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Marc, please don't read the following.... Don't take anything that Marc says personal, that's not his intent. Early on he pissed me off plenty cause I thought he was attacking me or the idea. Most of the time he's raising questions or concerns that should be answered. Satisfy his concerns and I've seen him give a nod of possibility. Marc is a very skilled, and knowledgeable engineer, and if I had to guess, a good businessman to boot.

Yep, but he cured me of the Hangar / Hanger mistake before I started getting caught myself. I try to learn from other peoples mistakes. I'm eggstatic that Marc is willing to share his wisdom here.

I'm right handed, but I fly Left handed exclusively. The Right hand is for the throttle. If I did anything else, my CFI would pull the throttle on me. About the only time I remember using my right hand would be during power-on stalls or flaring. At which point the yoke is back to your gut and need an extra hand to pull and/or make sure the yoke stayed level. It works for me. It's just like opinions and butt-holes. Everyone has one, some stink, some don't. and what you two do in the privacy of your own home is your own business!! BTW, MARC, that was funny.

Yep, that was me. I listen to the scanner at these things. Helps to know what's getting ready to happen while taking photos. I heard your voice on Ground and couldn't resist annoying you. I was there Sat & Sunday. Sunday was Windy, but Sat was miserable. I was there to take photos for Air Sport mag. Can you image trying to keep thousands of dollars worth of camera equipment dry in that mess? BAD.

So you had time to wander around besides going "hey drew" on the radio!! Shame we didn't get a chance to meet up. Good day though.

Super basic design, a quick Google search show some designs. Also search for flying pizza box.

Will you be on "The Deadliest Catch"? I'm not a boating or fishing guy, but I get a kick out of that show. Builders are very welcoming to visitors. I have visited probably well over a dozen builders around the world. I've never walked away not saying that it's a great experience. Are you traveling somewhere? Post a message and ask.

Dave has developed as very wise set of priorities. I've adopted them myself. Plane Priority number one... Flying airplane Plane Priority number two... Building or Modifying said airplane Plane Priority number three... Talking about building or flying said airplane I met Dave at Morrabin at 10am to go flying. Saw Stuart and his Sonex, broach priority number three. Looked at his plane and discussed it's cross country abilities or lack there of, but makes up for in fun, sportiness, and acrobatics abilities. Stuart is the big wig in the SAAA (Sports Aircraft Association of Australia), Dave & I were carefull not create an honorary priority number four... talking about the administration or politics of said plane group. He passed along a useful tip on cleaning Aluminium (for you Australian, notice how I seamlessly translated that from Aluminum). He suggested using Dawn dish soap to clean it before alodining; not Palmolive, only Dawn. Then we went flying in said airplane thus meeting the very desirable priority number one. It was a little bumpy at 2,500 but smooth at glass at 4,500. Dave practiced intercepting VORs with reasonably good success. His best comment was, "it's just like my simulator". For some reason I think it should have been the other way around, but that would be overly picky. While Dave was flying I used my digital level to determine the flying attitude while flying straight and level. This will be used to properly level the airplane on the ground prior to installing his new wheel pants. I was amazed at how accurate the level was. At cruise the datum point (bottom of top longeron) was 2.4 degrees up. At lower speeds a plane will fly at higher angle of attack. At one point my level indicated 3.5 degrees but was slowly decreasing. I thought something was wrong, until the above dawned on me. Dave then confirmed that he was indeed increasing his speed. That’s Fascinating. Then we landed at Lethbridge for a short break and exercised priority number three with the local pilots and some other just flying through. Then on home to Moorabbin to where I promised Dave that I'd shout a cuppa. Both coffee shops on the field were closed. Gee you'd wonder why some people want off work on a holiday. So on to the local McCafe for more number three. The conversation turned to Bruce who has been tingling to start building. We agreed on a plan to harass him until he gets up to speed, if for no other reason than he's an easy target. Three calls to Bruce with nothing but a talking monotone voice. Dave got on board and text him that "you're phone's ringing, answer it". A later attempt did reveal that he's at Lima Charlie Foxtrot. That's the extended version of LCF, which has even earlier abbreviated from LongEz Construction Facility. That sounds better than the "Wooden Boat Centre”. So off to the Wooden boat ce... correction. So off to Lima Charlie Foxtrot I go to hopefully witness plane priority number two. No Joy. I find Bruce curled up in a corner in the fetal position sobbing into his micro exclaiming "WHAT DID I GET MYSELF FLOXED INTO!" Bruce shows me the start of his plane clean up and organizing. We talked about his retracts. It’s a very cool modification. In one of his hundreds of plane purchases he picked up a couple rubber squeegees that don't appear to have been cleaned in years as they were nearly stiff with epoxy. I offer to take them home to my belt & disk sander for cleaning. After good chat later, I head home as my Cozy wife had started supper. Unfortunately my hopes of fulfilling priority number two on Bruce's plane didn't happen as only priority number three was accomplished. After my cozy supper, I head out for a quick one hour layup that I prepped for the night before. Wow that was close, couldn't let priority number two be abused or neglected. So with that layup curing, I let the rubber hit the road... or at least the sand paper. I spent about 15 minutes cleaning up Bruce's squeegees on the built sander. They cleaned up real nice looking as clean and flexible as new. They look even better than mine. Correction. Bruce, yours look reasonably good with a little epoxy here and there. Surprisingly, yours look like they have never touch a sander. Mine on the other hand look great, but recently cleaned up on a sander! My day concludes with all plane priorities met. A very plane day indeed.

