Finishing Touches – Steps, Baggage Bulkhead & Decals
It’s been a busy few weeks, with much to relate, but no time to post on this site. Now I have some time, I’ll continue telling the RV14 adventure in chronological order, as I have…
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40B – Gear Leg Hoses
I had fitted Aircraft Speciality Gear Leg Hoses for the 5″ wheels, and I discovered that for the 6″ wheels, the hoses ideally needed to be longer to comfortably reach the brake calipers. I tried…
Sky Design Engineering Wheel Spats – Part 3
Now that the wheels are on, I was able to test fit the spats and fit the Sky Designs lower gear leg fairings. This is an outer Wheel Spat Bracket … … and a top…
Beringer 6.00×6″ Wheels
The Beringer 6″ wheel axles are attached to the aeroplane with studs rather than bolts, and these have to be screwed into the axles, and secured with Loctite 638. The axles are handed to allow…
Sky Design Engineering Wheel Spats – Part 2
We had a late Christmas present from Beringer … the 6.00×6″ RV14 Wheel Kit arrived. Nicely packaged and engineered … the axles are specially produced to fit the Sky Design spats. Their arrival meant I could…
46B-13 to 24 Upper Intersection Fairings
The U-01434-L/R Upper Intersection Fairings are first trimmed to scribe lines, and then test fitted to the fuselage. They incorporate a flange at the aft edge which is used to cleco the fairings closed ……
Sky Design Engineering Wheel Spats – Part 1
So why have we chosen different wheel spats … or wheel pants as our US cousins call them? The RV14 is designed around 5.00×5″ wheels, which is fine for tarmac and well prepared grass. But…
46B-10 to 12 Gear Leg Fairings
We are going to fit 6.00-6″ wheels & hence larger spats, hoping to increase ground clearance & improve operational robustness on grass strips. Section 46B actually begins with fabricating the spats, but as I’m waiting…
45-25 Cowling Edge Gaps
This is how this manual page begins … NOTE: In the following steps, the COWL-00001 Top Cowl and COWL-00002 Bottom Cowl will be trimmed to create a uniform gap that will allow for the accumulation…
45 -22 to 24 Oil Door
The manual outlines a method to alter the curvarure of the oil door, if necessary, to match the cowling profile. Maybe I was lucky, but mine matched perfectly with no change required. Thanks Vans! The…