On a more serious note, I think I have officially managed to overwhelm myself with projects. At this point I am thinking of giving up sleep completely.

cjensen wrote:...and I think he had one of his clones do it!

Those guys are worthless... #2 keeps drinking all my good scotch!

Awesome!!! Way to go!

Sorry it's taken me so long to post these.

http://picasaweb.google.com/pilotbrad/RBErsDinner2009#

They only had a raw prototype, but had a brouchure. It should be released soon.

BTW... want to buy my Andair valve?

Spike wrote:I have been lusting for their fuel valve and just cant seem to stomach $200 for something that comes in my fuse kit already. Sure is pretty though ...

Did you see the flyer for the new Aveo valve? It's a more sleek and sexy version of the andair with backlighting... Ooooooh.

With the Andair set-up, you still have to buy the housing from Van's but I can't imagine that would cost more than $25.

Andy had the Van's guys in his booth and is trying to get them to carry the pump. I'm gonna be pissed if it shows up in the catalog for $750.

Here's a picture of then new Andair set-up. And complete installation drawings can be found here . It's a little hard to see but it is a straight shot from the fuel selector into a filter then into the interally regulated pump then out to the firewall. Andair was selling a kit at OSH which included ...

Just wait until you see what capt John and I have to show you.

We both bought Andair's new pump set-up. I'll post some pics later.

Mistakes are made here. The rudder and elevator skins go on top of the counterbalance skins. I think people assume it should be the other way because the edges of the skins point into wind when it done correctly and they think it should be the other way. I've seen 2 or 3 planes assembled incorrectly...

Mike's pretty much said it all.

I haven't quite perfected in my process yet, but from the little bit I have done I can say the stuff is awesome. It doesn't smell, it's easy to dilute, and clean-up couldn't be easier.

captain_john wrote:Can I still post marginal content from time to time?

Wouldn't it be more accurate for you to ask if you could post appropriate and useful content from time to time?

Hey Will, I just got off the phone with 3 more friends who are part of our dorm-crew and they would like to come as well. Since I already voted (1), I can't vote again but I also send you a PM.

Thanks!

Oh c'mon Spike. You've never stopped us from talking about Chad's shortcomings before!

(OK OK, I'll send myself to the corner for that one)

I'm just trying to help!

cjensen wrote:

RV7Factory wrote:...BTW... I'll be bring floss of wolf-boy.

Floss OF wolf-boy???

Ooops! Fixed.

I'll let the other members of our motley crew speak for themselves. BTW... I'll bring floss for wolf-boy.

flytoboat wrote:You could always store those wings hanging from your bedroom ceiling until they go on the airplane

The shape of the wing might even make things look larger than they really are.

This says it all!

BSwayze wrote:And Kelly made a good point... then what about our wing spars? They are certainly the most critical structural stressed parts in the whole airplane.

I seem to recall this being discussed somewhere before and IIRC the concensus was that Van's has taken this into account when designing the spars.