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Spod, for the sake of caomparison in real money, how much ae they asking for the Fien Multimaster there... single speed?

May or may not be coming by my onsies, Ranid hurt her back when we moved the engine out of the living room and its not getting better so she may not be up for the 5 hr drive or sleeping in the van. We have parts to deliver so I'd be coming anyhow. ...Chrissi

At least they did not call it the Speed Canard Sorry Speed Canard guys, I love the look and feel but it is anything but speedy.

How did we miss this one, dang, this is just awesome, exactly what I would be looking for in a tandem....Chrissi

Yah if you remember to send a message to our CGparts email address as a reminder, we might miss this message =)

What Steve said. ...Chrissi

Have one new HKS cast iron turbo manifold for a 13B TO-4 with external wastegate. $300+ shipping for manifold only.

Hans, welcome back. You'll find we're a pretty easy going bunch. Much better to hang out here and build in the company of those that have a genuine interest in your safety, success and satisfaction with your project than to go offand build on your own and not have all this support. Regards, Chrissi & Randi

For your information, they do not sag, our waistlines move up. ...Christine

Yes, Kitty is having depression issues, she thought it was her engine =)

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Well, give it hell for awhile and please get back to us, ok?

Looks very interesting ...carbide too =)

The additional 50% for parts for maintanance and overhauls gives me goosepimples too, you'd hear me whine from miles away; something like tinnitis or loud rock and roll, only louder ...Chrissi

Edge, talk to Robert and Valerie at RR (you ARE coming to RR?) about about what it takes to fatten up your strakes instead of doing this boob job on your plane. They have to fatten the strakes up to get the needed fuel capacity for the EZ-Jets, I think Rick Roberts did the same thing on the King Kozy as well. ...Chrissi

It's going to be a battle of the bldders for Randi and I so I do not worry about fuel capacity and when I want to put it down I will just need to open my cold air vent and let it hit her, that will be good for an instant "put this thing down at the nearest restroom".

Maybe Edge has an FAA mandated 2 hr bladder reserve?

..if I glued sandpaper to my butt I'd get better coverage

If you have ever worked with electronicly controlled servos systems you will know a few things; most have somewhere in them a comparitor circuit. This circuit looks at the balance between what the device is doing -VS- what the input or feedback is saying it should be. If either side of this circuit malfunctions in any way, the other side is going to keep driving until it either gets the balance feedback it is looking for or it hits the end stop. So even if you get a circuit to work and do what it is you want, the typical failure mode is unnacceptible. This is why components like our force trim for the pitch is designed so that you should be able to still fly the plane manually if the trim goes belly up or worse if it goes to the end stop. For canard aircraft it would be ever so simple to put a linear actuator in as a substitute for the pushrod that goes across the firewall for the ailerons. This would reflex the ailerons up or down together. This would effectively reduce th need for excessive pitch trim at high speeds, would allow the ailerons to be slightly reflexed up in cruise for higher speeds, and for the adventurous, possibly rotate them down slightly (within the limits of the elevators to compensate) to act as flaps. Yes, so simple, somebody may have the faith in circuits and actuators to even try it. If it goes bad, it will kill you. From experience, I do not have faith in any circuit or component that would allow me to do this because I have seen the best circuits and best components designed by cost is no object companies and they still fail with great regularity. What upsets me more than anything else here? Six, seven years ago I was on the other side of this argument. Nat's favorite epihet to shiney brand new wide eye'd newbies that wantd to widen his design or put bunk beds in the back, whatever, he'd preface everything with "first time builders... yad yada yada" and then to really drive them down he eventually added "that have never flown" or "do not have a license either". Noiw to me this came accross like he was describing something unpleasant on the bottom of his shoe and he would be very happy to get rid of it. In the last couple of years I find myself sounding more and more like Nat. Somebody PLEASE shoot me if I ever preface a reply with "First time builders" for I will surely have crossed the line. So, my advice for would be builders is that you can learn a lot by listening and reading all the archives. Every question has already been asked and answered. As for this thread, I am moving on. Hey Lynn, sorry about that last novel I wrote. ...Chrissi

