Cracked my first molar Monday - upper jaw, second molar, left side. Maybe a fourth of the tooth missing - enamel and possibly a little dentine. I was enjoying a lovely Margarita and green chili shredded chicken taco from Torchy’s a few hours after my bride got her foot cast off (46 days on). I was a child of the cereal sugar wars in the 70’s and had about 12 fillings by age 10. I guess (age 58) it’s finally time for a structural failures and overhauls. <g>. It was a good run. I have an appointment soon to assess. No pain yet….. until I get the bill
. v/r,dr
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What did you do with your RV this past weekend? (4/20-21/2024).
https://vansairforce.net/threads/what-did-you-do-with-your-rv-this-weekend-4-20-21-2024.226242/
Removing Audio Hissing / Audio Switch …AZSteve053 PIREP
The TCVR-2 Panel Dimmer DOES get heat sunk to mounting surface - see attached install pictures. Your plane makes a GREAT heatsink with no extra weight.
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Fuel tank and Fuel line questions …rvbuilder2002 reply
Just for clarification…
The RV – 12iS maintenance manual has never prescribed removing the fuel tank during the condition inspection.
The issue was that you had to 100% drain the tank to remove the pick up screen and inspect it.
With the SL 70 modification, draining the tank is no longer necessary as long as you have access to an inspection camera that can be inserted through the hole in the flange on the top of the tank, once the plug is removed.
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Oil cooler optimization…YellerDaisy reply
Yep, some improvements can be made to your setup. <g>
I previously had an O-320 in my RV-4 and always fought high oil temperature. I had the old style cooler on the baffles and later moved it off the baffles and added an expanding duct. It didn't make much difference. When I installed the O-360, I purchased a new 10-row cooler and 3D printed a duct. The location of the cooler and shape of the duct is certainly not ideal but we work with what we've got. The duct has internal vanes to assist the air with making turns that it doesn't want to make. The result is oil temperature than very rarely moves off of 180-185 degrees. The success may have more to do with the different engine that the new oil cooler and/or my printed duct, I don't know. I just know I'm satisfied.
The PA6-GF30 filament (30% glass fiber reinforced Nylon 6 Copolymer) is holding up very well and has about 140 hours of time on it.
These are early 'during design & installation' photos. Oh... I should note that I was learning 3D modeling and had great difficulty getting the software to do what I had in my head. Someone that knows what they are doing could probably model a much better solution.
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Would've been the best movie ever…
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. v/r,dr
Lost breakfast cereals of the 1960s and 1970s
We miss these colorful mascots, fruity flavors and sugary starters from the golden age of breakfast.
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VAF POSTS & RV NEWS THAT CAUGHT MY EYE.....dr:
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What did you do with your RV this past weekend? (4/20-21/2024).
https://vansairforce.net/threads/what-did-you-do-with-your-rv-this-weekend-4-20-21-2024.226242/
Removing Audio Hissing / Audio Switch …AZSteve053 PIREP
The TCVR-2 Panel Dimmer DOES get heat sunk to mounting surface - see attached install pictures. Your plane makes a GREAT heatsink with no extra weight.
Removing Audio Hissing / Audio Switch
I have a single sheilded and grounded wire supplying external audio(EFIS, GPS, Media, etc) to my radio/intercom. Source is the Audio out of an AP-60. Everything sounds great as long as there is some source of active audio. Otherwise there is a very mild hiss when it should be silent and I've...
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Fuel tank and Fuel line questions …rvbuilder2002 reply
Just for clarification…
The RV – 12iS maintenance manual has never prescribed removing the fuel tank during the condition inspection.
The issue was that you had to 100% drain the tank to remove the pick up screen and inspect it.
With the SL 70 modification, draining the tank is no longer necessary as long as you have access to an inspection camera that can be inserted through the hole in the flange on the top of the tank, once the plug is removed.
Fuel tank and Fuel line questions
There are days building an RV-12iS when everything seems to be going smoothly and the plans all seem to make sense, and then there are days like today when I wonder if I can even understand simple instructions. I assembled my fuel tank out of order last summer in order to take advantage of the...
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Oil cooler optimization…YellerDaisy reply
Yep, some improvements can be made to your setup. <g>
I previously had an O-320 in my RV-4 and always fought high oil temperature. I had the old style cooler on the baffles and later moved it off the baffles and added an expanding duct. It didn't make much difference. When I installed the O-360, I purchased a new 10-row cooler and 3D printed a duct. The location of the cooler and shape of the duct is certainly not ideal but we work with what we've got. The duct has internal vanes to assist the air with making turns that it doesn't want to make. The result is oil temperature than very rarely moves off of 180-185 degrees. The success may have more to do with the different engine that the new oil cooler and/or my printed duct, I don't know. I just know I'm satisfied.
The PA6-GF30 filament (30% glass fiber reinforced Nylon 6 Copolymer) is holding up very well and has about 140 hours of time on it.
These are early 'during design & installation' photos. Oh... I should note that I was learning 3D modeling and had great difficulty getting the software to do what I had in my head. Someone that knows what they are doing could probably model a much better solution.
Oil cooler optimization
I'm looking to further optimize my oil cooler setup, in a ROP cruise I'm seeing temperatures between 210-220 *F at OATs of around 40*; CHTs in this cruise regime are 380-390*; my engine is a parallel valve 320 with piston squirters. My cooler is a 7 row Aero Classic (PN 8000075) supplied by -8...
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OFF TOPIC:
Would've been the best movie ever…
PS: Older issues of the ‘VAF News’ can be found at:
Doug's Area ....The VAF News & my flying resume.
Pushed out every now and then.
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