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Took some pics of da plane today... 56K warning

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Gave it a bath, took some pics, then flew to Cedar Mills Marina with a friend and his grandpa, who served our country for 26 years in the USAF and is now battling cancer. :( Very fun day for all of us tho...

Saw this sitting at Denton this morning...



"Howie" and his grandson Taylor:






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/excellent day
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92Notch
bad ass yak....when we going up in the cherokee?
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92Notch said:
bad ass yak....when we going up in the cherokee?
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Good question... need to. She's up for sale right now. :( Stupid ass partner is getting a divorce. So unless I somehow manage to get a promotion at work or land some big ass account, my hours in 56N are numbered. :(
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fordracing19
Are you still building a plane?
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fordracing19 said:
Are you still building a plane?
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yeppers.
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HoLLoWkaTZ
Nice pics
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danielhv said:
Good question... need to. She's up for sale right now. :( Stupid ass partner is getting a divorce. So unless I somehow manage to get a promotion at work or land some big ass account, my hours in 56N are numbered. :(
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eh just sell it and finish the RV (that is what you are building isnt it?)
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92Notch said:
eh just sell it and finish the RV (that is what you are building isnt it?)
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danielhv said:
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lol I have looked at that once before. I have just been working for over 48 hours straight now so I am a little slow. Yup I saw let the cherokee go and lets get the Rv-7 finished and fly it instead.

Whats the difference in 7 and 7a?
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92Notch said:
lol I have looked at that once before. I have just been working for over 48 hours straight now so I am a little slow. Yup I saw let the cherokee go and lets get the Rv-7 finished and fly it instead.

Whats the difference in 7 and 7a?
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A = nosewheel
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cobrajet69
Great pix man. Thanks for posting them. Kudos to G/Pops for his service and best wishes for strength in his battle.


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danielhv said:
A = nosewheel
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nice choice on that. Even though I want to learn to fly a tail dragger not sure I would want to own one.
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fordracing19
Whats maintenance cost on a Cherokee?
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fordracing19 said:
Whats maintenance cost on a Cherokee?
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Variable, as with any airplane. You can have a $600 annual one year, and a $5000 annual the next.
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danielhv said:
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Checked out your build looks pretty good.

Couple of pointers though.....

You should of wet sealed all your rivets in the fuel tank when you installed them. Not just back seal.

Also it looks like you have the wrong nutplates on the panel in the fuel tank. They should be dome nut.

I see you hand mixed your B1/2 and then put in sem tubes. They make semkits which are alot easier.
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mk5.0 said:
You should of wet sealed all your rivets in the fuel tank when you installed them. Not just back seal.
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I did, every rivet was dipped in proseal before being set.


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Also it looks like you have the wrong nutplates on the panel in the fuel tank. They should be dome nut.
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Don't know what you are talking about. The tanks are built exactly according to the plans using all the hardware they call for by part #. I assume your talking about the tank inspection plate... screws are used to hold it in place (along with proseal) Some have opted to replace the screws with a hex head screw, but never seen a dome nut on anyones RV tanks.


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I see you hand mixed your B1/2 and then put in sem tubes. They make semkits which are alot easier.
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Yes I know they sell it in the tubes already... problem is, the tubes are 3.5 ounces... and when doing the tank, you will mix much less than that at times (such as riveting the ribs in). If I did it all in the pre-filled tubes, I'd waste 80% of it since once its mixed it going to cure. Therefore I used the quart kit as Vans suggests.

Also, it is going to take about 24 ounces to do 1 tank... and thats at minimum. Therefore, to do BOTH tanks (48 oz) it would cost:

Tubes: 14 tubes (3.5oz each) (49 oz) @ $15.50/ea = $217.

Quart Kits: 2 quarts (64 oz) @ $39.30/ea = $78.60
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BottleRocket
Why not try doing a leaseback somewhere? US Flight Academy, Monarch Air Addison, etc.
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BottleRocket said:
Why not try doing a leaseback somewhere? US Flight Academy, Monarch Air Addison, etc.
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dont want students beating it up. I'd be better off taking my chances with the sun. plus, you tell your insurance co that you are renting at it increases your rates by 5x.
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danielhv said:
dont want students beating it up. I'd be better off taking my chances with the sun. plus, you tell your insurance co that you are renting at it increases your rates by 5x.
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I am not positive on this but I believe all the monarch planes are covered by monarchs insurance.
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