Monday, September 06, 2010 - Howdeeeeee! I'm building an RV-9A from Van's Aircraft. Take your shoes off and sit a spell. Give me a holler if ya' got questions or ya' just wanna chew the fat about RV's.
Howdy Ya'll! Do what yer' Momma said... Go Play! Navigation Homepage Log Search RV Resources Van's Air Force Expanded Forum Search My Panel My Paint Email Me   Construction Log Preparation Empennage - Horizontal Stabilizer (49:40) - Vertical Stabilizer (21:15) - Rudder (32:15) - Right Elevator (35:45) - Left Elevator (30:50) Wings - Inventory & Setup (9:30) - Left Wing Prep (54:30) - Left Fuel Tank (45:20) - Left Wing Skins (46:10) - Right Wing Prep (34:15) - Right Fuel Tank (47:50) - Right Wing Skins (40:15) - Ailerons (54:30) - Flaps (40:30) - Rods and ends (18:45) Fuselage - Fuselage Parts List - Inventory and Setup (7:15) - FireWall (14:30) - F-704 Bulkhead (13:25) - F-705 Bulkhead (14:20) - Other Bulkheads    and Longerons (17:30) - Tailcone (29:30) - Center Section (35:15) - Forward Section (52:40) - Forward Assembly (24:30) - Skins/Baggage Area (46:30) - Seats & Seat Floors (30:15) - Flaps & Gear Mounts (18:15) - Fuselage Plumbing (14:0) - Tail Feathers (16:35) - Front Deck/Firewall (58:50) - Electrical Finish Kit RV Google Search This Google search engine only looks for information on specific RV-related websites. Add this Search Engine to your website!	Other RV Builders Emails Every once in a while, an RV Builder out there will have a brilliant epiphany or will share their building experiences that did or did not turn well. I decided to save this info into a searchable database. Here are the email groups that I am a member of: RV Email Lists - Matronics, Rivet Bangers - RV Information Exchange, Yahoo - RV7A & 9A, Van's Air Force, Website and Forum. Feel free to look around. Wut'cha lookin' for? (dog, truck, beer, rivet) Search by Category: #1 - Empennage (210)   #2 - Wings (78)   #3 - Fuselage (5)   #4 - Finish Kit (9)   Access Panels (3)   Accessories (1)   Ailerons (9)   Aircraft Choice (6)   Alodining (2)   Alternator (3)   Antennas (2)   Avionics (2)   Bolts/Nuts/Fasteners (11)   Brakes (7)   Cables (3)   Canopy (26)   Deburring (15)   Dents/Dings/Filler (7)   Dimpling (5)   Edge Finishing/Rolling (8)   Electrical (34)   Engine Cowling (8)   Engines (9)   FAA (8)   Fiberglass (5)   Fuel Tanks/System (56)   Landing Gear (14)   Lighting (5)   Longerons (4)   Overviews (1)   Paint (13)   Pitot Static System (2)   Primer (3)   Riveting (27)   Rudder Pedals (4)   Security (2)   Strobes (4)   Tires (2)   Tools (9)   Tow bar (3)   Trouble shooting (2)   Tubing (5)   Windshield (4)   Sealing fuel tank leaks Having just finished a leak test on my left fuel tank, I noticed some (predicted) leaks. All of the leaks, except for two, are coming from the flange and rivets of the rear baffle. The baffle leaks I can fix relatively easily however the two leaks that are coming from one of the T904-L inner rib rivets are another story. What I would like to know is, can I drill out the two rib rivets and replace them with AD-41H blind rivets? If not, is there another type of "countersunk" blind rivet rivet that I could use? Sealing fuel tank leaks - RE: You can also use Loctite 130 to seal these leaks if they are minor weeps. To do this, put a little vacuum ~1 PSI in the tank. Wick some Loctite 130 into the leakey rivet areas. Allow it to wick in overnight. Retest it again the next day. If for some reason this doesn't work, you can replace the rivet with a blind rivet as you described with a copious amount of ProSeal. Vans Aircraft 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.	Smitty's Blog Video: The Aviators TV Series Trailer - www.TheAviators.TV Don't loose your N Number! Pilots take care of their own Video: RV-12 , John's First Flight Video: NBAA, AOPA Will Begin Co-Hosting Light Business Airplane Conferences Events and News Aviation Events Aviation Events around Northeast TX Fun Places To Fly in Texas Aviation News RV Groups & Support All RV's - Matronics Yahoo - RV7A & 9A Rivet Bangers Van's Air Force The RV Squadron RV Information Van's Aircraft EAA Homebuilders RV Resources RV Photo Album Completed RV-9's RV-7/9A Drawings RV Email Archive How I Did Stuff Pop-Rivet Dimpler 101 My Wing Jig My Wing Cradle Wing Cradle Mod Tilting Tank Jig Delrin Aileron Stops Nutplate Preparation Fiberglass 101 Videos Oshkosh Motivator Avery Tools Visit Texas RV Fly-in Light Sport Aircraft Review Slide Shows Alliance Air Show 2006 Oshkosh 2007 North Texas RV Builders Flyin Oshkosh 2008 Misc Goodies Fuselage Parts List Van's "The List" Search How to Land an RV Sealing Fuel Tank Leaks My Tools Fix a Heavy Wing Paint Possibilities Build an RV Website Electrical Stuff Bob Collins Engine Oshkosh 2008 LIVE! EAA Events EAA Sport Pilot Tour

Aviation - RV-9A Aircraft