EAA Experimenter 9
JERRY FOLKERTS, EAA 102697, of Troy,
Missouri, is selling plans for the fi rst kit
pedal plane patterned after the Van's RV
series of homebuilts. Over the past year
he and a friend, who is a retired machin-
ist, put the fi nishing touches on The
Pedal RV. Recently
their website went
live, and orders for the $69.95 plan sets
($10 shipping) are being taken.
Folkerts, president of EAA Chapter
1387, will donate $5 to the chapter's
Young Eagles program ef orts for each
set of plans sold.
Folkerts' "secret" project was
prompted by a post on the Van's Air
Force forum in early 2014 suggesting
that someone design a child's pedal
airplane made out of aluminum that
looked like an RV.
His friend, Charlie Eubanks, provided
the expertise and advice as the two de-
vised a design and construction plan and
began cutting aluminum. Over the sum-
mer Folkerts fashioned the pieces,
Clecoed everything up, and Eu-
banks disassembled and precisely
measured before fi nal riveting. In
the fall they created an extensive
21-page manual featuring lots
of photos along with 2-by-3 foot
dimension CAD drawings.
"Maybe in a couple of years
we can have a judging contest
at Oshkosh for outstanding
workmanship!" Folkerts said.
He also suggested chapters
could build one and auction it
off as a fundraiser.
Folkerts fl ew in the Air Force and
has built a Pietenpol. He's about two
years away from completing a Murphy
Super Rebel.
RV Pedal Plane
ROTAX HAS INTRODUCED a new process to expedite the timely
dissemination of important information. Rotax recommends
that when a temporary revision (TR) document is released, it
should be printed (single-sided) on yellow paper. The cover
page should be inserted as the fi rst page of the manual af ected.
Each of the temporary revision pages (numbered "3A," "7A,"
etc.) are to be inserted just ahead of their corresponding pages
in the manual. Before updating a manual with temporary
revision pages, be sure to check that you have the latest revision
of the manual.
Rotax recently released two TR documents:
• TR-IM 912-001 (for 912 Installation Manual)
• TR-IM 914-001 (for 914 Installation Manual)
The information provided in these temporary revision pages
will be incorporated into the next revision of the manuals (planned
for release in the second quarter of 2015).
Download the TR pages .
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