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Firewall Forward Kit Inventory

August 22, 2014November 6, 2014 Ed 0 Comment FWF, RV10 Build

The FWF kit is here! It’s the smallest kit yet, so inventorying didn’t take long at all…

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Engine install — DELAYED!

August 23, 2014November 6, 2014 Ed 0 Comment FWF, RV10 Build
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So today was supposed to be a big day. Engine install! Well, I had my dad over to help with things. First, In installed the

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Engine Mounted

August 27, 2014November 6, 2014 Ed 0 Comment FWF, RV10 Build
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Yup. It actually happened this time! But before I mounted it up, I figured it would be easier to finish my control cable passthrus. The

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Spinner finished and prop bolted on

August 28, 2014November 6, 2014 Ed 0 Comment FWF, RV10 Build
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Like the title says, I finished up the little bit of work I had left on the spinner, mostly getting nutplates installed. Then I bolted

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Prop Governor, Fuel Servo, and Filtered Air Box

September 1, 2014November 21, 2014 Ed 2 Comments FWF, RV10 Build
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More good progress today. I started by bolting the propellor governor on to the motor. This device controls the pitch of the propellor, using engine

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Alt Air Door

September 3, 2014November 21, 2014 Ed 0 Comment FWF, RV10 Build
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I am not using the stock “alternate air door”. This is a feature that let’s you bypass the airfilter and cowl snorkle in the event

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Alt Air and FAB Nose Trimming

September 4, 2014November 21, 2014 Ed 0 Comment FWF, RV10 Build
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I got two things done today. First, I finished the construction of the Alternate Air Door. This consisted of trimming the fiberglass runners I constructed

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Baffling beginnings

September 12, 2014November 21, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Baffles, FWF, RV10 Build

Tonight, I started fabrication of the engine baffles. Pretty straight forward, and it was fun to get back into some good old fashion aluminum work!

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More baffle construction

September 18, 2014November 21, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Baffles, FWF, RV10 Build
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Put some more work in on the baffle general construction. It’s still all pretty straight forward…

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Baffle ramps

September 20, 2014November 21, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Baffles, FWF, RV10 Build
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Tonight I worked on getting the baffle ramps to fit properly. It’s a little “futzy” getting everything to line up just right, so there was

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More ramp work

September 21, 2014November 21, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Baffles, FWF, RV10 Build
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There is a lot of tweaking to get the ramp areas just right. There is also a fair bit of work to get the baffles

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Ramp work… again

September 22, 2014November 21, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Baffles, FWF, RV10 Build
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Tonight, I worked on the ramps again. This time, I was working on constructing the curved transitions from the flat bottom of the ramp the

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And more ramp work

September 23, 2014November 21, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Baffles, FWF, RV10 Build

Yup. Ramp work again. This time, I got the transition curves match drilled, and located, match drilled, and cut out the opening for the heater

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Initial baffle trimming

September 25, 2014November 21, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Baffles, FWF, RV10 Build

I started the baffle trimming. It all comes oversizes and needs to be trimmed to within about 1/4″ of the cowl top once it’s in

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Baffle final trim

September 26, 2014November 21, 2014 Ed 0 Comment Baffles, FWF, RV10 Build
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After the rough trim last night, I was able to put the cowl top on, but I still needed to get the right clearance between

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