FritzW
Well-Known Member
Kill the fatted calf, my old Volksplane has returned!
I finally brought my VP-1 home today. I traded it off a few years ago and traded back for it last year and it took a year to get around to hauling back to my hangar.
After ~1500 hours in 16 years of flying and 3 years of neglect in the back of a hangar (she's been rode hard and put away wet) it's going to need a complete restoration. The last owner did a few things that I'll have to un-do (like the funky windshield).
I also got my low seat, wide body fuselage back in the deal. I may just recover the wings and tail feathers and put them on that fuselage. I've got a couple of engines sitting around that would work (a GPAS 1835 and HAPI 2180(?), ...maybe the 1835 with a redrive, hummm )
I finally brought my VP-1 home today. I traded it off a few years ago and traded back for it last year and it took a year to get around to hauling back to my hangar.
After ~1500 hours in 16 years of flying and 3 years of neglect in the back of a hangar (she's been rode hard and put away wet) it's going to need a complete restoration. The last owner did a few things that I'll have to un-do (like the funky windshield).
I also got my low seat, wide body fuselage back in the deal. I may just recover the wings and tail feathers and put them on that fuselage. I've got a couple of engines sitting around that would work (a GPAS 1835 and HAPI 2180(?), ...maybe the 1835 with a redrive, hummm )