do you really build flying things...

i found this while searching for uk.comp.homebuilt... do you guys
really build flying things... i mean, seriously, can you ride in
something you built and trust its safety, or do you just build toy
remote controlled stuff...

We build 'em AND fly in 'em!!

Scott
Homemade Corben Junior Ace


Mike Henley wrote:
i found this while searching for uk.comp.homebuilt... do you guys
really build flying things... i mean, seriously, can you ride in
something you built and trust its safety, or do you just build toy
remote controlled stuff...

"Mike Henley" wrote in message
om...
i found this while searching for uk.comp.homebuilt... do you guys
really build flying things... i mean, seriously, can you ride in
something you built and trust its safety, or do you just build toy
remote controlled stuff...

Troll, troll, troll, yur boat;
Gently down the stream

"Rich S." wrote:

"Mike Henley" opined:

i found this while searching for uk.comp.homebuilt... do you guys
really build flying things... i mean, seriously, can you ride in
something you built and trust its safety, or do you just build toy
remote controlled stuff...


Troll, troll, troll, yur boat;
Gently down the stream
++++++++++++++++++++++++++

And a rank amatuer at that.
Where have all the 'pros' gone?


Barnyard BOb -

Rich S. wrote:
"Mike Henley" wrote in message
om...

i found this while searching for uk.comp.homebuilt... do you guys
really build flying things... i mean, seriously, can you ride in
something you built and trust its safety, or do you just build toy
remote controlled stuff...


Troll, troll, troll, yur boat;
Gently down the stream



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.

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

Good on Ya Ernest, that was exactly what I was going to say!
It wasn't long ago, after being brainwashed like you say, that I thought
f**k it, I'm going to build a helicopter!
And it's been the best learning experience so far.
One day, I'm going to be flying a homebuilt machine, and the whole journey
is consuming and exciting.

I hope he's not a troll, 'cause he can learn alot from this group.

Cam.


Troll, troll, troll, yur boat;
Gently down the stream



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.

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

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)