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Do what yer' Momma said...
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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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Steep Turns in a Cessna 172 using the Drift HD170
We went up on a gusty cross-wind day and did some steep turns to check out the Horton STOL kit on my Cessna.
- YouTube - FunPlacesToFly.com
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Cessna 172 Loses Prop
Cessna 172 loses propellor in flight. Pilots lands successfully and saves the lives of his passengers.
- YouTube - capitanzamora1
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Taking Flight - Building an Experimental Airplane
retiredman2 - 'I am one of 30,000 individuals who have built and flown their own experimental aircraft. It took 5 years and 2,360 hours of building time. It was a journey of discovery - how to build an aluminum airplane - and a search for the will to labor for so long on an uncertain and expensive goal. It is one of the major accomplishments in my life. I hope this video conveys my quest to build and fly by own aircraft. I was my quest to take flight and it came true.'
- YouTube - retiredman2
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Stall/Spin Sutdies Relating to Light General Aviation Aircraft
Tests from 1973 in the NASA Langley Research Center's 20-Foot Spin Tunnel. Models are dynamically scaled with various tail configurations and spin modes. Good shot showing how models are retrieved after a test as well. Tests are to determine configurations that will enhance recovery from a spin. For more on the 20-Foot Spin Tunnel and other tests conducted there, see http://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/historic/645.
- YouTube - NasaCRgis
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Red Bull Air Races - Pete McLeod (FREEview 212)
SEASON 2 DVD NOW AVAILABLE.
For more information visit http://www.TheAviators.TV
The Aviators, the smash hit that airs across the US on PBS, in Canada on Travel & Escape, and on Discovery Channel internationally, is back for an exciting second season!
Visit www.TheAviators.TV for show updates, to view complete episodes online, or to buy Aviators hats, shirts, posters, or DVDs.
The Aviators is "For Everyone Who Has Ever Gazed Skywards"
- YouTube - TheAviatorsTV
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Animated History Of Aviation
Visit us at www.flyuvu.com for more information.
Music by Secession Studio.
This video portrays a brief history of aviation in 3D animation. While there are many contributions to aviation that could not be included, this video shows many of the substantial advancements that propelled aviation to what it has become today.
Created by Aaron Bristow
Produced by Adam Evans
Additional 3D and texture creations by Rob Guest, Preston Powell and Paris Miller
- YouTube - uvuaviation
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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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| 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.
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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