Yet ANOTHER fine reason for going with the tip up option

Only if you can afford to after the tax man takes your money

"RV-X- the mistress that won't text you at 2AM"

I'm actually having some golf balls made up with that slogan and our product name on them

Hasn't the -12 had the stall warning as a standard feature from the beginning? Am I naive to think that Vans decided to include the same device as a standard feature since they already had it in their inventory and to "add value" to their kits?

Is that wreath balanced? Santa drove a FedEx freight truck yesterday and left a crate with all kinds of presents wrapped in plain brown and white wrapping paper

Merry Christmas everyone!

Hey Chad, the airflow doesn't necessarily have to flow straight away from your back. That 3D fabric could give you a nice air gap between you and the non-breathable "standard" material to help "keep your cool"

Looks good Chad! I like that you even thought to give your pet mouse a place of his own in the panel too

I agree about the ribs. I think they stick in my mind more than the fuel tanks. Not so much hard to do, just BORING. I'd hate to do all of them myself on a -10 Overall though, the wings are good fun!

Another couple of pics: http://www.km77.com/marcas/audi/a8_01/w12/1gran/motor_new.jpg http://www.houseofthud.com/cartech/W12-cutaway.jpg And look what I just happened to stuble across: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4641132 Hmmm....what kind of climb rate do you think a 400hp "Super Duper"...

In SOMETHING! I don't think there's a better sounding engine configuration. So.....what about one in a -10? :mrgreen: VW has what they call a W12- basically two narrow angle V6's on a common crank- 6 liters, 414hp in naturally aspirated trim. Could make an easy 300hp for a nice peppy -10, and sound ...

cjensen wrote:Canopy cracker.

Wut did yew call me??

Is there anything to keep a slider from slamming shut under rapid deceleration?

Bottom line is that life's too short to be responsible ALL the time. We're looking to be out of seats before the -7 is done also. Guess I'll just have to man up and back it up with a -10

Good stuff Chad! Can't wait until I'm there, but at my current pace, it'll be a loooong time

I have a flight instructor friend that had his student retract the gear on his (school's) Seneca on rollout on Tuesday. Me: "what kind of engines do those have?" Him: "Hmm... IO-360's I think?" Me: "Angle valve or parallel valve?" Him: "Parallel I think." Me: "You know where I'm going with this...."...

So what does that mean for our spars that pretty much 100% of them have cracks in the anodizing radiating out from most of the rivets we set?

Congrats Mike!

I just hope I can get a hangar that I can afford without having to drive past 2-3 airports to get to it. South facing would be a bonus

hydroguy2 wrote:Miller Lite? well that's almost beer

He's got the water in there to make it Miller Liter

<----non drinker

captain_john wrote:Kel, $140,000 for a hangar!?! That is terrible!

Yeah, but at least it's pretty nice, and "RV trained": http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/D-8-C ... 3456_zpid/

Came across this video this morning, it's a pretty good watch, methinks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT58Di51wDk

cjensen wrote:EEEERRTT!! Let me stop you right there! That is NOT me in that pic...it's my friend Jim (Sonex builder)...I'm BEHIND the camera!

Ah, I thought you were on the right, and the Sonex owner was on the left Figured you were being a good host and carrying his bags for him