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    Considering Two Designs.....Maybe Three

    Skier, After your post I took a closer look at the CX-4. I may have to investigate it further. At first glance I assumed, because it is so pretty, that it must be a bear to build. But after looking at the info on their site, and at the available parts (such as spar and ribs), I'm not so sure...
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    Considering Two Designs.....Maybe Three

    I like the BK1 myself, but I live in Northern KY and am not all that far, within about a 1/2 day's drive, of Williams County Airport where Hummel is based. I figure, if I were to start an H5 and ran into problems, or needed something done that I didn't have the tools or ability to do, I could...
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    Considering Two Designs.....Maybe Three

    I've looked at the Sonex and Onex but they made my eyes hurt - I favor something with a more traditional appearance. My personal choice for a drop-dead gorgeous airplane is the Stewart 265, but they declined to sell plans as they felt people would be tempted to up-engine it and end up hurting...
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    Considering Two Designs.....Maybe Three

    Looking for some discussion here to help me make a choice. For some background, I'm currently an inactive PPL who hasn't flown for about 35 years. I'm approaching retirement now, and it's either going to be build an airplane, build a boat, or sit in my Lazyboy recliner in front of the TV and...
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    Prospective pilot/builder worried about medical

    A friend of mine, who is a private pilot and is 64 years old, uses his AME as his personal physician. When I heard this I told him he was crazy, but he maintained that the doctor was a nice guy and that they had a good relationship and it would be OK. Well, a couple of years ago he went in and...
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    Warbird paint scheme for a Taylor Monoplane?

    Here's a site with a Canadian version painted up like a Spitfire (Even has simulated 20mm cannons on each wing!). EdsSpitfire-C-FXYA.jpg Photo by spitfirebuilder91 | Photobucket
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    Fly Baby questions

    From what I can gather from the Fly Baby home page, the rot problem at the bottom of the rear carry-thru is addressed by using a pair of steel straps on both sides of the carry-thru, instead of the originally-designed purely wooded structure. Another thing that they talk about are improperly...
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    Lawnmowers are overrated

    Nothing flys like a Deere!
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    Safest most reliable way to operate a 2 stroke?

    I have been doing a LOT of (internet) research on the 582, and, bearing in mind I have 0 practical experience, I have become convinced that the Rotax oil injection system appears to be the way to go, as opposed to pre-mix. My resons are as follows: 1. Pre-mixed gasoline does not "store" well...
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    Safest most reliable way to operate a 2 stroke?

    I have absolutely '0' experience flying behind a 2-stroke, but like the OP I have been researching the issues. I gather that another operational method that may result in a cold seizure is making a long descent at idle with the propellor windmilling, and that proper technique would be to...
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    Cowling For 582 and Carb Ice

    In considering what type of plane to build, I find myself attracted to those powered by the Rotax 582. I live in Kentucky and our summers can be quite humid, which, of course, are perfect conditions for carb ice. I notice that on many 582 installations (and those of other 2-stroke engines)...
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    Shooting at airplanes.

    I recall a story once of a pilot who did a couple of tours in 'Nam and never got a scratch. After he left the service he got a job flying for an airline, and one day during a departure out of Detroit somebody nailed him in the leg.
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