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  1. Little Scrapper

    Movies with Cool Aircraft Featured

    Some neat flying clips in “The English Patient” with a Tiger Moth and a Stearman desert flying together.
  2. Little Scrapper

    Would You Go to A&P school at 65 ?

    Have you ever looked at the statistics of how average people spend time? It’s mind blowing how many waste like 30 hours a week on the internet, television, gaming, phone scrolling, sleeping in etc. A real waste of a life. So hell yeah, definitely go to A&P school and kick some serious a$$ in...
  3. Little Scrapper

    Why is GA continuing its demise?

    It’s a great question to ask. I was reading recently in an unrelated filed that people these days, especially the youth, suffer from distraction because it’s been trained by behavior in a modern era. Advertisers have mastered capturing people’s attention, scrolling, gaming, 15 second videos...
  4. Little Scrapper

    Horrible news from Vans Aircraft

    Well, you certainly have all the answers. I’m wrong. You’re right. Congratulations. Good luck.
  5. Little Scrapper

    Horrible news from Vans Aircraft

    Again, kind of a strange response. Respectfully. When I say “I’m betting” you do realize I’m not actually taking a financial bet right? It’s an expression. It’s my way of saying “I’m also a business owner and understand how difficult it is to start a business from thin air and develop it to...
  6. Little Scrapper

    Horrible news from Vans Aircraft

    What a strange response. Good luck as well. 👍
  7. Little Scrapper

    Horrible news from Vans Aircraft

    I bet margins are paper thin in that type of business. High probability it’s been a constant battle to make a profit since day one, just the nature of what they do. And I doubt that business is a cash cow like many folks thought. Business is a very difficult line to walk, I certainly wish them...
  8. Little Scrapper

    Pros and Cons on Composites vs Aluminum

    Always interesting how these threads develop. Vans will be just fine.
  9. Little Scrapper

    Horrible news from Vans Aircraft

    Ever see this 30 second 3 stooges skit? There’s a lot of this going around right now in my industry.
  10. Little Scrapper

    Horrible news from Vans Aircraft

    “Deserve” is a tricky word.
  11. Little Scrapper

    Horrible news from Vans Aircraft

    That’s a ridiculous comment. You, as the consumer, will be paying for the problems. So yeah, perhaps you’re right. We just keep raising our prices on you.
  12. Little Scrapper

    Horrible news from Vans Aircraft

    I own my business and in the last 3 years it’s been a total schit show. Much of the material I buy from distributors has quadrupled in the last 3-4 years which makes zero sense. The quality of the materials have had serious issues as well. The deliveries have been messed up continuously and the...
  13. Little Scrapper

    Luceaire Buttercup

    Contact Jeff.
  14. Little Scrapper

    Luceaire Buttercup

    It was not flutter. You can still buy plans. Give it time, you’ll hear what happened. If you stick to the plans it’s a great airplane.
  15. Little Scrapper

    RIP Earl Luce

    I’ve had numerous conversations & emails over the years with Earl on all sorts of topics. He was such a wonderful human being and such enthusiastic supporter of everything homebuilt. He will be missed by so many people.
  16. Little Scrapper

    Tack welding 4130

    I bend my own but not everyone has equipment or time I suppose. I love the process itself and have the tools and patience etc. But I definitely understand those who don’t.
  17. Little Scrapper

    Tack welding 4130

    4130 doesn’t come in .020” without special bulk order etc. .028” is the number guys like Tom Cassutt and Wittman periodically used. “Piper channel” 3/8” x 3/8” is available to buy directly from WagAero if you don’t want to bend it yourself.
  18. Little Scrapper

    Making a custom leather seat - logo

    Looking forward to the struggle of learning this. Gonna be super cool. Maybe. 😂
  19. Little Scrapper

    Making a custom leather seat - logo

    If anyone is interested. I realize very people will be willing to go down the road of learning how to create a custom carved logo on a leather seat for a airplane but that’s what I’m doing. This is a video series of my learning curve to get the Ace Aircraft logo on my seat when I build it...
  20. Little Scrapper

    Airplane for the Common Denominator

    Thank you for taking the time to get those and post photos. That really makes threads like these great for everyone. Looks like a well thought out set of plans.
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