Eagler's Nest
General Category => Builders logs => Brock's bits - LEXLV3 => Topic started by: Brock on July 15, 2024, 02:46:50 PM
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Greeting all you Eagler's & wannbe's (like me).
I hail from the PNW (Washington State to me more precise). Have been a licensed pilot since '79 with almost all of my hours in the area of recreation and skills development. Seems the older I get (I'm still a young man) the less destination flying I do and the more sightseeing / Sanity centered my missions have become. I also find myself just enjoying the maintenance side of things more. Does this sound familiar to anyone else on the forum? I find that living just North of KPDX that the flying wx is not so great from November to March. So this is the time I spend doing maintenance, tinkering and building. My last project was the restoration of a Sonex-A. Took a few years with setbacks and learning curve. I've really come to appreciate the brand. What the Sonex lacks though is forward visibility. I find that if I don't have a project I'll likely break something so that I can fix it (AKA - making improvements). Since the two birds in my hangar are about as good as they can be (there is always room for more changes mind you) I thought another small outlet was in order. So I started looking at the lite stuff. First I was attracted to the Afford-a-Plane (A-plane as some call it) then to the basic LE and the Bandlands Aircraft ($$$). But it was when I saw and heard the Verner 3V that I knew what direction I'd go.
One of the forum member half a day drive from here offered to let me continue a project that has lost momentum. So I have a head-start on the build with many items (ribs etc) built. What I lack most of is understanding of the plans and processes. Since this is a "Winter project" I'll have time to do some arm-chair building and figure things out.
That's all for now.
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I've found that as I uh.. mature :) I couldn't care less about going places in an airplane, too. I've BTDT, have several T shirts. :) The Legal Eagle fills the bill for those dawn and dusk patrols, and the Verner gives you something to do. I'm building a Pietenpol now because my wife missses it.
I should mention that there are flyers and there are fixers. Very few aircraft mechanics fly.. the flyer sits there above the clouds thinking, "what could possibly go wrong?" :) The fixer sits there counting the ways..
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I should mention that there are flyers and there are fixers. Very few aircraft mechanics fly.. the flyer sits there above the clouds thinking, "what could possibly go wrong?" :) The fixer sits there counting the ways..
Thanks Chuck for the post. I'm in a quandry. I'm both a Flyer & Fixer & Teacher. So when I do go up I know what all can go wrong. Don't have to wonder too much. Perhaps that's why I stay close to home and fly with more altitude than is required ;-)
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So I finally decided on an avatar and I think airplane (vehicle technically) side art. This (avatar) is an image of a ring my dad gave me years ago. So it's more of a sentimental thing than anything else. I've always mused on the large arrow feathers. Recently it dawned on my that those would be what's called a flu-flu.
"A flu-flu arrow is a type of arrow specifically designed to travel a short distance." That's a good description of the LE. So I hope to either turn this image into a logo or use a flu-flu arrow image.
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Flu-Flu would be an excellent name for an airplane... :emoji_u1f60e:
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Egg sellent. :))