More to follow on this one, but as a teaser, things didn’t go so well after this picture was taken…
The Mighty RV
Building, flying and maintaining a Vans RV-7 custom-built airplane in New England
More to follow on this one, but as a teaser, things didn’t go so well after this picture was taken…
First of all, thank you for sharing your building experience. You should know that it really helps builder like me all around the world.
I also have a Superior XP-360 (Barret Precision built, constant speed propeller) and wondered if you used Van’s IO-360 guide for the FW penetrations (throttle, mix etc.) from OP-33. Did you, or in hindsight, change anything ?
Hi Bjorn,
You’re absolutely welcome!
I’m not at the shop but I’m pretty sure I used OP-33 for the mixture and prop cable holes. I used OP-32 for the fuel line passthrough to the fuel injection servo. My IO-360 uses a Precision Airmotive Silverhawk FI servo and the throttle and mixture controls lined up pretty well with the OP-33 holes. One thing to watch is the length of the mixture cable – I had Spruce make up a custom cable because the stock one from Vans was too short.
Hope this answers your question, standing by for more!
Cheers,
Dave