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Do what yer' Momma said...
Go Play!
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| RV-9A Construction Log: |
Total RV-9A construction time so far: 1024 Hours, 10 Minutes
Current Construction Phase: Electrical - Part 2
Here's the latest entry:
 1/22/2012 - Time to test the Comm, Intercom, Push-to-talk switches and the headset plugs
This is the spooky part. After running the wires and hooking everthing up, it was time to see if I did everything right. I temporary hooked up the battery to the electrical system. I used a temporary wire with a clamp on each end to connect the positve post to the positive main cable. This temporary wire has a fuse in-line in case something goes wrong.
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| Search the World's Largest Aviation Calendar of Events from your website! |
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| Looking for a place to fly? Hopefully this will make it just a little easier. Here's a
little application I wrote that allows you search the National EAA Calendar from your personal website. Just copy
and paste the following HTML to any web page on your website: |
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| The Latest Aviation Videos! |
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Skip Stewart - Airplane flies into back of pick-up truck to pick up ribbon
Skip Stewart flies his plane "Prometheus" in formation with a pick-up truck, puts the wing into the bed where a ribbon is attached to the wingtip.
- YouTube - PullSomeGs
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Vans RV-12
One of the most popular kitbuilt light sport aircraft is the Vans RV-12. Ken Scott took AVweb through the airplane at the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida.
- YouTube - AVweb
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Petr Pilat Backflips over Plane with His Bike
Petr Pilat, an aerobatic motorbike rider from the Czech Republic, backflipped his bike over a plane flown by Kirby Chambliss, a Red Bull champion pilot from Texas, US. Camera: Petr Pilat, Kirby Chambliss. Location: Mexico / Puebla 11.11.2011
- YouTube - MrBeeblebroxx
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Flying Rooster
New Aircraft - The Flying Rooster.
- Vimeo - Giuliano Basso
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Two Guys Crash Plane Despite Alarm
Gear up landing. Uploaded to YouTube.com by OneBelough.
- YouTube - OneBelough
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Three Forks Air Race FAST airplanes, RV, Lancair, swift, mustang, wright flier
This is the Three Forks, MT air race held July 9th, 2011. Great time by all with some really fast and cool airplanes!
- YouTube - MountainModMania
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Why Did This Landing Go Wrong?
Ya gotta hate it when your worst landing ever becomes a YouTube hit. But this was has and AVweb decided to make it an educational moment.
- YouTube - AVweb
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Kyle Franklin Comedy Act
Kyle Franklin performing his Wingtip Draggin Comedy Act always steals the show. Check out www.franklinairshow.com for more info.
- YouTube - Vacul001
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| Why the RV-9A? |
The RV-9A is a
2-seat all-aluminum airplane, designed to be an easy-to-fly, economical and versatile aircraft.
It has an average cruise of about 180mph and only burns about 7.5gph.
It was designed for day-to-day flying, local trips and short cross-countries, with occasional
long flights. Thanks to it's larger wings and long slotted flaps, even low time pilots find it
easy to fly and land. Unlike it's sister aircraft, the RV-7A, the RV-9A it is not aerobatic.
That's OK with me, since I like the contents of my stomach to stay where they are. I helped a
friend of mine assemble the empennage on his RV-7A and I have already noticed that the RV-9A
empennage is much easier to build. As of February 12, 2007,
Van's Aircraft has over 4,997
aircraft completed by everday common folk using the skills they aquired in the building process.
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| Random RV Aircraft Pics - just fer fun... |
 Kelly and son Gary Dunn's RV-6
Here's a great shot of a beautiful bird sent to me by Kelly Dunn. I love the "Bottoms Up" logo on the fuselage. Kelly writes: "Emron base coat clear coat. No easy job with that paint. Wet sanded 1500 grit then
3000 grit followed with 2 stages of buffing. It is like glass. The engine (O 360) started from a basket case and was converted to fuel injection with high
compression pistons, one electronic and on slick mag. Cruise @ 8000 ft is average of 194 mph on 9.9 gph.
Hey!
Why not send me a picture of your RV, or any RV related photo? If it passes inspection (my wifes scrutiny) I will post it! Just
attach your photo to an email to Smitty@SmittysRV.com along with a short description.
Click here to see the RV Photo Album.
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| The "cover your butt" section |
This website was built to document my work on my RV-9A in
compliance with the FAA requirements needed to certify my aircraft. My experiences and comments are by
no means to be considered as instructions on how to build an RV-9A or any other aircraft.
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