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Happy Birthday Logtrucker,

     I keep telling my kids that it is easy to be young - you got to get tough to get old - someday they will know.

Hope you have a great day!

EdMO

No, I think someone else was right.. just plant flowers around it and make it a historical monument

I would like to dye my ugly brown sling seat black to make it match my paint job. has anyone else done this before that would like to pass along some pointers? I have the original brown C sling seat its still new unused in great shape I just don't like the color even more so now that I have the rest of the plane painted. it just doesn't go well with my chosen colors

-Robert-

  Hope you have a great day Mr.!

Dont be shy about letting us in on the secrets of the Dean Wilson skunk works either!  I am looking forward to seeing his new build get to the air!

Probably a fatigue/ sleep apnea related accident. There's the reason why we can't have nice things. Its those fat b_(ches flying their damn brooms around sound asleep! Oh humanity! On another topic, it seems like this flying object will take just some minor repairs to make it airworthy again. You planning to fly that Dr. Perry?

Thanks for the input, I'm very pleased with how our paint turned out. the main things I learned for the next guy would be 1. take your time with the prep work clean everything very well and when its all cleaned wipe it down again with alcohol just for good measure. 2. wear a tyvek paint suit and respirator.  3.EkoPoly seems to spray best between 70*-75* any colder and its much easier to get a run. take your time more light coats are better than fewer heavy coats. 4. if you have a run use a wide foam brush to carefully brush it out while its still wet sooner is better than later, if you do this especially if its not on the final coat you will probably not have to do anything to fix it later it will go away with the following coats.  If it is on your final wet coat just brush it away anyways and when it starts to tack up just hit that spot again with another wet coat and it will be gone.

Materials used were - lots of blue shop paper towels I mean lots. Alcohol for pre cleaning (don't even think about touching wet paint with anything other than water it will have a bad chemical reaction and you will be doing lots of sanding trust me. 2 1/2 gal of your base color more if you have a learning curve to deal with I had an extra quart and was glad I did still have a little left.  1/2 gal of your color coat will do most designs. 2 gal eko fill 1 gal eko bond 1 bottle eko clean 1-2 quarts eko prime

Thanks again for you guys' input I hope my experience can help the next guy

-Robert-

THEM?  Hell no, I am not worried about them - just me trying to get out of the way when they miss the runway - or draw a bead on me!

ED

  yeah Bob, I remember that night at biglake! 

Ed,  In this case dont you think it would be better to have them riding as fast as possible when they impact?  Think of the money you would have saved and the airplanes you could have bought

I notice that there are no registration numbers on that dangerous object - Unregistered flying objects kill people!

Please call the President and give large donations to make it illegal to sell an unregistered flying object -

make background checks mandatory - and destroy all unregistered flying objects - limit all to only have 7 straws attached,

and a 55 mph speed limit - make seatbelts and airbags mandatory - put red and green and white flashing lights on them.

ONLY your government can protect YOU!

EdMO

Thats a pretty good way of looking at it!  On my last flight I noted that my VSI is not working.  It bugged me cause there was something in the panel that didnt work, but I have a VSI on my GPS that is damn near as accurate at the old steam gauge in the panel.  I was going to replace it, but now I think I will just huck it.  It would be nice to get the Avid back to bare bones as it is about to be my Sunday flyer and if I am going anywhere that weather will be an issue I will be using the 180.. Which has also gone on a diet (over 40 pounds of old ADF crap and the old HF antenna tuner etc.)  It will be loosing almost 60 pounds of interior as well!

The earthX lithium battery is high on my list.  I can loose 11 pounds right there.

Leni,

Thanks for keeping our circus running! Bryce

Dammit!

I figured out the meaning of life, posted it here, now I've forgotten what it was!

Oh, well. Fuckit.

Larry, THAT'S it!

Weight is the enemy of movement. And I'm taking that personally by sheading the last 25 lbs of fat off me😳. My MkIv w582 started off at about 555 and is down to @525 and the difference is amazing in flight. If it's not absolutely for flight (wing spar, tail feather, etc),take it out in the driveway, hold it eye level straight armed for 15 minutes, then ask your self, "Based on had bad my shoulder is on fire, is this worth taking into the air with me?" Needless to say, there was about 30 pounds of shit left out in the driveway! Everything this subject now! Good luck!

Skip the first 4 min, just talking about himself, rest is very important to know if you are running a Rotax 2stroke engine.

HangarTalk1-Ed Wilson of L.E.A.F.:

Regards

Dimi3

Looking good! Wish I were at that point!

That yellow is a cool color...it looks really bright!

Well, I shot the epoxy today and it looks good, but I learned that painting the tubes is difficult to do. You end up getting overspray on the other tubes. Maybe using a smaller spray gun would work better, but brushing would have worked too.

I used a redneck clothes line (Jeep winch cable) for hanging all of removable parts. It worked great!

Anybody have suggestions on how to paint the cockpit tubing post fabric attachment?

Thanks,

Ron

I will message you tomorrow Larry

I'll host at my camper or a place to be named….

Last year's luncheon hosted 20(?) people.

Luke,

     You already have the stretch they added in order to run the Subaru - Your Conti weighs less than the Soob.

I would say that the only downside is that you will burn 2 or 3 times the fuel for the same performance as the Soob.

EdMO

Okay, I wasn't sure if the stretch Larry was talking about was something different than what I have. He mentioned the stretch being right behind the cabin. Mine is stretched closer to the tail. Maybe he was just describing the same thing.

On the fuel burn, I guess you can't expect that great of fuel econemy from an engine with a carburetor that's about as advanced as the valve in a toilet boil

I'm not sure,,, things are blury, but I think I remember riding that thing at Big Lake one night

We burn more down here in the hot wetlands - You have all that cold dry air bottled up and wont share it....Well, maybe only 2x burn if you are careful - Randy is getting about 3.? gph.

EDMO

Oh, I forgot - you did share it this winter - coldest, most snow in years here - but you can have it back now!

No too sure on the fuel burn issue.  My buddy burns right around 5 or under in his tcrate.  It is a pretty sweet setup and works well on floats.

All is well Leni - My ex bailed off before hitting the tree!  - Oh, that was your ex?  Maybe they were flying tandem?

EdMO

Luke,

     You already have the stretch they added in order to run the Subaru - Your Conti weighs less than the Soob.

I would say that the only downside is that you will burn 2 or 3 times the fuel for the same performance as the Soob.

EdMO