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  1. windair

    Garage with 2 doors???

    Not necessarily true. If your garage with a typical gable roof and the doors are in the gable end, the divider post most likely does not carry any structural roof load.
  2. windair

    Is there such a thing as "Too early"?

    I have flown twice in our c172 with my 9 month old daughter. It was pretty much uneventful. Both times she went to sleep immediately and did not wake up until the decent for landing. I descended for landing at less than 500 fpm and gave her a bottle to help clear here ears. My wife and I were...
  3. windair

    Paint a two tone on a composite

    It can be done either way. The benefit to painting the whole aircraft white first, is that this will guarantee that the color coat over top will be a uniform shade. Colors are move brilliant over white. For these reasons some custom car/ bike painters shoot a coat of white over the primer before...
  4. windair

    Flying off my hours

    pequeajim, I see you live close to me, What airport is your home base? I'm based out of Kutztown. Some of my Rotorway buddies are based at Smoketown and one at Keller Brothers. I would contact Eugene Breiner, our local DAR. He should be able to recomend how to fly your plane home legally. Nick
  5. windair

    Help me narrow down my choices for an Alaska Bush plane.

    Here are some youtube clips of the Pegazair landing and taking off http://youtube.com/watch?v=WF4V13ur3Ds&mode=related&search= If you want to build a Cub or Supercub type plane WagAero offers some kits
  6. windair

    Help me narrow down my choices for an Alaska Bush plane.

    Have you looked at the Pegazair 80 or 100? http://www.tapanee.com/index.html It is based on a scaled down Helio Courier. The short field performance is outright remarkable. 175 foot takeoff roll with a 80hp rotax:ban: . The stall speed is 23mph. I seen a video of this plane and it is as close to...
  7. windair

    New Aircraft or Restoration

    This is how it has been explained to me. If you use parts from an already built and registered aircraft you are going to have to make a case to the FAA that you meet the 51% rule. For the application for registration you have to either select "Plan built" or "Kit built." If you select kit built...
  8. windair

    Small aerobatic biplane kit?

    You may want to look at the Murphy Renegade (65- 100hp). They are now offer the Rotec Radial as an engine option.
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