dgrobinson

I firmly believe that X-Plane has shown what my plane can and cannot do in emergencies.

 

X-PLANE ROCKS !!!

I have been flying your Cozy in and out of airports in the LA area. This is a fantastic tool. Saying that X-PLANE rocks understates the case.

Erm, Al has the "aerocad" website, Jeff just has "aerocad2". Maybe Jeff should change???

 

Nice price for landing gear struts.

I don't understand the comment about the landing struts. Can you explain?

Good luck to you, Al. This AeroCanard thing has caused no small amount of apoplexy on the various internet forums and lists that underlie the Cozard community.

Best of luck to you.

My other problem getting started in the build process is the wife. While she is very supportive in most things I do she thinks wanting to build my own plane is simply nuts. When I bring up the subject she lays the guilt trip on me about widowing her and my 4 and 5 year old. She came to Sun& Fun with me and did get to experience the same thing I did and she did seem to enjoy it, but she still is reluctant. So…..for you guys out there who faced similar resistance what tactics did you use to get the spouse on board?

 

Read "Passionate Marriage" by David Schnarch and check out the web site at Murray Bowen Center for some good info on marriage and life. My 5 second analysis of this is that she feels that her emotional needs are not being/will not be met.

I think it is a good thing for kids to see their parents setting reasonable goals, making rational plans and then working through the unforseen things. Prior planning can reduce, but not eliminate, the unforseen. There's a lot of information on the web and other people are doing this. This isn't like mountain climbing or some singular activity.