Recent content by valittu

I'm a Grifter.

Keep me posted on what you decide. :thumbsup:

Thanks! Sounds like stocking up like you did will keep me ahead of it's maintenance. Do you ever plan to rebuild the canopy? Didn't you lose it in a flight or something or am I confusing you with Ron or someone else? Also, do you plan to ever paint it?

Jesse, when you were updating or restoring your Flybaby, was there a kit you could buy from Aircraft Spruce, or did you just make an inventory list and shop around for the best deal for parts?

Interweb?

:needpics: Okay, maybe not useless, but it'd be cool to see actual pics of "Sirius George", outside of the envelope with the various locations as a backdrop.

Not that it would easy, but are you allowed to manufacture them or are they considered part of the engineering operation of the 162?

Are 150 parts interchangeable with a FlyBaby or is it just a generic enough plane? :dunno:

Isn't there a Continential 85/200 conversion that's supposed to have some advantages? I think I read that somewhere.

What power plant would you suggest, Ron? Which is the most efficient for a 220 lb payload?

I want to build a Bower's Flybaby and I'm back and forth between building from scratch and restoring an existing one. I have two viable options: A. Scratch building the plane would insure that I'd know every inch of it. B. Completing a "work in progress" or possible restoration project...

mercy.... :drool:

Wow. No disrespect intended, but with backgrounds like that, I would be vigilant checking those dental records.

Okay, I'll rephrase my question. Any GA history of folding wings failing?