do you really build flying things...

Ernest Christley wrote in message .com...


I wouldn't be so sure. It wasn't such a long time ago that I had the
same astonishment at the idea. Remember, our public education system
and popular culture in general is now designed to weed out and destroy
anything resembling initiative or self dependance. If it ain't store
bought, it's redneck. 12 years of such meticulous brainwashing is VERY
hard to overcome.

i'm not trolling, just curious... jumping off a balcony sounds
dangerous enough to me, let alone flying a homebuilt flying machine...

do you have to have some pro experience or can anyone build such a
thingie...

Mike Henley wrote:
Ernest Christley wrote in message .com...


I wouldn't be so sure. It wasn't such a long time ago that I had the
same astonishment at the idea. Remember, our public education system
and popular culture in general is now designed to weed out and destroy
anything resembling initiative or self dependance. If it ain't store
bought, it's redneck. 12 years of such meticulous brainwashing is VERY
hard to overcome.


i'm not trolling, just curious... jumping off a balcony sounds
dangerous enough to me, let alone flying a homebuilt flying machine...

do you have to have some pro experience or can anyone build such a
thingie...

You don't have to have a pro's advice, though you will want it. Often.
And with pictures.

Anyone CAN build and airplane, though very few WANT to. A lot of people
THINK they want to, until they start trying. It's a tough bear to
wrestle. The page below has a link to a FAQ that'll tell you what you
want to know to get started.

http://www.wanttaja.com/avlinks/index.htm

--
http://www.ernest.isa-geek.org/
"Ignorance is mankinds normal state,
alleviated by information and experience."
Veeduber

Mike Henley wrote:

do you have to have some pro experience or can anyone build such a
thingie...

I'd never done any sheet metal work until I started an
all-aluminum RV-4. You certainly don't need 'pro
experience.' What really helps is talking to people,
pros and amateurs, who have done it before. Building
is, in general, not a difficult task, it's a whole
looooong series of fairly easy ones strung together.
When you're starting patience is probably a better
quality than experience, 'cause you'll gain experience
(and occasionally lose patience) as you go.

A quick scan through the past few months on this
newsgroup will show you a handful of first flights -
people putting their soft, pink bodies behind the
controls of an airplane they built, and going flying.
Myself included. I've flown in and flown some pretty
impressive stuff, but I can honestly say that nothing
compares to leaving the ground in something you built
yourself. I'm still grinning.

So Bob Reed, Del Rawlins, Corky Scott, Mike Pilla,
Steve Genotte, et. al., get to work! g

Dave 'hinge-head' Hyde

So Bob Reed, Del Rawlins, Corky Scott, Mike Pilla,
Steve Genotte, et. al., get to work! g

Dave 'hinge-head' Hyde



I haven't given up but a little thing like money keeps getting in the way right
now. Some good news though, just landed a 6-month contract that should keep
the vultures at bay for a while. Bad news is that it is out of town and
doesn't leave time to build.

Never say die though, work will continue at some time in the future.

Bob Reed
www.kisbuild.r-a-reed-assoc.com (KIS Builders Site)
KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice,
pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
(M.A.S.H. Sidney Freedman)

RobertR237 wrote:
So Bob Reed, Del Rawlins, Corky Scott, Mike Pilla,
Steve Genotte, et. al., get to work! g

Dave 'hinge-head' Hyde




I haven't given up but a little thing like money keeps getting in the way right
now. Some good news though, just landed a 6-month contract that should keep
the vultures at bay for a while. Bad news is that it is out of town and
doesn't leave time to build.

Never say die though, work will continue at some time in the future.

Bob Reed
www.kisbuild.r-a-reed-assoc.com (KIS Builders Site)
KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice,
pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
(M.A.S.H. Sidney Freedman)


I'm with you, Bob. I bought up enough steel tube before I got laid off
from Alcatel to keep me going for the past two years. The past month or
so has seen little building, mainly 'cause I've run out of raw
materials. Just today, though, I got the come-back-home call from Alcatel.

--
http://www.ernest.isa-geek.org/
"Ignorance is mankinds normal state,
alleviated by information and experience."
Veeduber

I'm with you, Bob. I bought up enough steel tube before I got laid off
from Alcatel to keep me going for the past two years. The past month or
so has seen little building, mainly 'cause I've run out of raw
materials. Just today, though, I got the come-back-home call from Alcatel.

--
http://www.ernest.isa-geek.org/
"Ignorance is mankinds normal state,
alleviated by information and experience."
Veeduber



Not that is the best news I have heard all day. Congratulations and hope it
lasts a long long time. Take advantage of it and get some more steel. Before
you know it, you will have to buy gas for a new plane.



Bob Reed
www.kisbuild.r-a-reed-assoc.com (KIS Builders Site)
KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice,
pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
(M.A.S.H. Sidney Freedman)

On 24 Feb 2004 07:19:56 -0800, (Mike Henley) wrote:

Ernest Christley wrote in message .com...


I wouldn't be so sure. It wasn't such a long time ago that I had the
same astonishment at the idea. Remember, our public education system
and popular culture in general is now designed to weed out and destroy
anything resembling initiative or self dependance. If it ain't store
bought, it's redneck. 12 years of such meticulous brainwashing is VERY
hard to overcome.

i'm not trolling, just curious... jumping off a balcony sounds
dangerous enough to me, let alone flying a homebuilt flying machine...

do you have to have some pro experience or can anyone build such a
thingie...

Mike my Wittman Tailwind was built by an old truck driver who never
got as far as high school. He is about 84 now.
I have never had a moments doubt in 260 hours of flying the tailwind
that I am flying a competently built aircraft.

look it is not hard but aviation is a definite technology. join the
EAA, read their magazine Sport Aviation and buy yourself the set of
construction books by the late Tony Bingelis from the EAA.
that move will get you a competent start into understanding the
technology of building your own aircraft.

btw if you make the start into building an aircraft be warned that it
is more addictive than heroin. but it'll remain legal for life :-)

Stealth Pilot
Australia