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Forum: RV General Discussion/News 10-22-2007, 10:38 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 619
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Thumbs up Never underestimate the human spirit...

Wow. He build a heilo just from watching TV and info from the internet. :eek:

...my goodness, what have i been doing with myself. :confused:

Guess Van needs to hurry up and start pushing -12 kits...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 10-13-2007, 05:46 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,318
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Lightbulb Time to rethink...

A weekend!!??? :eek: WOW! If that pans out to be what is the expected average, then I happily stand corrected! :D

If one can expect to have the kit to the point where it will be sitting up on its...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 10-12-2007, 04:07 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,318
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Lightbulb I hope they re-examine the pricing model...

I don't think its a matter of speed of construction that should dictate the offering of the kit in the traditional manner. Looking the sonex kit offering model, the expectation is one will have to...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 10-11-2007, 05:19 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,318
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Thumbs up That just about does it...

ARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!:eek:

The anxiety of anticipation is killing me.:o I'm ready to get started.

I know they are still hashing out the details, but did they let on as to how they are going to sell...
Forum: Safety 10-01-2007, 02:07 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,620
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Lightbulb A good time to review...

Thanks for the safety stop.

I think this a good time to review my ops practices and see where I have gotten lax. It's all to easy to get a "little out of pocket" when everything has been going...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 09-29-2007, 04:52 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 6,954
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Thumbs up The more the merrier!

...I'm a little late to this thread, but I would like to see the pix that you took.
Great job on the PIREP.
Much appreciated. Thanks!

I think either one of these birds will be a nice project, it...
Forum: RV General Discussion/News 09-18-2007, 11:16 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 14,682
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Happy to hear you are ok. Speedy recovery and a...

Happy to hear you are ok.

Speedy recovery and a most successful return to work and the air!
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 09-13-2007, 10:52 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 5,671
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
A visual would help...

Do you have any drawings or plans you could share?

Im having a bit of difficulty seeing how the trailer is laid out. :confused:

Thanks
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 09-12-2007, 06:46 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,206
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Practice makes perfect...

Hmm.....

That was interesting. Looks like it will take a few times to get the routine down.

Good stuff! Thanks!


(this should keep the fourm poppin for a few weeks until the next update)...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 09-08-2007, 02:23 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,893
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Thumbs up My sentiments exactly...

I, for one, appreciate the updates and picitures that Van's has been providing. I'm content to wait for the final numbers and specs. I just like to know they are still making progress on it, in...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 09-06-2007, 03:53 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 5,343
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Lightbulb Never too early to start dreaming...

Nice layout.

I've played around with a few myself.
Forum: RV General Discussion/News 08-31-2007, 11:51 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,113
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Angry Big-10 is not making any friends...

I feel the same. I'm currently finishing the basement, which I designed expressly for watching sports (namely, OSU sports), and now this Big 10 vs the cable companies quaggmire have my best laid...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 08-27-2007, 05:52 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 4,695
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Unhappy flashback!

...brings back memories of the Apple Lisa :eek:
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 08-26-2007, 10:59 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 4,695
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Cool Harder than naming kids...

Don't know if its been tossed out yet, but how about, ...wait for it....

The RV-12 "Freedom" (if it hasn't been used by any other mfg.)

Let me explain.

I think the reason why Vans is remotely...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 08-13-2007, 02:37 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,368
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Red face I think it may come in one big box

I was reading Aero-news or AvWeb (I forget which one), and they posted the details of an interview they had with a Van's rep at Oshkosh and he indicated that they were leaning toward selling it as...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 07-28-2007, 02:24 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 8,345
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Thumbs up ...you took the words right from my mouth!

I was going to post a comment...


...but Frank said it all.


Thanks Frank.
Forum: RV General Discussion/News 07-24-2007, 02:29 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,814
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Thumbs up This is looking more realistic...

Paul,

I agree with you 100%. Way back when, everyone was preaching about owner-flown, light personal jets, I got excited. Then they came out with all these twin engine creatures, which to me, was a...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 06-24-2007, 05:36 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 7,955
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
They call it "throwback"...

It looks to me that VANS was trying to harken you back to the days of the the J-3 Cub. Maybe what they are trying to subtly convey is this will be the plane for the masses.

