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E's Van's RV-14A: Wings: Pitot static. Dynon AOA pitot.
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The building anthology of a Van's Aircraft RV-14A. Wings: Pitot static. Dynon AOA pitot. I picked up the Dynon heated AOA pitot. And a PBK-12 Gretz Aero bracket. Read the entries in my AOA series:. 10 November, 2013 20:25. Hi, Building the 14 wing, May I ask where you bought the blue and green pitot and Aoa lines? 10 November, 2013 21:16. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 08 Horizontal Stabilizer (Redo). 17 Outboard Leading Edge. 18 Fuel Tanks (Redo). 25 Forward Mid Fuselage Bulkheads. 3m, 16d, 3h.
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E's Van's RV-14A: Fuselage: Forward mid fuselage side structure. Firewall wasn't straight. Now it is.
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The building anthology of a Van's Aircraft RV-14A. Fuselage: Forward mid fuselage side structure. Firewall wasnt straight. Now it is. When the upper longerons are placed against the firewall (page 29-08), the upper engine mounts should lay flush against the firewall gussets F-1401L. The right side clearly did not. Only the lower inside corner of the engine mount made contact with the gusset. This meant that the engine mount wasn't straight relative to the firewall. When the temporary 3/8” bolt is t...
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E's Van's RV-14A: Empennage: Aft fuselage. Side skins cleco'd on.
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The building anthology of a Van's Aircraft RV-14A. Empennage: Aft fuselage. Side skins cleco'd on. With the aft deck in place, I cleco'd in the side skins. As usual, space is at a premium for me. The height of the aft empennage is 36 inches. My front door has a width of 35 inches with the door off the hinges. So if I tilt the aft fuse on its side with the side skins, it could be extracted from my. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 08 Horizontal Stabilizer (Redo). 17 Outboard Leading Edge. 3m, 16d, 3h.
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E's Van's RV-14A: Empennage: Horizontal stabilizer. Factory error on skin? Must redo entire stab.
http://rv-14a.blogspot.com/2014/05/horizontal-stabilizer-factory-error-on.html
The building anthology of a Van's Aircraft RV-14A. Empennage: Horizontal stabilizer. Factory error on skin? Must redo entire stab. The reason why the spar was mis-punched has been identified. Scroll to the bottom or click here. So again, Van's has been very reasonable with me on this issue. They continue to demonstrate their focus on the customer. They're fantastic to work with and knowing that I will have one of their airplanes gives me great comfort. Now to the story. Between the 26th and 27th hole fro...
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E's Van's RV-14A: Fuselage: Forward mid fuselage side structures. Side skins ready.
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The building anthology of a Van's Aircraft RV-14A. Fuselage: Forward mid fuselage side structures. Side skins ready. Getting the side skins ready for install. F-01470-L/R side skins get cleco'd for various match-drilling needs. The F-01418A-L/R upper longerons get countersunk. This is the left longeron. The holes will need to be re-primed. The lower longeron gets the same exercise (not shown). The F-01485-L/R side plates get countersunk. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 08 Horizontal Stabilizer (Redo).
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E's Van's RV-14A: Shop: Computer setup.
http://rv-14a.blogspot.com/2013/02/computer-set-up-naturally-i-need-new.html
The building anthology of a Van's Aircraft RV-14A. Naturally, I need a new computer for the build. I put together a fairly cheap system that should have enough juice to get through a few years of my needs:. Intel Desktop Motherboard LGA1155 DDR3 1600 mini-ITX - BOXDH77DF. Smaller is better. No need for additional cards or other peripherals. Intel Core I3-2105 dual-core processor 3.1 GHz, 3 MB cache. Nothing excessive, but nothing with a handicap either. Microsoft LifeCam Studio 1080p Webcam. Many thanks ...
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E's Van's RV-14A: Empennage: Aft empennage. Top side and top skins on. Finally.
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The building anthology of a Van's Aircraft RV-14A. Empennage: Aft empennage. Top side and top skins on. Finally. It was on 4-Jul-14 that the bottom side skins were attached to the aft fuselage. At that point, the structure could accommodate the top side and top skins as it would have made it too big to remove from the house. Thus, following the addition of various cables. And the aft deck. The structure imposed as an unwelcome couch-surfing roommate in my living room. In hindsight, we should have done al...
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E's Van's RV-14A: Wings: Fuel tanks. Capacitive fuel probes.
http://rv-14a.blogspot.com/2013/07/wings-capacitive-fuel-probes-section-16.html
The building anthology of a Van's Aircraft RV-14A. Wings: Fuel tanks. Capacitive fuel probes. I decided to redo my fuel tanks. See here. For why. The entries specific to the redone tanks are here. Here in the 21st century, in addition to using floats (for steam gauges), I also want to go woth capacitive (for the EFIS). Turns out for the latter there is no such option for the -14 (though there is for other models. And of course the amazing Ed (pages 1. In fact, Ed's fantastic site. And cut it down to four...
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E's Van's RV-14A: Fuselage: Forward mid fuselage bulkheads. How to ruin them.
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The building anthology of a Van's Aircraft RV-14A. Fuselage: Forward mid fuselage bulkheads. How to ruin them. To properly ream, one ought to use a drill press to prevent the introduction of an incorrect bit trajectory. Negotiating these bulkheads on a consumer drill press. I believe the problem was caused by the reamer not being properly lined up with the holes to be reamed. I think the reamer came in at an angle. Lots of material came off the reamer and the lubrication got hot enough to smoke. Anyway, ...
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E's Van's RV-14A: Empennage: Aft fuselage. Riveting bellcrank to bulkhead.
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The building anthology of a Van's Aircraft RV-14A. Empennage: Aft fuselage. Riveting bellcrank to bulkhead. The plans neglect to instruct you to rivet the bellcrank ribs to the forward bulkhead. I didn't realize this until after the bottom skins were on the bellcrank ribs. Too bad, because it would have been easy to do prior to then. I was able to squeeze the middle rivet and buck the top rivet. But the bottom rivet would require a double offset set. This is what happens when you use a double offset set.
