ROFL!
You guys are fantastic.
Wondering now where I can get a gas pump handle
Ha ha ha what devious idea…maybe a random zombie or man eating shark or dinosaur
I saw the cat sticker, had to share these cat cookies! They were made for a couple as their wedding favors. Their last name was Katz.
Meep! Took a while to do that many! (I’ve flooded cookies before…once.)
I’m sure that you hear this all the time, but those are simply too cute to eat.
Just a random “yay, steampunk!”
(I’m a member of the Velveteen Band. We play a lot of Steampunk events, and in fact just arrived in Nevada for one. The whole community is amazing. So many makers and artists, supporting each others wildly conflicting interpretations of the idea. That’s unheard of, and deeply inspiring.)
(though, from a strict role-playing perspective, it does sort of bug me that I’ve never seen any rivalry between the airship pirates and the military or aristocratic characters whose airships they plunder. I often wonder if that sort of LARPing element would enhance or detract from the experience. Or whether it already happens in the vast reaches I’ve yet to explore)
Anyway, hi!
This is the two year anniversary of starting to build my latest airplane project. Considering the need to prioritize family and work over my hobbies, I am pretty amazed how far it has come in that time.
Here is how it started:
Here is what it looks like two years later:
I hope to have it inspected shortly and be flying it before the end of the year.
Yep! That one wins the prize for most useful hobby. Hands down.
Building a plane from a kit or just drawings takes lots of time. I’m glad to see you’ve stuck with it and are ready for inspection. I’ve seen so many projects like this that are partially finished sitting in barns and workshops.
Hopefully, your inspection goes well and you will be flying soon.
As an old A&P I have a high respect for anyone capable of building their own bird.
Slick looking one there, Nice work!
This is amazing! Thanks for sharing!!!
Fantastic job and nice perseverance to complete! Too bad it won’t fit through the pass-thru slot on the GF for some kewl personalization.
Thanks everyone!
I did think about how I might have used the GF during the build of this one, and I came up with very little. The instrument layout is the one place where it would have been handy.
The entire airframe of this build is bare aluminum and I covered the exterior completely with vinyl. I have built a wood and fabric airplane in the past and the GF would have been EXTREAMLY handy for that one.
Awesome picture of the instrument panel. I was going to ask if you could post one, so you must have read my mind.
Are you an EAA member?
This is one of my favorite homebuilts. I’d make one if I had the time, money and room.
I want a demo of it’s STOL capabilities if you are ever in the deep south.
Yup! EAA member since 1991.
I’ve heard of the expanding use of tablets for aviation, but had no idea they had a place as an integral part of the instrument cluster!