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Very nice. And nice of you to do so. =)

Boy, some pics of Franks BerkEze would be cool to the max as wallpaperz! I posted some here on the zone a while back. Thats a vote from me about a worthy aircraft...and those pics..wow..absolutely fantastic. If a guy could always SEE his retract equipped bird while he was flying it that would be reason enough to do them! Otherwise.....=/

Jacks amazing new bird will make your "cover" when he is up and flyin' it! =)

 

 

 

The Goatherder thing is a reference to how I feel sometimes in my supervisory role aboard the fishing boats I work on. Some of these boats have 60-80 people on board...and not too many rocket surgeons among them.

Sometimes we get alot of short-bus riders, and trying to keep them all going to same direction and not dragging their asses is about how I imagine herding goats would be.

 

Goats might be easier though. You can give a goat a good kick in

the ass when he needs it...and he probably won't go and get a lawyer.

Sounds like herding cats...maybe you should change your name

First I have herd of (sorry, had to use that word) using plywood for bulkheads....kinds puts the word bulk in bulkhead...but hey who am I to say anything...I've got a 110# heavier engine....

I think when Skyview fully fleshs out their features and can do what the GRT does at two-thirds the price...they will be untouchable. Is there anyone who sees a reason why they can't? I thought MGL was the 12" screen for me 2 years ago...built my tilted panel to accept it, glad the Skyview is the same depth. 90 percent sure I will go with them

Additionally, I was kinda leery about the ease of use factor with the MGL Odessey and the reports on the SkyV are music to my ears...thanks for the review for those of us who didn't get to Oshkosh.

Goatman. Contact Todd Silver for you custom canopy. You might want to ask him rgarding size and tallness. The taller it is the more abrupt the front of the bubble...so you should make it taller so you can lower the front and get a nice swoopy transition. IMHO.

Btw..seems we could just as well say "fish-man" as goatman

You might contact Steve Wright who is on the canard aviators mailing list. His StaggerEZE is a departure from the canard norm as I remember, and he had the info to determine his decision. FWIW.

You goofball. I figured from the caption, you had misspelled Corona, and you did.

I also figured you were saying you would be happy to help down somebodies frig full of Corona's...

...am I right?

heee, Hawwww!

Yea Chris, tell us your impressions.

It looks great in pictures...only to get better and better.

Time will tell, but I am sure interested in the Skyview system.

In two years it should be fully hatched and flying all the feathers.

How about 3/8" divinylcell...I need about 480.00 of that according to ACS?

I'd like to spend less if possible. =) Anybody know of a "Foam-R-Us store or "Foam Depot" out there???????????

Looks kinda like micro slurry under the BID.

I like Marc's point about Beagle's value in selecting a worthy canard. Would you buy a yacht without a valuable and comprehensive survey? Beagle has steered some away from troublesome choices, or at least informed the buyer of what they were looking at. After that the buyer has the informed decision. I dont know if "a little diligence and research" is maybe comprehensive enough to formulate a REALLY good profile of the DETAILS in a high performance canard type aircraft, but maybe for some it is.

Just an observation.

Theres a really nice guy at Jacks airfield that has a Cozy IV running the 6.0 tires. I am hoping Jack will chime in with what kind of pant the guy has on his plane. I remember they look like widened Featherlight wheelpants to me. Personally, i think the FWP are really shaped attractively. I recently asked if anyone on the mailing list knew of a major aero difference between the Klaus wheelpants design and the FPW design, but nobody answered.

It wouldnt be any big deal to widen some existing pants at all. Theres a lot of handwork fitting and mounting pants anyway. Whats a little bit more work to get them custom to your liking? NBD.

The "big double puck Clevelands" dont absorb the kinetic energy that the Matco's do. And the Matco's are attractively priced, I think for a 3 puck brake. My .02

I like Bill's leg fairings. Very nice.

Now about wheelpantz. Does anybody know if the Featherlight wheelpants are much slower than Klaus' pressure recovery pants?

Sorry to hijack a bit.

Search the forum back posts. Marc, as I recall, brought up some very good points about many Vari's flying over designer gross in the past.

The BEST Bill. Just the Best. You have a real talent at articulating the feeling and thought of the experience, and the reverence for those, and those things great.

Thank you.

I have a pair of Featherlight cowls that I need to sell, since I have realized I just need to build custom ones, rather than try to cut and paste them into fitting my 540.

Perfect condition. Cozy Mark IV top and bottom cowls.

Contact me at 831-392-5300 to discuss.

I was just looking at those pictures of Franks plane again a moment ago.

And there just is no denying it.

That airplane is the sexiest looking plane with a prop on it, bar none. No danglies look so fassssst.

The baggage podz are part of that "snarky look".

I dont think this thread should go on about the Igear aspect. Frank got his working great and that is super.

Please guys take the bones that you are picking and pick at them over in another corner.

Glad you are okay John. Sometimes the shiz just hits the fan.

Its always great to see the glass as half full.

Youll be flying soon enuf.

Im pretty sure waiter put his hydraulics for the InfinGear in the nose.

there lies the problem. your are not the only one with no experience with that gear. but you have has much experience as the manufacturer.

Waiter's controllers is a definite plus. Getting the nose and mains on the same page is really helps.

The other issue is proper alignment of the wheel wells. There is very little room for error. The tolerances are very close. Per waire's suggestion, I'll be making my wheel wells a bit larger.

 

Other than that ..... good to go.

I am not so sure the Infinity gear is that easy. I would [ but I'm not you] completely rebuild the gear seals and the other aspects that have been outlined by Lynn E here on the forum, that had to also be done on I-Gear that he has run across.

Then I would agree... "Good to go".

My unfortunate conclusion, is that it is a sad thing one has to scrap many of the manufactures parts and equipment provided, and redo it, or buy aftermarket to have Good to Go gear. [so there Wayne, finally the controversy rears it's head. ]

Heck, I have no experience with the gear, I am just going by what is reported.

I was emailing Frank on another facet of canards and asked him if he got the RG into a happy place. He said that he completely rebuilt the gear, and he scrapped the electrics from the manufacurer, and used Waiters unit, and it is good now.

FWIW.

In my best Austin Powers impersonation..."Yea Babyy, YEAAAaaa!!!"

Right on, Brother.

You can see the "covers" to those three front side holes in the photo. One big cover is sitting inside the fuse. The little one to the right.

Different.

Brake access I guess.

Mighty big holes!

Well that was a pretty sneaky way to slip that news to us! A big CONGRATS Jerry!!!! I was wondering when that step would be. I am sure others were also. Please give us your impressions!!! VERY GOOD.

Contact Frank about his retracts. They may be why he is selling. They wernt a love affair from what I understand. Best just to ask him.

I thought I would post this here. Saw it on Barnstormers if someone is or knows somebody who is interested. Frank bought this couple years ago and I think sorted it out. Its a sexxy looking plane, but thats all I know about it. 65k price.

Cheers.