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    What did you do on your airplane project today?

    MarkW at Walmart I found in the outdoors section inflatable stadium cushion branded Ozark Trail. They're made of a plastic that's ultrasonically welded and very strong and pretty comfortable. Extremely lightweight and really inexpensive like $3.00. I think they're intended to be basically...
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    Welding, Water Jet Cutting, Fabrication and 3-D Printing Service

    I mentioned before that I moved back to Southern Oregon. There is a facility with many of the tools I mentioned available near me that I can utilize and I could basically set up a small-medium size manufacturing base with appropriate funding with basically no overhead for the cost of the...
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    Welding, Water Jet Cutting, Fabrication and 3-D Printing Service

    Swatch the water jet available to me isn't huge. I think it's approximately 24x18"
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    Welding, Water Jet Cutting, Fabrication and 3-D Printing Service

    Sorry I hadn't responded to the last couple messages. I've had a lot of discouragement/bad stuff happening. I'm trying to work through. Mg that's pretty interesting. I'm familiar with the medical application of 3D printed Titanium and Biocompatible polymers to a degree. There are a number of...
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    Not a new member but haven't posted in a while.

    Oh and I live in southern Oregon now with no Sailplane clubs or ports very near me but Medford International is a stones through from me and if anyone from HBA lives around here or knows anyone that does or is resonably close I would love to meet and "talk shop" or go for rides in or even jump...
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    Not a new member but haven't posted in a while.

    Thanks I mean it was an awesome deal (In my opinion) and how I found it right after the situation with the first Dragonfly I had a chance of picking up. Bill seemed like a really cool guy I would have liked to have talked with him more. He did have children and grandchildren and I figured they...
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    Not a new member but haven't posted in a while.

    Haven't posted here in a while. About 5 years ago the goal of building and flying my own airplane felt tangible. I was working as a part time night dishwasher at a restaurant and had found a Dragonfly that was almost completed on craigslist (near where I grew up and my father was living) that...
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    My Dragonfly Project and What happened?

    I found an ad on Barnstormers of a plane kit/project know as a SNAP Dragonfly by Viking Aircraft. I thought for sure that there was no chance the kit was available still at the price being offered and I called anyway and the owner said it was. I asked him if I could make payments on the plane...
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    My Dragonfly Project

    I found an ad on Barnstormers of a plane kit/project know as a SNAP Dragonfly by Viking Aircraft. I thought for sure that there was no chance the kit was available still at the price being offered and I called anyway and the owner said it was. I asked him if I could make payments on the plane...
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    Excellent video on making reliable power in a Mazda Rotary engine

    It would be nice if people would consider that there is a real person at the other end of these comments and consider that maybe just maybe that this persons life maybe unlike yours and that being anything other than tactful and considerate could justify that person making retaliatory comments.
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    Excellent video on making reliable power in a Mazda Rotary engine

    wsimpso "Here is why: The bolts and the like are sized for normally aspirated or mildly boosted power of the RV7 and RV8." "This is fastener theory basics" On a forum called Homebuilt Airplanes.com referring to a Mazda RX-7 and RX-8 engine as an RV7 and RV8... I realize that you're a...
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    Excellent video on making reliable power in a Mazda Rotary engine

    As E85 isn't practical for aircraft use leaded fuel isn't practical for human health. That aside why not build an engine that is able to withstand higher hp figures and don't run those higher horsepowers? I don't know that I'll ever build a Rotary or fly an aircraft with one but if I do at least...
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    Excellent video on making reliable power in a Mazda Rotary engine

    You're familiar with Mazda Rotary rv7charlie I know from seeing many post's that you've made in the Mazda Conversion section on HBA. I didn't post link to the video for people with you're knowledge but for people new to considering Mazda Rotary. That's great you're confident in you're abilities...
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    Excellent video on making reliable power in a Mazda Rotary engine

    While I don't own a Rotary engine car or aircraft I'm interested in these engines. I've read most articles by Paul Lamar and while his ideas are very interesting I feel that a lot of his work is out of the reach or desire for many people to entertain. After watching "Rob Dahm"s YouTube channel...
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    Belite factory fire

    Belite is set to resume production in 2022. Chipper 2 looks like a plane I would like to build as an entry into STOL/Bush Flying and or find a fixer upper Talor Cub.
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    BD-5J

    H&ifast I may know of from what I understand a very complete kit for sale in the U.S. I have a little experience with shipping logistics and one of these could be shipped to Europe for approximately 1,000-1,500$ but likely more. The guy that acquired these he actually has 2 said he has a good...
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    Mike Patey - Scrappy's Wing

    I don't think a lot of the fund to build Scrappy came from backers. In one of his videos he explains much of his wealth came from his design firm on a project that was a water purification system. I think it was a system to make grey water or black water potable with an emphasis on high volume...
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    Welding, Water Jet Cutting, Fabrication and 3-D Printing Service

    Hi there first of all thanks for the you're interest thanks Victor Bravo have seen you are very active on these forums. I suppose my location says I'm in California. I'm not I live in Oregon now. Southern Oregon specifically. I could perhaps in the future give a virtual tour or perhaps to a...
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    Welding, Water Jet Cutting, Fabrication and 3-D Printing Service

    Hello homebuiltairplanes.com forum. I'm a skilled welder fabricator and aircraft enthusiast now with access to a variety of quality equipment including Welders-Aluminum MIG,TIG,and Gas, Plasma Cutter, a small CNC Water Jet, Hydraulic Tube Bender, Wood CNC Mill, Laser Cutter, and both SLS and FDM...
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    New Electric Motor from Mahle

    I wrote Leon Robbins he's a professional mountain boarder for MBS. The Aircraft Designer/Builder name is Leon Davis and I think the Aircraft I was referencing is the D-11? I think he produced only one however and don't know of plans for sale unlike another two place design of his.
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