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  Topic: hail damage
dlm34077

Replies: 5
Views: 4518

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 3:22 pm   Subject: hail damage
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  Topic: TIPS
dlm34077

Replies: 0
Views: 1691

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 10:38 am   Subject: TIPS
As I promised earlier I am enclosing tips for dealing with the insurance company and other suppliers when involved in an insurance claim.

Having recently gone through a claim with all the bell ...
  Topic: insurance
dlm34077

Replies: 0
Views: 1892

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 4:15 am   Subject: insurance
I concur with Tim; I got the same advice from Shanna at Nation Air/Gallagher. I am qualifying another builder for the open pilot warranty on my aircraft. I named him last year for a small extra premiu ...
  Topic: fuel flow at takeoff power
dlm34077

Replies: 7
Views: 4850

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 4:29 am   Subject: fuel flow at takeoff power
I have been adjusting the mixture control cable attempting to make the control hit both the full rich stop and the idle cutoff stop. It appears that the cable (AS custom with Teflon cores) is about .0 ...
  Topic: static air
dlm34077

Replies: 3
Views: 2980

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 7:43 am   Subject: static air
All the more reason to have a Curtiss valve in the panel to the static line to provide an opening to cabin air instead of the old solution “ breaking the VSI instrument”.
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  Topic: Falcon pitot tube
dlm34077

Replies: 2
Views: 2996

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 7:04 pm   Subject: Falcon pitot tube
In many years of flying I have never encountered a pitot tube failure until now. When I built the aircraft and made first flight in 2008, the Falcon tube worked correctly. After 1100 hours it failed; ...
  Topic: N122WK
dlm34077

Replies: 0
Views: 1977

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 6:31 am   Subject: N122WK
Final report of this seems to be complete. Check NTSB.
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  Topic: camping in the 10
dlm34077

Replies: 5
Views: 5569

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 7:43 pm   Subject: camping in the 10
We are planning on several fly out camping weeks this summer; are there flight groups that camp; we are considering whether to fly into a paved airport a short distance from the camping sites, rent a ...
  Topic: FYI December 2014 issue IFR flying
dlm34077

Replies: 3
Views: 4146

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 6:18 am   Subject: FYI December 2014 issue IFR flying
Because it is winter, there is a good article on Ice and tail stalls in the referenced issue. I don’t fly ice anymore but should you encounter it flying the 10, the article provides some does an ...
  Topic: transition
dlm34077

Replies: 21
Views: 15405

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 5:47 am   Subject: transition
Transition training can be accomplished, gratis, by a CFI who owns or has built his 10; I have done several where a simple checkout flight (1-2 hours) is required. The trick is to ask your/his insuran ...
  Topic: tips
dlm34077

Replies: 3
Views: 3428

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 5:10 am   Subject: tips
Two things struck a remembrance for me. The control cables from Vans seem to be of lower quality; I believe the cable cores are made of a material with a lower melt point. When your engine is shutdown ...
  Topic: Plexus and Plexall
dlm34077

Replies: 4
Views: 4357

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 12:16 pm   Subject: Plexus and Plexall
I bought a case of Plexus back in 2007 for about $60 ($7 per can). The current price is a minimum of $15 per can and can range to $20+. I found 37 Plexall at $7 per larger can and going to test it. ...
  Topic: windshield service life?
dlm34077

Replies: 1
Views: 2127

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 12:09 pm   Subject: windshield service life?
Having owned a C177RG for 29 years I recall only one windshield change. Anyone have any idea about the service life of the windshield as provided by Vans for the RV10? Obviously it will be a pain to r ...
  Topic: nose tire pressure
dlm34077

Replies: 5
Views: 3955

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2016 9:46 pm   Subject: nose tire pressure
A question and an observation.

What pressure are we using in the nose tire?

At 1100 TT on the aircraft, this morning I had my first maintenance issue away from home base. After landing ...
  Topic: bead breaker
dlm34077

Replies: 2
Views: 8739

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 6:04 am   Subject: bead breaker
I have used mallet , vise, screwdriver; all take at least 30 mins. I now use the harbor freight bead breaker ($30?) and the tire and bead are separated in less than 5 minutes.

David
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  Topic: more spare parts
dlm34077

Replies: 0
Views: 1683

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 8:54 am   Subject: more spare parts
Also in the spare parts are an O ring kit for brakes and prop, extra fuel drain for leaking tank drain and several ready to go master cylinders for the brakes and a small quantity of 5606 and the mean ...
  Topic: spare parts box
dlm34077

Replies: 4
Views: 3525

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 7:29 am   Subject: spare parts box
As my friends have joked, I carry a “machine shop” in the baggage area; one item is a small (less than ten pounds) box of spare parts that include a spare tube for each size of wheel, seve ...
  Topic: wrench
dlm34077

Replies: 0
Views: 1714

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 6:23 am   Subject: wrench
My flying buddies joke about my “machine shop in the baggage area”. Of course one has had more emergencies with his aircraft in the last six months than I have had in 52 years as a pilot. ...
  Topic: MT prop governor
dlm34077

Replies: 14
Views: 10667

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 1:45 pm   Subject: MT prop governor
My prop governor is an MT P-420-17, serial 044016; I was one of the initial purchasers of the certificated Lycoming IO540D4A5 from Vans. I believe the engine came from Lycoming with the governor alrea ...
  Topic: weather Monterey CA
dlm34077

Replies: 2
Views: 2522

PostForum: RV10-List   Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 11:05 am   Subject: weather Monterey CA
I have flown some LIFR over my last 50 years but it is nice to know that thing will probably be good in October. The company from which I retired 20+ years ago is having a reunion there at the Hyatt. ...
 
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