name) Model (RV-7A) Serial Number (came with the kit from Van’s. This is not the N number).

It believe it starts with the takeoff and landing technique, followed by the pilot's personal selection of a suitable or unsuitable landing/takeoff surface. The Antisplat is my "insurance" policy: I have it, but I hopefully don't need to use it. For me flying KELLI GIRL, every takeoff and...

Nothing. Just watched paint dry....

For what it's worth: My totally unscientific experience over the last 9 years and nearly 1700 tach hours: When I added MMO to fuel (at the ratio published on the label): - I premixed the fuel with the MMO in 5 gal Home Depot Aviation Supply buckets, then poured it into the left fuel tank. 10...

Paul, That's fantastic news...congratulations, Sir! Wish I could be there.

Hey there Kay! This elder statesman is out at 52F every day, flies his 8A every day, and flies it upside down every day! I want to be Kay when I grow up.

I agree. It will involve drilling out the pop rivets holding down the baggage floors, and removing those two floor pieces and the tunnel cover. Not difficult if you have ever drilled out those type of rivets: Just don't booger-up the holes. The rest is somewhat straight forward. Good luck...

Well said! James is absolutely correct, and I wish I had completed my response with his point. In FFI we fly a lot of pilots with fixed pitch props, and for pre-sortie academic-style briefs we talk about the need to anticipate, when to anticipate, etc. As flight leads we back off our...

In formation flying, the ”fixed pitch vs constant speed” performance mismatch is well known. The CS prop airplane will have more instantaneous throttle response in both acceleration and (especially) deceleration. Get the two aircraft line abreast co-speed, then chop both throttles to idle. The...

Oooh, let me play! I see something nobody has mentioned (I think). That screw’s factory end is on the back side of the heat shield…the hot side, right up against the exhaust pipe. Isn’t that transmitting heat right up through the screw body to the adel clamp? Into the rubber cushion? And...

However, you can instruct instruments to pilots in their own RV. That’s how I got my instrument and commercial tickets: With the CFI(I) flying with me in my own airplane.

Excellent! Well done, DR, keep him moving forward.