This project started when my wife snagged her sweater on one of the canopy bolts. I looked for ready made vinyl caps and was unsuccessful finding ones that looked right. It seemed like a lot of work to make my own but I like to […]
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Lifting without getting a sore back
An easy way to solo lift the RV-12 to do wheel maintenance or put it on sawhorses is this Harbor Freight hydraulic table cart. It can lift 1000 pounds, the whole RV-12, although I wouldn’t suggest lifting the whole plane since there isn’t strong structure […]
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Ultimate Fuel Stick
My RV-12 is the early design with the fuel tank behind the co-pilot seat. Checking fuel level is very important and I do it before every flight. My original fuel measuring stick was a 5/16 wooden dowel extremely warped, (Home Depot stocks lots of the […]
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Shade For The Cockpit
When parking in the sun the RV-12 can get pretty hot inside, the first few minutes getting back in is a dance to keep from getting burned on the hot interior. I found this spring type window shade on Amazon that fits perfectly, rolls up […]
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12 Volt Fuel Cart
When I bought the RV-12 I knew I wanted to use mogas as much as possible. Bringing it in to the airport wasn’t an issue but getting it into the plane with 5 gallon jugs shoulder height was going to get old really fast. I […]