Hopefully, in keeping...
Forum: RV-9/9A 05-15-2007, 10:46 AM
Replies: 100
Views: 28,261
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
I'm lazy and will leave that to the experts...

Thanks for that tidbit of info. (You really can learn something off the Internet) I didn't know you could build the other RV's completely with pulled rivets (really, thanks. I'm not being sarcastic)....
Forum: RV-9/9A 05-11-2007, 02:57 AM
Replies: 100
Views: 28,261
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
[QUOTE=Phyrcooler] *snip* I have a PPL and no...

[QUOTE=Phyrcooler]
*snip*
I have a PPL and no medical concerns. However, I don't want to fly worn out old Cessnas. I want to build something for myself. But I don't want to build for 5 years before...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 04-12-2007, 08:54 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 7,447
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Hot on the trail...

I am planning to go to SnF and plan to be all things LSA. I will gather up as much "stuff" as I can carry back.

...this is my first time going, hope I dont spend too much time gawking at all the...
Forum: Glass Cockpit 03-31-2007, 06:47 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,981
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Lightbulb For more info...

Like you guys, I have been following the development and progress of the Enigma, and its big brother the Oddysey. There is a Yahoo group that seems to get the direct skinny from Rainier (the...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 02-28-2007, 02:44 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,644
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Cool Just like the model airplanes when you were a kid...

From Van's Website in the RV-12 section:

As ever, I?m amazed at how matched-hole punching has reduced assembly time. I learned a few things about blind rivets, too. I hadn?t thought about it before,...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 02-19-2007, 03:55 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 3,326
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Thumbs up Thanks for the field report.

Hey Bob,

Thanks for writing up such a detailed report. The pictures are great too. Thanks for those also.


This will serve as my RV12 news and info fix (i can usually go a week before i start...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 02-15-2007, 06:52 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,157
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Lightbulb Open your mind...

My sentiments exactly!!! I think the -12 will be a MEGA seller. I believe it will sell on both sides of the fence:

1) The pilots who have medicals but dont want the time/expense commitment of a...
Forum: Reviews 02-09-2007, 03:51 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,437
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Talking Do they ever sleep???

This was also posted in the Yahoo group:

>
> Rainier:
>
> Now I guess the cat's out of the bag - what radio? When? and of
> course How Much? Is a transponder also planned?
>
> That would make my...
Forum: Reviews 02-09-2007, 03:36 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,437
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Thumbs up ...and it keeps getting better

This was posted on the Stratomasters Users Group on Yahoo earlier this week:

Hard at work on the next Enigma update.
Apart from the usual minor fixes/changes/additions, this one has a
biggy.
The...
Forum: RV General Discussion/News 02-02-2007, 06:35 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 4,415
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Angry What has happened to us!!!????? (Long post, so what!)

Kudos to Bill J and others who still have the spirit of innovation!!!!

I must say I was very disappointed when the first responses to this thread were full of negativism and skepticisim. I found it...
Forum: RV-9/9A 02-01-2007, 03:52 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 7,703
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Thumbs up Why yes Virginia, RV-9's do fly with 108hp...

Hey Russ,

There is a guy named Stan Shannon out of Texas and he is flying a 9A with the 108hp O-235. I'm not sure if he is a member of this list but a lot of members know him and could fill in the...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 01-24-2007, 10:53 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,529
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Thumbs up Only as old as you let yourself get..

Just think of it this way, all that execise will help to keep you loose and limber as you get older. Keeps you "young". :D
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 01-16-2007, 03:22 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 4,185
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Allow me to retort...

[QUOTE=RV6junkie]I agree with your position on the subject. But to play devil's advocate, if you augured into a neighborhood, the size of the smoking hole you'd leave in the ground might make the...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 01-16-2007, 08:57 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 4,185
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Upon further review...

I'm not posing this directly to you Mel, but to all of the policy makers and parties involved in the introduction of SP/LSA in general:

The reason given "to provide low energy in case of an...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 01-16-2007, 04:31 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 4,185
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Cool With a plane so nice, you have to build it twice...

Well that settles it for me! I will be building my first RV-12 as an Experimental Amateur Built (just like all the other RV's in existence). I am going to pitch the prop, shape the farings, seal the...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 01-12-2007, 09:18 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 4,185
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Thumbs up Sounding better each day...

