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Torsten's RV-12: RPM Is Stable Now
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My build of the Van's Aircraft RV-12 #120374. Saturday, May 3, 2014. RPM Is Stable Now. The 47kOhms resistor did the trick. No more fluctuations, not even during initial climb out. This has been verified today during 3 hours of flying from AVQ to PAN, from PAN to FFZ and back to AVQ. Payson was beautiful and the restaurant has nice food for around what I pay for a gallon of AvGas at Falcon Field. Now let's plan for a few days in Sedona! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Paint scheme under consideration.
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Torsten's RV-12: April 2013
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My build of the Van's Aircraft RV-12 #120374. Tuesday, April 30, 2013. I did not have much time to night but I was able to rivet the spacer parts onto the stiffener angle. I realized a bit later that I had used ordinary NAPA primer and not the stuff for engine enamel. I guess that in between two good heat conductors this should stay cool enough to cause an issue. Monday, April 29, 2013. Without any reason, as it turned out - to my great relief! The front of the firewall is a bit more delicate though....
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Torsten's RV-12: January 2014
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My build of the Van's Aircraft RV-12 #120374. Sunday, January 26, 2014. Over the weekend I took a moment to install the Kroger Sunshade to get out of the searing sun, at least some of the flight time. This sunshade is very effective and super light-weight, so it's a no-brainer in my book. On Saturday and Sunday I collected some more climb data and various airspeed data to compare against the GPS groundspeed by eliminating the wind factor. Then I headed out West to Silverbell Mine. After landing and hanga...
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Torsten's RV-12: October 2013
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My build of the Van's Aircraft RV-12 #120374. Sunday, October 27, 2013. Ready for Taxi Tests. I put the Avionics cover back on and removed the final layers of protective coating from the glass. I also wiped down the top of the wing skins and the fuselage to get rid of some dust. Not sure if you can see a difference in the photos. Saturday, October 26, 2013. After a great day at Copperstate Fly-In. For which I had taken a day off from work, I riveted on the piano hinge to the top cowl. The it was time che...
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Torsten's RV-12: September 2013
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My build of the Van's Aircraft RV-12 #120374. Sunday, September 29, 2013. Trim Servo Needs Polarity Change. When I was looking at the PAP to verify the trim tab is doing the right thing, the measurements that I was supposed to get were completely off. In what I thought was full up trim, I measured more than 3" of distance between the AST trailing edge and the TE of the stabilator when the stick was full aft. A check on the forum confirmed that my trim tab is moving the opposite way: Forum Thread. I adjus...
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Torsten's RV-12: May 2014
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My build of the Van's Aircraft RV-12 #120374. Saturday, May 3, 2014. RPM Is Stable Now. The 47kOhms resistor did the trick. No more fluctuations, not even during initial climb out. This has been verified today during 3 hours of flying from AVQ to PAN, from PAN to FFZ and back to AVQ. Payson was beautiful and the restaurant has nice food for around what I pay for a gallon of AvGas at Falcon Field. Now let's plan for a few days in Sedona! Friday, May 2, 2014. Cowl Painting Done . For Now. The way the paint...
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Torsten's RV-12: December 2013
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My build of the Van's Aircraft RV-12 #120374. Monday, December 30, 2013. Phase 1 of Phase I. Now that I am back in the flying business again, I started on completing Flight 1 of the Production Acceptance Procedure (PAP) which is the very phase 1 of Phase I. I tried to do a mix of maneuvers from the PAP and keep the fun part up by flying the plane a bit for sight-seeing and playing with the SkyView to get more comfortable with the avionics. Here are some pictures from the airstrips around my home airport.
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Torsten's RV-12: June 2013
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My build of the Van's Aircraft RV-12 #120374. Sunday, June 30, 2013. Thanks to the timely arrival of another load of ProSeal, I was able to close out 3 open sections in the build manual that were in some way or another waiting for some sealant job to get done. Before this weekend work started I was able to remove some more of the Blue Plague that was sticking to the tip of the right wing. This was the sun setting on the last cooler days before the weekend, which is to say it only got to the lower hundreds.
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Torsten's RV-12: February 2014
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My build of the Van's Aircraft RV-12 #120374. Thursday, February 20, 2014. In this blog from April 26, 2010 it shows that this first real cross country flight in the S-12S ("real" meaning that it includes at least one sleepover) was the actual trigger to start the RV-12 build. I just realized that I needed something faster and roomier to be able to travel in it. The rest of the flight was almost boring - that is to say, uneventful - which in aviation is a good thing. On the day of the return flight, I fu...
