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PatrickW
Joined: 27 Oct 2006 Posts: 380 Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:49 pm Post subject: Neighbor's tried to "Intervene" on my project |
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Last week while I was at Oshkosh, a couple of my neighbors came over to my house to talk with my wife.
"We'd like to sit down and talk with you about your husband’s airplane project..."
They really scared my wife.
To make a very long story short, one of my neighbors (who moved here from Modesto, CA - you guys know what that means) is an airline pilot, which to my non-pilot wife means that he knows Everything about All Aircraft. He's also a fellow EAA member (social member, not a builder). For reasons that are not important here, suffice it to say that there is nothing that I can ever say or demonstrate to him that will ever convince him that the 601 XL is a safe design. He is quite passionate and vocal about that.
While I don't appreciated that they waited until I was gone before coming over, I'm not angry because I know that he has my (or at least my wife's) best interest and safety at heart.
Be that as it may, support from ones spouse is critical in completing an airplane project. So in order to arm myself with the latest information, I took the opportunity while at Oshkosh to speak with several people who's technical abilities I greatly respect. People who flew their 601's in. The Zenith folks. People with real-world experience. And people who are builders just like me who face the same decisions and the same questions - and who came to the same conclusions.
You guys know who you are and I thank you for answering my questions.
All these people helped reassure and reinforce for me that the decisions I have made were good decisions. Based on that, I believe I was able to control the damage and reassure my wife and thus maintain her support.
Today I am more confident than ever that the 601 XL is the right airplane. I hope to have my airframe completed this winter, my engine running next spring, and a flying airplane that I can bring to Oshkosh. I am really looking forward to the day when I can show my own completed and flying airplane to some of you people who I met in person last week at Oshkosh.
Thanks!
Patrick
601XL/Corvair
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kkinney
Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 42
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:26 am Post subject: Re: Neighbor's tried to "Intervene" on my project |
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I hope your wife didn't freak. If she's worried, note that light aircraft go by different rules than the heavies.
For example, light aircraft flare around 10 feet or so. Your neighbor routinely flares his heavy at 75 feet. If he tried this when landing a Cub, he could expect a bent airplane.
Or worse.
Applying the same thinking when flying a "bus with wings" to a light aircraft is dangerous and irresponsible.
Opinions are like... your neighbor. Everybody has one.
Regards,
Kevin Kinney
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