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Builder Name:Buck Wyndham   -  
Project:   Vans - RV-8   -   VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:3914.15
Start/Last Date:Jan 08, 2002 - No Finish Date
Engine:AeroSport Power IO-375-M1S
Propeller:Whirlwind 330-3B/72H-73 3-blade CS
Panel:G3X, G5, GTN650, GTR20, GTX45R, GMA245, GMC507
 
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May 23, 2007     Floorboards; Seat hinges; Aft cabin covers - (3.5 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Installed the rear seat mounting hinges and the three floor stiffeners that are riveted with the hinges. I decided to forego Van's instructions in one area. They call for you to attach two holes in the right hinge to the left floorboard using LP4-3 pop rivets -- rivets that would have to be drilled out in order for the floorboards to come out. Instead (you guessed it), I installed nutplates and #8 screws through the those two holes in the hinge.

I did a test-fit of the floorboards with all the stiffeners finally riveted in place. It's just a little tighter and trickier to get the left-aft floorboard in and out, but it's perfectly do-able.

Installed the rear seatbelt anchors. Since I'm using Hooker harnesses that have steel bushings in the mounting ends, I had to modify the stock anchors by double-bending them a bit. This meant that there was not enough clearance from the aft side cabin covers, so I had to cut bigger slots in the cabin covers.

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. If you try to build stuff fancy-like, you pay for it in lots of additional on-the-spot engineerin' and cipherin'. I think Pogo said that.


 


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