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<DIV>Ahh patience Ryan san, all will be revealed soon. I would say imagine a
cross bewteen a Partner, Patriot, and a Typhoon 2000. Confusing no? Well, it
looks sweet. One other person has seen it, I wonder if he'll chime in?</DIV>
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<DIV>4 years ago I couldn't design a lick, and had never built anything but a
kit. Let me offer you this advice: DO IT. Just do it, even if it's wrong.
Believe me by the time you're finished, you'll know EXACTLY what you did wrong.
Then you make some changes and do another.....and another....and they get better
and better hopefully. If you build enough, you'll build a dog. You'll also build
that magic one, where everything fits the first time, everything lines up
without tweaking, and it's lighter than you even hoped. But you'll never see
that glorious plane until you jump in and just build planes. </DIV>
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<DIV>If you ask Tom, he'll send you pics. He sent me some of his older Merlin a
couple of years ago, and I was blown away by the guys work. It drove me to
create my current plane I'm flying, and that drove me to do the one that's now
in the shop. </DIV>
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<DIV>Between guys like Tom, Matt K, Bryan Hebert, and even some guys at my local
field, they all drove me to push myself and convince myself I can do it. Sure I
haven't been immune to the poo-pooers who think my stuff is crap, and it's hard
to swallow when you put that much work into something. It stings, I don't care
how thick your skin is. But then you remember why you do it, because you'll have
a feeling they never will: you created a piece of art that flies.</DIV>
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<DIV>Do it do it do it! And you already know this, but any way I can help just
ask. Even if it's just to bounce ideas off me, I have a couple of people I do
that to myself. Nobody knows everything, that's why you ask and experiment and
research. Then you test, make notes, and start over. Enjoy the journey, don't
get too worked up about the destination. </DIV>
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<DIV>Just my 2 cents.</DIV>
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<DIV>-Mike</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 06, 2005 11:14
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: .now Challenge!</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0067ce>I'd like to see some pics of Tom's
airplane now that it has been mentioned. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0067ce></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0067ce>And I REALLY can't wait to see your
airplane Mike, you have been getting me psyched up about it for a while.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0067ce></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0067ce>All of this talk has gotten me motivation
to finish my design up and build it. I am still stumped at this juncture with
regard to the structure of it. My buddy Joey Hayes built a plane back in 2001
(If I remember correctly) that was about the same fuse volume as my airplane
and his came out at 9.75 give or take from what he was telling me the other
day. That was with a built up wood cowl, Hydeout wings and stabs (foam), and
completely covered in Monokote. I was going to go with a CF cowl and chin
cowl, but what he was telling me has gotten me wondering about it. It
certainly would be easier to finish, as I am much more competent with a
covering iron than I am with fiberglass and paint, or at least I think I
am, I have never glassed and painted before. But the cowl is rather curvy
so I think glass or CF would be easier. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0067ce></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0067ce>I guess I just need more time to sit and
think and look at what works and what doesn't.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0067ce></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma
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