Just about the time I think I'm doing some good layups.... I got a nasty bubble in a bad place. I've got an airbubble in the outside seatbelt layup. I'm suspecting it was my technique. I laid up all 7 ply bid on plastic, then cut to size, then transferred to the place in one piece. Very much like I do most small layups and bid tapes. I think the problem was it was too many layup to do at once. I think the individual plies weren't able to conform to the shape. It definitely wasn't there last night, so I'm happened later during cure. The pics show that it's about a 1 to 1 1/2 inch bubble. Anyplace else I'd just inject the bubble as per plans. But seatbelt attachment is so important that I'd like to get some outside advice. Do I inject it or sand it off and repair? Sanding would likely require taking all 7 plies off and starting over. Doable, but tedious.

Wow. I'd still like to know where that extra 10lbs is? I'd like to lose 10lbs either off me or my plane!

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The Alumiprep is 33% Phosphoric acid. Someone more knowledgeable will have to state the suitability of Acetone. Here is in Australia there is a solution at the local hardware super store that contains 25% Phosphoric acid. I hear that local builders use it as a substitute. I found this out just after paying $40 for one gallon of Alumprep when I only needed a couple ounces!!

FYI... we all really miss your daily updates & photos although I know that is takes a lot of time.

Fantastic!!! I warned Bruce that if he's not working on it ASAP then we're all coming back for an intervention! Forget that handholding stuff, we'll cover him in epoxy!

I'm sure I'm not the only builder that am curious about the Costs. Here's a couple rough number based on costs from the different suppliers based on prices from their websites. Wings: $558.70 - Wicks $818.50 - Spruce $790.00 - Eurkea - UnCut $1325.00 - Eureka Precut Canard: $144.56 - Wicks $213.50 - Spruce $65.00 - Eureka UnCut $270.00 - Eureka Precut Eureka Seems to have pretty good value.

Congrats to Dick for completing another home built... He probably was motivated after losing his C-150's engine about a year so ago!

Interesting, here's the web page with those photos. it took a little searching. http://web.archive.org/web/20000226162828/http://berkut.com/four.htm

Wayne, How does that save weight? I can understand getting better cores.

Wax in the layup; yes. Wax in the general vicinity; no. Just as with any other layup, you protect your tabletop with butcher paper, plastic, etc. The wax on the tabletop is to help clean up the obsessional drop, spill, mess. It's so effective that any blunt edge can pop epoxy right off the top. I generally use a scraper.

... and that Alodine is the more common approach for home use. There's a lot of extra tools needed for Anodizing.

Oh, if only I was about 2,000 hours further along in my build.. My friend/CFII/A&P and I would probably go have a look see.

One of my favorites in-flight cozy pics was published in Kitplanes last year. It was offered as desktop photo on their website. I'm not sure on their policy for re-posting or reuse. So I've created just a thumbnail for reference. That it was offered as a desktop photo certainly decreases the marketability of the photo. You may be able to obtain permission to use it. Great photo.

Possibly, But if the canard comes out to be 20 pounds versus the original 30, that a 30% weight savings. That's massive!

I believe MGS epoxy weights about 10lb per gallon. If your previous canard was just overly wet, that over a gallon extra epoxy. I'd expect it to be dripping off the canard, even if it was vacuum bagged. If that's not it, where did all the extra weight come from?

If we're making suggestions of other admired shots, this one has to be one of my favorites. http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/potw/PictureOfTheWeek_193369-1.html http://www.avweb.com/newspics/potw06_1240.jpg