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Will Dork
6/30/13 1:47 a.m.

Appleseed wrote: August 23, 1983. First fight of the Beech Starship.

Gorgeous aircraft. Wish it had caught on.

JoeyM MegaDork
6/30/13 1:50 a.m.

Will wrote:
Appleseed wrote: August 23, 1983. First fight of the Beech Starship.
Gorgeous aircraft. Wish it had caught on.

The secretary of our local EAA chapter is building a Viggen

Appleseed UltimaDork
6/30/13 2:15 a.m.

For those who don't know what JoeyM is talking about:

fanfoy Reader
6/30/13 7:21 a.m.

Appleseed wrote: For those who don't know what JoeyM is talking about:

I had forgotten about those. For a second there, I thought she was building this:

914Driver MegaDork
6/30/13 7:51 a.m.

914Driver MegaDork
6/30/13 7:54 a.m.

914Driver MegaDork
6/30/13 7:56 a.m.

914Driver MegaDork
6/30/13 8:01 a.m.

Thunderstruck!!!!

...on bagpipes?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=K-Op1Mng4oY

JoeyM MegaDork
6/30/13 8:04 a.m.

Watching the PBS documentary about Horatio Nelson Jackson driving across the country in 1903. I started to post a bunch of pictures of the car and trip in the netflix thread, then realized that they'd go better here. Brass era goodness.
http://www.pbs.org/horatio/

JoeyM MegaDork
6/30/13 8:08 a.m.

914Driver wrote: Thunderstruck!!!! ...on bagpipes? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=K-Op1Mng4oY

those are the manliest bagpipes EVER......I never would have considered bagpipes that shoot fire!!!!

Grtechguy UltimaDork
6/30/13 8:22 a.m.

Wally GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/30/13 9:56 a.m.

JoeyM MegaDork
6/30/13 10:12 a.m.

Wally wrote:

!!!!!!!!

Duke PowerDork
6/30/13 10:12 a.m.

Woody wrote:

My Stingray was purple. It was heavy. It also had a really really annoying habit of shifting itself up from 1st to 3rd when you stood up on the pedals and threw your weight in it, like going up a hill. The end result was like riding into a wall of molasses just when you needed power, and I fell over a lot. Eventually I had my dad help me convert it to a coaster brake. After that he told me I had to buy my own rear tires because I would do lurid, 10-yard J-turns on it.

I also had a single-speed Kent that was the Lotus 7 of banana bikes. It was a really light frame with light wheels and a very small front sprocket. I could poke it and loft the front wheel as long as I wanted.

NMNA:

Flight Service MegaDork
6/30/13 10:36 a.m.

JoeyM wrote:
Will wrote:
Appleseed wrote: August 23, 1983. First fight of the Beech Starship.
Gorgeous aircraft. Wish it had caught on.
The secretary of our local EAA chapter is building a Viggen

Did he mention why he chose that as opposed to a Velocity

or a Cozy?

what engine is he going to use?

oldsaw PowerDork
6/30/13 11:47 a.m.

My first Honda, delivered and in the garage before Christmas of '83.

Appleseed UltimaDork
6/30/13 12:31 p.m.

Appleseed UltimaDork
6/30/13 12:33 p.m.

The_Jed SuperDork
6/30/13 12:33 p.m.

Appleseed UltimaDork
6/30/13 12:34 p.m.

JoeyM MegaDork
6/30/13 1:03 p.m.

Flight Service wrote:
JoeyM wrote:
Will wrote:
Appleseed wrote: August 23, 1983. First fight of the Beech Starship.
Gorgeous aircraft. Wish it had caught on.
The secretary of our local EAA chapter is building a Viggen
Did he mention why he chose that as opposed to a Velocity or a Cozy? what engine is he going to use?

Long drawn out build. She's been at it as time and money permitted, for over 16 years. Back then, Rutan's design was sort of the default choice in that class. I'm not even sure if the velocity or cozy existed back then.

No autoconversion. I think the engine is Lycoming.....what I remember most is the story about what a pain in the butt it was to track it down and recover it after someone stole the engine from her hanger and stuck it on an airboat. She was able to prove to the cops (photos and reciepts) that it was hers.....

vwcorvette GRM+ Memberand Dork
6/30/13 1:29 p.m.

Flight Service MegaDork
6/30/13 1:37 p.m.

JoeyM wrote:
Flight Service wrote:
JoeyM wrote:
Will wrote:
Appleseed wrote: August 23, 1983. First fight of the Beech Starship.
Gorgeous aircraft. Wish it had caught on.
The secretary of our local EAA chapter is building a Viggen
Did he mention why he chose that as opposed to a Velocity or a Cozy? what engine is he going to use?
Long drawn out build. She's been at it as time and money permitted, for over 16 years. Back then, Rutan's design was sort of the default choice in that class. I'm not even sure if the velocity or cozy existed back then. No autoconversion. I think the engine is Lycoming.....what I remember most is the story about what a pain in the butt it was to track it down and recover it after someone stole the engine from her hanger and stuck it on an airboat. She was able to prove to the cops (photos and reciepts) that it was hers.....

I believe the cozy was a Rutan design as well. Must have been Rev 2

Wally GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/30/13 1:40 p.m.