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10-29-2012, 07:00 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Brookshire, TX
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I always like the inevitable series of revelations when someone hears about the project.
"I heard you're building an airplane. That's so cool, I love model aircraft!"
"Well, so do I, but this one is going to be a flying airplane."
"REALLY?!?! R/C planes are even cooler!"
"No, it's a full-size airplane that I will fly in."
"Wha?"
And of course, the usual suspects, as mentioned a lot in here:
"So when will it be done?"
"Good question!"
"How much does it cost?"
"It depends." (this one is best delivered totally deadpan)
"No way I'd ever fly in an airplane I built!"
"Well, if you think about it, I have a pretty hefty interest in making sure it's built correctly."
The worst, however, came from a former coworker, who was notoriously annoying. I generally avoided conversation with him if at all possible, but one day he came in my cube and was asking questions about the plane. He got really excited when he found out it was a tandem.
"Oh man, when you get it done, you've got to take me up, and I'll sit in the back and run lines from Top Gun. 'TOO CLOSE FOR MISSILES, SWITCHIN TO GUNS'"
I actually felt slightly physically ill at the prospect of being trapped in a tiny cockpit with this guy spewing bad movie lines in my ear.
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-8 fuselage in progress (remember when I thought the wing kit had a lot of parts? HAHAHAHAHA)
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10-29-2012, 07:29 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Richmond, VA
Posts: 696
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Like a lot of you, I get asked when it will be done (Tuesday has always been my answer - delivered deadpan). And of course, how will I get it out of the basement? I have a friend (Steve) who comes to town to help me occasionally and he has a brother who lives an hour away. Well, his brother wanted to see the project; apparently no one in Williamsburg, VA that he knows is building a plane in their basement. So, I asked Steve, "How long do you think it will take your brother to ask how I am going to get it out of the basement?" Steve assured me his brother was too smart to ask that question. Well, his brother comes over, gets one foot in the rec room and the other foot is still in the hall and he asks the proverbial question. I howled, Steve scowled, and his brother looked silly.
The best question I've been asked so far though was from the wife of an A&P IA that did the annuals on my Cherokee. She wanted to know if it was going to be a boy or a girl. With a pink cowl I assured her it was going to be a girl. Most questions do affect me much, but after she asked, I've never looked at the air inlet for the snorkel quite the same again.
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Virginia
RV-9A 257SW Purchase Flying - O-320, Dynon D100
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10-29-2012, 08:14 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Spokane, WA
Posts: 35
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And from the "You're Missing the Point" files:
My dentist buddy is visiting the man cave, home of a tail and half a wing at the time. I give him the cook's tour and the he looks up and asks the only question he asks: "who did your deer mount?" (There was a deer head hanging on the wall). Swing and a miss.
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10-29-2012, 09:42 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Southern California
Posts: 617
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Work and Airport Questions
Question at work:
Him: "I heard you're building an airplane."
me: "Yup"
Him: "I''d NEVER fly in an airplane I built"
me: "I'd never fly in an airplane you built either."
At the airport:
A young lady from the next door hanger (They have a Piper Malibu!) walked over and asked: "Why are you building a canoe at the airport?"
I said: "It's an airplane. A two seater."
She said: "Oh. Can it fly?"
Dkb
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RV-9A - N18TD (reserved) - Fuselage.
"My greatest fear: What if the hokey pokey really IS what its all about?"
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10-29-2012, 09:45 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: 45G, Brighton, MI
Posts: 1,867
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bastien
-When is it going to fly?
-Wednesday
I never told them which one..Finally I first flew a monday. 
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So, Bastien, were you two days early or five days late?
My manager, asks "What engine are you going to put in it?"
I answer, "I'm planning on a new Lycoming; that's an engine designed for airplanes."
After a bit of a blank look he asks, "How many RPMs will it turn?"
I answer, "It redlines about 2700."
After a long pause and a very concerned (confused?) look, he says "Is that all? I figured you'd get something that turns at least 10 grand..."
I guess that's why he's a manager and I'm an engineer... 
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10-29-2012, 10:14 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mahomet, Illinois
Posts: 2,195
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From the "most irritating questions" vault ...
"Are you still working on that thing?"
(My response: "Yeah ... I look at it as a career.")
"When are you gonna FLY that thing?"
(My response: "Not a day sooner than it's ready.")
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RV-9A Tip-up; IO-320 D2A
S. James cowl/plenum
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10-29-2012, 11:12 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Carthage, Mississippi
Posts: 26
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Mere citizen- "Are you going to stick a lawn mower engine on it?"
Me - "No no, I'm planning on putting about 180 hp on it"
Mere citizen- "180 hp? That's all? Won't it be kinda slow?"
If only they knew... 
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10-29-2012, 11:59 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 2,295
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"I'll never fly in *that* thing".
"Well, that's a good thing because you're sure as XXXX not invited"
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"What kind of man would live where there is no daring? I don't believe in taking foolish chances but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all." - Charles A. Lindbergh
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10-29-2012, 01:07 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 2,291
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Some of these Q&A stories are cracking me up. Thanks for sharing the grins!
Our aircraft was sitting on its wheels, engine hung, tail surfaces in place... but no wings. A young fellow with all of 11 years of experience in his pocket looked seriously at the airplane then asked that usual "is that the airplane you're building" question. Of course I answered in the affirmative.
What he said next still makes me grin.
"It must be a ROCKET because rockets have their wings on the tail."
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10-29-2012, 01:50 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Edgewater, FL. KSFB
Posts: 1,118
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I have gotten most of all these questions.
My favorite though is how much will it cost and for me that is easy.
"It cost me a kitchen."
I had to agree to re-doing the kitchen for my wife before I could start the build. Luckily I ordered the empennage and the cabinets at the same time and I had the tail done before I had to start the kitchen remodel. Then I had time to get it done before the wing kit showed up.
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