Ahhhh.... another RV-12 fix, that should satiate me for about all of 20 minutes :D

The inital spec numbers sound promising. The fact that it can hold 2 full size bubbas, full fuel and baggage is...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 01-02-2007, 03:56 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,346
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Red face Hanging on a string...

Indeed! These little tidbits of video are killing me (I'm chomping at the bit).

Whoever came up with this marketing strategy at Vans deserves a raise. :rolleyes:

I've been jonesin' for some...
Forum: Glass Cockpit 12-13-2006, 03:39 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 5,542
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Thumbs up I like how this product is coming together...

Mark,

I have been following the development of this product with some interest, myself. There are 2 yahoo groups (Users Group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stratomaster_users_group/) ) and...
Forum: RV General Discussion/News 12-02-2006, 12:10 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 6,785
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Thumbs up Dont forget about XCOM

Have you considered the XCOM radio. It's the same size as the Microair but packs more punch and goodies.

SteinAir sells them and gave it a good word on their...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 11-26-2006, 09:46 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 9,152
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
I can only speak for me...

This is my rationale (and mine only, I am NOT speaking for the group as a whole) for asking about "conversion". My question is not so much about re-certification as so much as it is about protecting...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 11-24-2006, 03:21 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 9,152
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Hmmm... need more info

[/QUOTE]

I shortened it up a little bit to highlight the points I want to discuss, hope u dont mind...

I did some reading at the EAA SportPilot site and this is what I found:

Experimental...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 11-23-2006, 05:27 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 9,152
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Pound for pound the best all around...

Thats the beautiful thing about having it signed off as an Experimental (as opposed to LSA). You are not bound to 120kts. If this puppy can go faster than LSA with a different prop (or pitch), you...
Forum: Alternative Engines 11-23-2006, 04:58 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 5,209
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Re-allocate those funds...

I would like to see Rotax reallocate that V-6 R&D money to improving or introducing manufacturing processes that will help bring down the prices of their 9-series engines. (~$15k for a 912S :mad: )....
Forum: RV General Discussion/News 11-22-2006, 01:13 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 5,108
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
A stones throw...

Fortunately, I live "down the street" (less than 3 miles) from the airport (KTZR) closest to my new house. I will try to post a map showing the route.

Previously, in the old house, I had to travel a...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 11-22-2006, 10:16 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 9,152
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Wow, my math must be really off...

Maybe I'm missing something, but I was budgeting about $40k for this bird. Can someone check my process and see where it's out to lunch?

Airframe: ~$16,000 (using price for a Zodiac XL, which is a...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 11-22-2006, 04:45 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 9,152
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Beauty in the eye of the beholder?

Fellow Aviators,

I really don't get the whole "ugly" thing. The 12 seems to have the same general shape of all the other SBS RVs. Where does the 12's aesthetic offense come in? :confused:

Maybe...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 11-22-2006, 04:20 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 4,126
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
I saw/heard that too. I got extremely excited at...

I saw/heard that too. I got extremely excited at first, but then I remembered that Van usually uses MPH for all their speed numbers. So it comes out to be more like 93 knots (I prefer to use knots...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 11-03-2006, 10:41 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 6,892
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Sign me up!

KThorp,

I like your concept drawings. The easier this can be made to pack and unpack, the more likely it will be used. I, for one, appreciate the innovation and enthusiasm surrounding the whole...
Forum: RV-12/RV-12iS 06-14-2006, 12:15 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,347
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Best of Both Worlds

It seems to me you get the best of both worlds with the folding wing option.

Quote from Van's Website on the wing option...


While it may not constitute a dominant usage, we see trailerability as...
Forum: RV General Discussion/News 03-22-2006, 11:03 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,392
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Get his builder number

I believe you will need to specify Doug's builder number and Van's will send him a check.
Forum: RV General Discussion/News 01-30-2006, 11:11 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,097
Posted By SweetJellyDonut
Consider this must see TV for pilots

Here in central Ohio, Survivorman comes on Friday nights at 8 (or is it 10pm) on the Science Channel (formerly Discovery but spun off into its own separate channel). I watch as many episodes I can,...
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