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    Current state of Great Plains Aircraft?

    I ordered some parts online from GPAS last week and they arrived today. No issues.
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    Cassutt - Construction Techniques & Standards / Tube and Fabric Aircraft Construction

    Re: Cassutt - Construction Techniques & Standards / Tube and Fabric Aircraft Construc Hey Scrapper....i havent stopped your blog in a while. I tried it and its down. You gonna get that back up? I enjoyed seeing how you figured out airframe stuff. thanks,
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    Skybolt Project - Fuse on gear - parts

    in case anyone is wondering, I checked and I have 4 of the 10 required wing flying wires with this. new they are about 310 from Steen Aero.
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    Skybolt Project - Fuse on gear - parts

    Scrapper, It has all tail wires and some of the wing flying wires. I need to either find the email/ad or count them. I can check tonight and post up.
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    Skybolt Project - Fuse on gear - parts

    I am finally realizing I just dont have the time, or wont make the time, to finish this Steen Skybolt project I bought. There will also be some potential move stuff in my future, so I am putting it up for sale. I bought the Fuse as it sits ~2years ago from an A&P in Denver. He worked with the...
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    Cassutt - looking for anyone who knows anything about it

    thanks for blogging all your layout/build info. I might start next year on one. dan
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    Coot amphibian parts craigslist

    Found this on CL. Not affiliated at all. coot lower hull and leading edge pieces http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/for/5927220627.html
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    Wind tunnel

    hmmm. Thats like 20min from my house......
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    Continental A65 Parts

    I have 2 A65's i am parting out. Both have been stored for ~30years indoors. 1 is apart. Cylinders appear to be in good shape and original bore. Crank looks good and has not been cut undersized yet. cases look good with no cracks visible etc. Strombergs, sumps, Case mags, etc also on these...
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    Looking for ideas for a homebuilt.

    Thats true. But most of the others listed here (kolb, etc) are ultralights. A Flybaby or Kitfox (another solid choice), are airplanes, in FAA lingo. Depends on what you want to fly and in what conditions. A guy in my EAA chapter has a Kolb Firestar in the hanger working on it. Seems like a fine...
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    Looking for ideas for a homebuilt.

    It's wood and fabric but what about a Flybaby? Single seat, foldable wings. Was originally designed as trailerable. Pete Bowers was a larger guy, I'm told, and designed the Flybaby to fit bigger pilots.
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    Original Cassutt 111M plans

    email sent
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    3M Glass Bubbles

    We used to make a product for a customer that used hollow ceramic spheres to make the normal high performance paint into a heat reflecting coating. They were made by sil-cell and the coating did drop the temp by 10-15F under an IR light. I think the normal 3m glass beads wouldnt be as...
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    Cassutt - looking for anyone who knows anything about it

    When did this happen? Creighton doesn't own them anymore? That's what I get for being lazy and not getting plans last year. Great thread. I thought real hard about a Cassutt, and even looked at a couple projects, before I bought my Skybolt project. When (if?) i finish the Bolt i was going to...
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