Torsten's RV-12

My build of the Van's Aircraft RV-12 #120374

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Sunken Float

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During my last Annual Inspection I overhauled the Bing carbs as they had exceeded their 200 hour mark. I did this despite the feeling that l...
Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Dynamic Propeller Balancing

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Ever since I had my prop balanced in 2014 somewhere up in Phoenix I had the feeling that the guy who did it had not done a good job. He only...
Saturday, November 25, 2017

4th Annual Inspection

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The RV has 227.0 hours on it and a few things started to indicate that some work had to be done. The engine had started to run a bit rougher...

Update on the Fuel Pump

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After about 25 hours on the replacement pump all the pressure readings are back to normal. The first 5 hours or so I was watching a break-in...
Monday, July 31, 2017

Fuel Pump Failure

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End of June I wanted to depart on a breakfast flight to Benson with my wife, when ~3 minutes after take-off the cockpit quickly filled with ...
Monday, January 9, 2017

Operating Limitations Overly Limiting

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One of the things that most builders forget quickly after the exhilarating experience of turning a heap of metal into an airplane - also kno...
Monday, November 21, 2016

Broken Wire, Or Is It?

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What an interesting annual inspection I am having this year! After last years slip into the new year (I usually started inspection at Thanks...
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Working as a Software Engineer in the field of Research & Development for a medical device company, flew Paragliders and Paramotors since the 90's up to 2010, got infected with the LSA virus in August '09, got my Sport Pilot license in March '10, flew a RANS S-12S until August '11, and completed my RV-12 project in November 2013. Now thinking about a light RV-9 ...
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