My cellar gave birth today...

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Wicked Stick
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My cellar gave birth today...

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Today, with the help of several local RV Nurses, my cellar finally gave birth to a beautiful RV-8 fuselage. Labor was short, about an hour, and she's now resting comfortably in my garage where she'll have plenty of room to grow wings and tailfeathers, etc. :mrgreen:

As you can see it was a pretty narrow canal, but she made it out fine using her first "knife edge" tecnique.
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Many thanks to Capt'n John, PapaKeith, & Thermos for their help.
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I had no idea it was a she!

How does one discern?

Cool day!

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Because she's got no "thingy" hangin from the bottom front cowl. :P
(horizontal induction with no protruding intake.)
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:lol:

Glad I could help. I wish I had brought the camcorder.
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Great picture from inside the "birth canal"! :lol:

Very cool WS!! Looks like you have GOBS of room for the little toddler to grow into adolescence! 8)
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Excellent. Congrats David!!

Wicked Stick wrote:Because she's got no "thingy" hangin from the bottom front cowl. :P
I think your calling all TW models girlie planes. Coming out of the closet 'eh?
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Wicked Stick wrote:Because she's got no "thingy" hangin from the bottom front cowl. :P
(horizontal induction with no protruding intake.)
:lol:

Congrats on the birthing.
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Woo Hoo! Coming out into the light of day. Nice looking garage to work in too.

Good to get a little of the knife edge practice in first thing also. :wink:
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Dave,

Great to see! Congrats and I am sure you will be flying soon.

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You can be a proud papa! I'm sure the blue color will go away after a few weeks. :lol:
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aerial wrote:You can be a proud papa! I'm sure the blue color will go away after a few weeks. :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Yep, I'm sure it will... at least it wasn't yellow either
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