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Yes get a bandsaw. I have not and that is one thing that if I were to start building today I would get. I am far enough along now though that I might as well finish without it. :) The garage is getting too full for extra tools anyways. Scott DellAngelo #90598 Fuselage (getting close to becoming a ca...
- Thu Nov 04, 2004 4:34 pm
- Forum: RV 9/9A
- Topic: IFR in a 9 ...
- Replies: 5
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The only two RV's I have flown are the factory 9A and a 6. The 9A seemed very stable to me and not overly quick. The 6 was definitely quicker. As is the case in any plane (for me) when I take my head down it seems to do a better job than I do so I tend to kind of let go of things. Of course an autop...
- Thu Nov 04, 2004 3:55 pm
- Forum: RV 9/9A
- Topic: IFR in a 9 ...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13285
Nope, still building mine but the longer wing and more stable design philosophy is why I choose a 9. Now I do not really know the difference between "hard" and "light" IFR other than when my plane is finished and I have finished my instrument rating I will certainly go slowly into it. That would be ...
- Thu Nov 04, 2004 3:47 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Tricycle gear vs. tail dragger
- Replies: 11
- Views: 23106
Nosewheel (9A) I have about 5 hours in a Cub getting my endorsement and then 80 or so in a Kitfox. I have found out from the Kitfox (a relatives which I can fly whenever I want, the only thing I have to fly currently) that insurance companies don't really like them, plus one tailwheel plane in the h...
- Thu Nov 04, 2004 3:34 pm
- Forum: O-320 / O-360 / O-540
- Topic: Building your own engine ?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 24185
I plan to. I bought a used O-320-E3D that I plan to overhaul myself. I will send the necessary parts off for reconditioning, etc, and then I will do the assembly. Personally it does not bother me at all. I got the DVD from Skyward Tech on an O-320 rebuild just for the heck of it to watch one. I also...