Cruising the neighborhood

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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Wed May 27, 2015 10:37 pm

Had the hog out for the first time in a while.

Nice cub collection:
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Legend cub:
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Coupe:
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J3, owned/flown by my neighbor's son who also lives here:
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A Waiex-tailed beechcraft:
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And with the setting sun the fun ends.
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Not pictured but also flying-C172, C140, and a Kitfox. One of my co-workers had his RV7 out.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Thu Jun 04, 2015 9:30 pm

A neighbor has this cool woody pusher. Slow and low.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sat Jun 06, 2015 8:17 pm

Rockford Airfest.
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Found out that a couple of neighbors are Aeroshell guys. They flew today and were good as always.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Thu Jun 18, 2015 10:05 pm

Correction, we have Aerostar guys (with Yaks) in the neighborhood. Saw one parked on my golf cart ride. Took this photo of a Lake:
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sat Jul 18, 2015 1:57 pm

I know this thread is in the off topic section, but check out the visitor we had today:
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Mike could not stay long as he had WX to beat on his way to Oshkosh. The turbo was very quiet on startup.
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Mike had this cool Waiex baggage pod option, flown by his father:
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The Beech 18 was not mounted to the windsock. He was beating up the runway, scaring all the Stearmans out of Mike's way. They are like seagulls here.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Darick » Sat Jul 18, 2015 2:08 pm

What a cool place to live!!
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sun Aug 23, 2015 4:40 pm

Today the airport had their annual Lion's club breakfast and fly-in. WX was poor early so the aircraft turnout was poor. Met a guy who just finished his Skybolt and flew it for the first time Friday. That is my project after the hummelbird!
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The airplane was beautiful. Adam got fired up to bring out the Waiex.
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My neighbor owns the Waco. He also has a clipper (for sale) and a J2 cub.
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Matthew got a ride in this cool hovercraft. It is made by Universal Hovercraft of Rockford. They have a bunch of neat kits, I see one in our future. I met a Sonex builder who lives close to KOSH who built one with his son.
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Hovercraft video:
http://youtu.be/7zkcSmI4U84
http://youtu.be/zYTsvB57mL4
There is also Flour Bomber Bingo going on in the background.
Bryan Cotton
Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby ihab » Mon Aug 24, 2015 1:22 am

My dear fellow,

A hovercraft is not the worth of Sir Christopher's denasalised snuff without means to independently control the ride height and forward thrust. Machines such as the one to which your son was so unfortunately introduced, which use a primitive scoop to capture some slipstream for the cushion, are fit for neither gentlemen nor ladies of good breeding.

Some true hovercraft employ two engines for this purpose. Others involve a single engine (preferably a Rolls Royce Gnome turboshaft) driving a fixed pitch lift fan and a variable pitch thrust prop. The RPM sets the cushion power, and prop pitch adjustments vary the thrust.

I wish you the best in your endeavors, and hope you may at some point travel across the Solent to the Isle of Wight by hovercraft. There are I am sure easier ways to make the trip, but none nearly as British.

Sincerely yours,

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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Mon Aug 24, 2015 7:31 am

Ihab,
They have dual fan models too. I agree the dual fan setup seems better! Of course you could say a Lancair Evolution is better than a Waiex, but at a hefty price! If we build it will be the trainer:
http://hovercraft.com/content/index.php ... th=5_33_39
It is a $550 kit, and is small which helps for storage.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby radfordc » Mon Aug 24, 2015 2:14 pm

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