The First Cut Is The Deepest.

Thom: Looking good. It will be nice to see your flying reports...


Good job....I like the looks of it...


Stan
 
Thanks Stan and Thanks Larry. You guy are an inspiration to this old coot. I hope to pass it on to others. The Mod is definitely an improvement. My wife says she can't tell any difference so the aesthetics have been left alone.
 
Thanks Stan and Thanks Larry. You guy are an inspiration to this old coot. I hope to pass it on to others. The Mod is definitely an improvement. My wife says she can't tell any difference so the aesthetics have been left alone.



And I agree. :D


Cheers :)
 
Looking good Thom ole' boy.
Can't wait to see her fly, hopefully it will be soon.

Keep us informed about the Magnolia event.
 
Looking good Thom ole' boy.
Can't wait to see her fly, hopefully it will be soon.

Keep us informed about the Magnolia event.


Rudy

I have talked with Virgil and he said it is a go. We just need to tell him how many people will be there. Thanks for the nice words. I will have it at Magnolia to show everyone. I look forward to seeing you guys again.:first:
 
Thom: I hope you get lost and end up in Paxton with that beauty....:welcome:


Stan
 
Hi Roy

I will have to take a pix and post it. I am currently fitting the tail wheel back to where it was originally installed. I will post it as the attachment and then the installation.
 
It is taking me much longer to put my gyro back together because I have put the H/S under the Rudder. This has cause me to reposition the light and position light as well as to rewire it. I am also going back and refastening everything. I hope to complete the rebuild this weekend before Mentone. Thanks for your patience. I will take some more pics this weekend. I also want to do the dual hang tests.:noidea:
 
Mentone PRA Convention

Mentone PRA Convention

Well

I got back Sunday from Mentone.

Larry Boyer's Mod was very slick and he was doing most of his flying in the early AM or late PM. I just never got a chance to fly with him. Seems my big butt was a little too much during the day. Larry is very safety conscious even tho he flys a RAF. LOL Great guy and he will share his knowledge with all that will listen.

I did fly with Steve Osborn and his RAF was rock solid. We flew over 100 mph. He has a rocket for a ship. Clean and very pretty. He has the Larry Martin Ultimate stab which works well. Steve is a very good pilot. Thanks Steve for the memory. I will cherish it.

I met Stevorotor. Stevo got the chance to fly with the great Jim Logan. Jim is a great guy with a great RAF. Jim has the Stabilator from Duane Hunn. I really don't know how fast his ship will fly but it is a blur as it goes by.

This Convention has opened my eyes about the RAF. I know that there has been several(6) people that have died in the month of July . That translate to three of our beautiful RAFs that are no longer flying. I just hope that the rest of the RAFrs will take a long hard look at the drop keel, drop engine fix in the near future. I have heard alot of the rhetoric about how the RAF is CLT at 80 mph. Well I for one have a hard time believing it. Speeding just doesn't change physics. Each and every RAFr that I met were and are great people.

Gyro pilots are a different type of people. I was very secure and observed most everyone at the flyin left their valuables ie cameras, radios, and personals, on the ground. Heck I left my camera in my chair holder and Don Shoebridge brought it to the banquet to me. Thanks Don.

I have never been prouder to be a member of any group than that of Gyro Pilot.:hail:
 
GyroRon

GyroRon

One of the things that simply amazed most of the ground spectators was on Wednesday or Thursday Ron A did an ascent to I don't 5000 ft. While he was up there he had everyone on the ground wondering what he was up to. All eyes were on him. It really was neat seeing him being pulled up into the base of the clouds. When I asked him he confirmed what I had suspected he was doing. Great show Gyroron the whole week was entertaining and educational.
 
Tom. It was my sincere desire to have you as co-pilot or pilot. Most mornings I was tied up and I did't fly much in the afternoon as it was so hot. I took Paul Patterson up as he is a little lighter. He voiced his opinion of the Warrior as soon as we took off. he said" I got to get me one of these". he said he loved how well it flew and handled the wind and thermals. (what wind and thermals?)I know you will love your conversion.
 
One of the things that simply amazed most of the ground spectators was on Wednesday or Thursday Ron A did an ascent to I don't 5000 ft. While he was up there he had everyone on the ground wondering what he was up to. All eyes were on him. It really was neat seeing him being pulled up into the base of the clouds. When I asked him he confirmed what I had suspected he was doing. Great show Gyroron the whole week was entertaining and educational.

Thermal hopping?:p
 
Tom. It was my sincere desire to have you as co-pilot or pilot. Most mornings I was tied up and I did't fly much in the afternoon as it was so hot. I took Paul Patterson up as he is a little lighter. He voiced his opinion of the Warrior as soon as we took off. he said" I got to get me one of these". he said he loved how well it flew and handled the wind and thermals. (what wind and thermals?)I know you will love your conversion.

I know Larry it was my deodorant. LMAO

No seriously, I would have loved seeing how yours flew before I tried mine out but hey I have my own drop keel, drop engine. Thanks for all the info you have given me. You probably don't realize it but I looked you ship over really good. Even the way you hooked your fuel system. You have been a really good friend and you have shown many how easy this system FIX can effect the thrust and balance. If the RAFr don't believe maybe when I make my report it will add to yours. Aussie Paul has helped many in OZ and Kiwiville. This is amovement that is PRORAF. Thanks for sharing with me.:hippie:
 
I'm ready to start the conversion too!

I'm ready to start the conversion too!

Thread revival time! I've been in communication with Thom for clarififcation about a few things, and am now ready to get the materials together to perform this surgery on my RAF. So, should I start a new thread or just continue this one? I ask, because you know I'm going to have a million follow-on questions as I go!

Cheers, =Ed=
 
Thread revival time! I've been in communication with Thom for clarififcation about a few things, and am now ready to get the materials together to perform this surgery on my RAF. So, should I start a new thread or just continue this one? I ask, because you know I'm going to have a million follow-on questions as I go!

Cheers, =Ed=

Start a new thread Ed.
Some folks may have stopped following this one, and won't know about your project.
 
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