Hans, I have to agree with Jon. None of what is said below is directed at you, it is to hopefully explain the difference between topics that are relevant and those that are not goinghave a warm reception. Also there is a difference between naive foolishness, brash ignorance and experimentation based on investigation and considered conclusions. I would propose to you that some of those who may have told you that the Zone stifles creativity may have a stake in some other venue they are steering you to? A little history might help... There have been those who come in like children and take up a lot of bandwidth posing ideas that are absurd.... "Yeah I want to widen it some, about 14" so I can put an aisle down the middle so the pilot can get up and go back the toilet..." We do get this kind of thing on the forums, the determined newbee is dead serious. How do you propose we address this. This is not T-Ball, everybody is not a winner and everbody does not go home with a trophy. It takes time to give a considered response but it does get a bit frustrating after awhile to back someone up that does not have plans yet and explain why they cannot do this or that. Things you won't know, cannot know until you are into the teens of chapters is that deviations, changes and mods are the death of projects. You are on your own and there is no hotline to bail you out. When people are adamant that you not start your project armed with a list of mods you are going to make, they are not trying to kill you dream. They are being compassionate and trying to get you started down a path that will assure your success and safety, not certain failure. Somewhere down the road someone may aquire your failed project, if you were not capable of following the plans, where else did you deviate, make changes or omissions? I wish the only determining factor in accepting a ride in a plane was my confidence in the capabilities of the pilot, now that we have a lot of creative builders there is additional criteria to consider. I am sure some are laughing at this because those that know Randi and I know what our plane is like; nothing is unchanged. Let us say that every change made has been done before in some manner, we gave it our own spin and integratd it. There is a huge price to pay for the smallest change. We keep telling our customers, build to plans, put a Lycoming in it, get it done as fast as you can. Is your dream to build a project forever possibly not finishing it or is your dream to fly a really cool plane you built yourself? Go to Rough River and tell me there is a plane there you would not be proud to own, any one of those will be the coolest plane on any ramp at any airport except maybe Rough River or Osh. People have done it in as little as 18 months. I forget the gentlemans name but the finest Long-ez I ever saw was a newly completed strictly to the plans one, but it was, perfectly shaped, it just had that air about it that was precision in detail. That impressed me more than the others around it with all the nifty mods and goo-gahs. It may have taken longer to refine it to that level. Some people may get a little impatient when a speculator comes on list and begins discussions that are too far removed from what people a little farther down the road know as reality. Its not being supressive for example to say "fly by wire in an experimental aircraft is the dumbest idea I have ever heard" Thats pretty much the end of tha discussion unless someone says "hold on, is there anything we can take from FBW that might make a better wing leveler system?" ..thats within the realm of things feasable and safely done by an experimenter. If you look into it you will find that a good EFIS system with autopilot is in effect a FBW system with mechanical redundancy ...Chrissi

Anybody notice Wayne's Zen like workspace with picture windows and garden? I half expected to see raked white sand out there and little guys in yellow robes. What an awesome environment Wayne. ...Chrisis

I'm not against people sharing information with a crowd of people, we do that thing all the time with LoVac demos etc, but I'd not want anyone to feel they were being rude by doing something else like roaming the flightline. If people want to hive off and discuss how to do stuff that would be a good thing. Like talking about strake building, its something to sit down and talk about if you have not done it yet. ...Chrissi

Who was the most excellent DJ last year? the tunes he was playing were pushing all the right buttons. Jerry, if you get a cabin, can we sleep in your driveway?... potti priveledges? 18 QT roaster... can I sleep in there when you are not using it? Seminars? ah no, I'd rather see people out on the ramp talking about canards. Maybe I should bring some new cookware and do a cooking demonstration? NOT! ...Chrissi

Beagle, are you coming to RR? ...Chrissi

I never get tired of looking at Wayne's plane