This will be my third visit (from NYC). I fly into Chicago and rent a car. I stay in the dorms and use the bus pass. This gives me a lot of flexibility. I can hop out to the store for supplies, I can...
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This will be my third visit (from NYC). I fly into Chicago and rent a car. I stay in the dorms and use the bus pass. This gives me a lot of flexibility. I can hop out to the store for supplies, I can...
Very nice! What engine are you running?
Good luck with the 601xlb! I was, initially, looking at buying a built 601/650.
I can certainly understand. realistically, my airplane is three years from flying, which is a good-sized chunk of...
Jim, I'm not anxious about experimental engines in general, I'm almost certainly using a Corvair, but I'm not at the decision point yet. Jan Eggenfelter left a bad taste in a lot of peoples mouths....
I *so* want to believe this. The claimed numbers and the price are exceptional. But there's that weaseley word "claimed". It scares the living daylights out of me, especially when it comes to...
I finally got started on the garage this weekend, by beginning the to lay out the foundation beams. I'm hoping to complete that and build the floor structure within the next couple of weekends,...
Hi Sam,
Yeah, I looked long and hard at the Sonex. The new B model addressed a lot of my concerns (mostly a bigger panel). In the end, it's almost too close to call. I think the deciding factor is...
Well, I had a bad moment. I'm currently building in the family room of our weekend house which is where we also have our laundry. My wife discovered some foreign, airplane-related debris in her...
It's not too hard to figure out using Ohm's law and some target values. For example, using a nichrome wire that is 26 gauge, the resistance per foot is 2.67 ohms. Assuming a wire length of 2 feet,...
Construction of the rudder began yesterday. I ordered the complete tool kit from Zenith which includes an air drill. This necessitated the purchase of a more robust compressor as my little pancake...
Yes, I live in New York City. My wife and I share a studio apartment that is smaller than the average garage. But we have a house in Northeast Pennsylvania to which we escape on weekends and, that Is...
After almost a year of doing the "spin-the-wheel-to-decide-on-a-kit" game (complete with two "missions" to Oshkosh to make up my mind), I ordered the plans, toolkit and rudder kit for a Zenith...
Hi, for the second year, I'll be staying in the dorms. I'm flying solo from Monday night through Thursday morning. If anyone needs advice on what to expect or wants to meet up, send me a PM. Last...
Modern auto engines are, indeed, wonders. Powerful, reliable, adaptable. On the face of it, they would make great aircraft engines. The problem, as I see it, is one of complexity. Auto engine...
That was my mission, as well! And, like you, I'm still up in the air! Why is that so hard? On my short list: Sonex, Zenith CH-650 and RV-9.
This was my first visit. I went alone and at the last minute.
The good:
1) What can I say? It's Oshkosh and it didn't disappoint one little bit.
2) All the great people with whom I struck...
The only sound nicer than a Merlin is two Merlins, ever so slightly out of synch, making a low pass attached to the glorious Mosquito. That, alone, was worth the price of admission.
+1 on the redefinition of terms. Last night I saw an ad for a shoe chain promoting a BOGO sale. To me BOGO means "buy one, get one free". The ad defined it as "buy one, get one at half off".
As...
Congratulations! You must be very proud of her!
I think that we're in one of those times when the future could go in one of two ways. One being that Light Sport might actually fulfill its promises and one where it continues to disappoint.
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We only do that on the Internet and when someone cuts us off in the pattern ;-)
True, but only if we are talking a about a 2-seat aircraft with dual controls. While it has long been established that single-seat airplanes have, at some point, to be dealt with by pilots new to the...
A few weeks back, I got to take my wife up as my first passenger. We took off from KMPO, headed northeast to the Delaware river and flew up to take a look at our weekend house from the air. It was a...
Sorry to hear that, Bill. But be patient. If I've proven anything, it's that patience pays!
Speaking of which, last weekend was supposed to be the payoff for my wife as my very first passenger. I...
I'm certainly very pleased. I've had this dream for over 50 years. But I'm even more pleased with how things went yesterday. As we all know, there are ups and downs, sometimes we just can't get the...