Give up the smokes for a new hobby?
Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 12:14 pm
Well a good friend of mine has me keenly interested in experimental aircraft 
I am going to have to earn better dollars now and give up the smokes to afford it along with the bikes I want, but that's the reward I hope.
After many years of his annoying aircraft obsession some of it has started wearing off on me especially after he bought the plans and yesterday we visited a group of builder/flyers in Bendigo. We helped put part of one together and seen other types of experimental planes take off/land, it is amazing how lightly built they are and a great bunch of people.
It isn't as hard as it looks to build as it does off the plans, just like a big Mechano set really, I am not that keen on flying it and will let others do the proving when it is finished thank you very much, although I really want to build it
The model we are interested in is a Stol 750 with a modded Corvair 6cyl horizontally opposed air cooled engine, kit and engine approximate cost to complete will be around $25k doing most of it ourselves or save $8k off that making all the pieces from scratch, good thing is they are cheap to run and operate.
Reasons for this model is that it lands and takes off on a dime (bush plane) and going bush is another passion of mine.
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http://www.zenithair.com/stolch750
This likely will take a few years to get off the ground so to speak but it will be a lot of fun.
I am going to have to earn better dollars now and give up the smokes to afford it along with the bikes I want, but that's the reward I hope.
After many years of his annoying aircraft obsession some of it has started wearing off on me especially after he bought the plans and yesterday we visited a group of builder/flyers in Bendigo. We helped put part of one together and seen other types of experimental planes take off/land, it is amazing how lightly built they are and a great bunch of people.
It isn't as hard as it looks to build as it does off the plans, just like a big Mechano set really, I am not that keen on flying it and will let others do the proving when it is finished thank you very much, although I really want to build it
The model we are interested in is a Stol 750 with a modded Corvair 6cyl horizontally opposed air cooled engine, kit and engine approximate cost to complete will be around $25k doing most of it ourselves or save $8k off that making all the pieces from scratch, good thing is they are cheap to run and operate.
Reasons for this model is that it lands and takes off on a dime (bush plane) and going bush is another passion of mine.
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http://www.zenithair.com/stolch750
This likely will take a few years to get off the ground so to speak but it will be a lot of fun.
