Pretty..what color red is that? What brand of paint and have you buffed yet? Sure is shiny! Looks awesome...
Hey Tim,
Looks great. I'm a little ahead of you in the build and am still dealing with nutplates for the removable floors. Are you contemplating that? If you are, let me know and I can tell you where to add what nutplates now before you rivet things together so that it will make it easier for you down the road.
It's a pain in some areas and I have had to add the odd rivnut.
Cheers,
Don
"So Scott, how is that RV8 project coming?"
Yep, well aware. I listened to him cuss yours for a couple minutes at OSH. (Not really, he is an extremely nice guy.) I'm looking forward to the extra ventilation . My current tip-up already rains on my feet and I've already filled up a GRT AHRS with water and survived I think I'm all set.Nice!
Bryan is gonna be mad at you for doing the overlap
Todd's canopy.Nice.
Standard bubble or third party vendor?
For those who have built the showplanes, will it work with a tall bubble?
My current tip-up already rains on my feet and I've already filled up a GRT AHRS with water and survived
My top panel is complete as well, but one of the hopes of epoxy primer as final finish is that it is infinitely touch-up-able. That would be super easy to accomplish. Maybe the next time I mix up a small batch of primer. Good idea.I think your worries are over with this one. I've flown in light rain a few times and never saw a drop inside. I don't think the trim panel design will allow water to the avionics in flight or parked.
Did get a little in over the front of the right sill while parked in an OSH deluge once. It all seemed to have dripped into the right footwell. When you do your trim panel, maybe you should add a a tiny little dam on each side where marked to make sure the water goes over the outside even parked off level.
Maybe something like this.
(SIGH) ....can always build the second one better...
"year long canopy project" yikes. I got some work to do!
What is this overlap you speak of? I must have missed that little tip.
Also Scott, did you get the Todds RV-8 bubble, or the rocket style that he does.
I actually have both just in case. At $350ea, and $1000 for post. I figure I can sell the one I don't use.
Now as for the 15" FP spinner for that cowl, I am still none the wiser. Home made??
I guess if I had the skills of the Guru (you know who you are ), I would just whip one up in my composites workshop. Which I also don't have.
Hope the pics show.
Paul.
Dan and I overlapped the forward edge on top of the top skin instead of matching the height of the forward edge. It will act as a bit of a wind/rain scoop depending on fit.
Hi,
Have recently sika bonded my Vans canopy to my canopy frame and am wondering what bonding medium you are using to attach the canopy skirt to the canopy frame and bottom of the canopy.
It may not be the fastest or most efficient, but it's going to be the most kickass RV-8 ever! Me want!!! Can't wait to see and hear it run and fly!
How is it going to affect CG?
It may not be the fastest or most efficient, but it's going to be the most kickass RV-8 ever! Me want!!! Can't wait to see and hear it run and fly!
What's the power output?
Sikaflex. No rivets in the plexi. Also ran a bead around the base where it sits on the forward skin. Made as nice fillet inside and outside. I'm sold on the stuff but there are 2 strong camps for and against.Hi Blain,
That looks like nice work there, well done. I am following along and just about to do battle with fitting the forward canopy screen. Quick question: What material (black looking goop in the photo) did you use to fill the gap/fillet between the screen and the roll bar?
Cheers
Nigel