My neighbors think we're insane ..

[RV7ForMe]

My shop is in an old barn on a farm. When I literately rang his door bell with my bicycle and asked politely if they had any room they could rent to a college kid... they asked me what for. I said I am going to build a "model airplane" I just may have forgotten to mention the 1:1 scale. I knew if I had dropped that they would have thought I am crazy... The other day he saw the HS and said something like. That seems very big... hahah. I suppose once the wings show up I may have to do some explaining.

[sirlegin]

I was insane for 7 1/2 years. Then I was a Hero... Go figure
love flying my RV. Worth every minute

[David-aviator]

My neighbors think we're insane .. you (we) are.

Press on, they will never understand.

[dmaib]

Originally Posted by lr172

A related story - I painted my wings in the fall and needed to get them to a warmer spot overnight as the paint cured; I didn't want to run the garage heater all night. My wife had a couple of friends visit that evening. They didn't quite know how to comment on two airplane wings sitting in the kitchen, but it seemed the undertone was "that wouldn't happen in MY house." She still has to listen to that story every time she sees those friends. I suppose the morale of the story is to make sure you have a patient and supportive wife as you reach these later stages.

Larry

It is critical, and I hit the jackpot on that spousal issue!❤️

[Bruce]

Originally Posted by N282S

I also live at an airpark. Neighbors still think I'm insane.

Boomer

Join the crowd


Boomer

[YvesCH]

Originally Posted by bret

Neighbors thinking you are insane is when you do a full power run up in the driveway

Like this?


I know no Vans but we did a run up

When my I brought my girlfriend home for the first time she thought that I have a strange table... It was the horizontal stabilizer But she accepted it quite well that I am building a plane.

Yves

[Maverick 4003]

Varied, very interesting WW comments... given D. Maib has Mickey mouse steering the boat. Given, I'd not ask the name of the boat.

[rv6builder]

When I was a kid I thought other people were weird for NOT having a work shop in their garage. I grew up watching the old man work the lathe, restore motorcycles, fix cars... Runs in my blood. My neighbors may think we are weird for busting down a wall to put a wing on the plane... But I'll always think they are weird for not building one!