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Firewall forward kit contents

Monday, November 27th, 2006

I asked Van's to email me a list of the IO-360-M1B firewall forward kit contents. For my own future reference, here it is along with my notes:

1.000 CT BLK THROTTLE 50.5 throttle cable
1.000 CT RED VMIXTURE 50.5 mixture cable
1.000 FAB-HORIZ INDUCTION-1 airbox
1.000 IO-360 THROTTLE/MIX cable brackets
1.000 PLASTIC TIE WRAP 5.5"
1.000 VA-136 23" fuel line
1.000 VA-138 14" fuel line
1.000 PROP GOV MT P-860-4 hydraulic governor
1.000 VA-183-PC bracket for governor
1.000 BAF-6-360 cooling baffle kit
1.000 CT BLUE VPROP 48 prop cable
1.000 F.WALL FWD COM M1B 7 some kind of hardware assortment?
1.000 AT0-028X3/16X6 aluminum tube
1.000 AT6-058X5/16X15 7/8 aluminum tube
2.000 SS304-26GAX1/2X9 stainless ???
1.000 FF 3/4 FIREWALL PLUG
1.000 ES PC680 INSTALL KIT battery box
1.000 EA LV-1 HEAT SHIELD exhaust pipe heat shield
2.000 CT A-740 BLACK heat control cable
1.000 DUCT CBT-5/8 corrugated blast tube
1.000 EA CV HOSE 9816 breather hose
1.000 EA DYNA BOLT bolt set for Dynafocal engine mount
4.000 EA DYNA VI-STD Dynafocal vibration isolator
1.000 EA EXH 7/7A IO-360M1B Vetterman crossover exhaust with heat muff
1.000 EA OIL COOLER II oil cooler, cheap knockoff of Stewart Warner 7-row model
1.000 ES 24021 starter solenoid
1.000 ES 24115 master relay
1.000 ES ALTERNATOR 60A KIT alternator for a 1987 Suzuki Samurai
1.000 ES WH 6/7/9 KIT wiring harness kit
1.000 FF-705 breather tube
1.000 FF-709 oil cooler doubler
1.000 IE VMP INSTALL KIT manifold pressure gauge install kit
1.000 PT-035X1/4X12 plastic tube
1.000 VA-102 15.5" fuel pressure hose
1.000 VA-168 transducer manifold
1.000 VA-133 27.25" oil pressure hose
1.000 VA-134 19" oil cooler hose
1.000 VA-135 16.5" oil cooler hose
1.000 VENT DL-03 2" SCAT tube flange
1.000 VENT SCAT 2X6' 6' of 2" SCAT tube
1.000 VENT TG-10 heater valve
1.000 AS3-063X1 1/2X4 0.063" Alclad
1.000 AT0-035X3/8X24 aluminum tube
0.500 F AE102-11 firesleeve
0.250 EA HOSE H177 ???
1.000 BAG 626-1
1.000 BAG 627-1
1.000 BAG 628
1.000 BAG 629
1.000 BAG 958
1.000 BAG 991
1.000 BAG 1934
1.000 BAG 1935
1.000 BAG 1978
1.000 BAG 1979
1.000 AS3-063X1X12 0.063" Alclad
1.000 CT BEARING HWR, PROP prop governor attach hardware
1.000 CT BEARING MW-3M rod end bearing
1.000 DOC FWF COMPLETE FWF plans

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Too cold

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

It's not warm enough in the garage to work on the canopy, so I moved it back into the house until summer. I'll work on the firewall-forward stuff instead.

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Family visit

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

My family was in town visiting this weekend. My little brother Adam looked over every inch of the RV-7 project, and Al was nice enough to give him a demo flight in his RV-6A. He doesn't look like he enjoyed it at all…

While they were out I snapped some photos of this F4F Wildcat that was parked in the hangar. This particular airplane has a very interesting history.

After lunch, Adam helped me get the fuselage turned around. To do this we had to roll it out onto the driveway, which generated some very surprised looks from the people in the car that happened to drive past just then.

This orientation will make it a lot easier to work on the canopy and firewall-forward stuff. Just for grins we put the canopy bubble on top of the fuselage. It's going to need a lot trimming to make it fit well.

While my dad was in town, we used his Jeep to fetch a 4×8' sheet of 3/4" plywood from the hardware store. This will be my temporary working-on-the-canopy bench, since the canopy bubble is way too big to fit on my real workbenches.

I also bought another space heater. Next weekend I'll see if I can get the temperature in the garage up to the magic 70° mark so I can do some canopy trimming. If not, I guess I'll have to postpone any further work on the canopy until summer. Stay tuned…

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Ordered engine

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

I ordered my engine from Mattituck today:

Scheduled delivery is for the third week in January.

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Canopy correspondence

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:27:25 -0600 (CST)
From: Matt
To: Van's
Subject: RV-7 sliding canopy frame

Hi guys,

I've got the canopy frame on my RV-7 slider all fitted – I think – and I have a couple questions before I proceed:

1. I had an issue where the aftmost corner on the right side was rubbing/catching on the top skin when the canopy was slid back. I bent the right rear bow outward and it now clears the skin by a minimum of 1/16" on the right side, 1/8" on the left side. I am assuming that the spreading force of the canopy bubble will tend to increase this clearance, not diminish it, so I don't need to worry further. Is this a good assumption?

2. I got things arranged so that with the canopy tracks and slide rail screwed in place, the canopy will glide smoothly open with very light finger pressure. Then I slightly narrowed the front bow so that the rollers rub with moderate friction against the inboard faces of the tracks. My hope here is that if the plexiglass spreads it back out again, the rollers will wind up in the middle of the tracks and give smooth canopy operation. Is this worth doing or should I put it back to neutral and let things fall where they may?

thanks,
mcb

Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:50:14 -0800
From: Van's
To: Matt
Subject: Re: RV-7 sliding canopy frame

There will be some springback when the bubble is attached to the frame, but it is impossible to say how much on a given airplane.

Hmm. I was hoping for a more definitive answer. Luckily a friendly fellow on the VAF site offered this helpful response which seems to confirm my theory about the rollers.

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