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Airdrome airplanes.

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 11:35 am
by David MacRay
I noticed they are at Airventure this week and I really love these planes, they look like WW I aircraft but are more functional and easier to fly.

In the past when some people have bought a kit and scheduled a week to go in person, Robert Baslee has even helped people start their project.

https://www.airdromeaeroplanes.com/index.html

Re: Airdrome airplanes.

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 12:33 pm
by Slick Goodlin
You should get a kit and start building.

Failing that if you would rather just pay as you go on a plans build while supporting the home team, get a set of Graham Lee Nieuport 12 plans. It’s a two-seater so it should do fine as a you seater no matter who you are.
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https://www.nieuports.com/copy-of-nieuport-11

Re: Airdrome airplanes.

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 2:28 pm
by David MacRay
Those look pretty good. I would like to get a hangar, around here they are a bit pricey.

Re: Airdrome airplanes.

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 5:05 pm
by Slick Goodlin
David MacRay wrote:
Tue Jul 23, 2024 2:28 pm
I would like to get a hangar
That sounds like a problem for closer to final assembly time.

Re: Airdrome airplanes.

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 5:30 pm
by David MacRay
We just moved and I don’t have a garage.

Should I start building in my yard?

Re: Airdrome airplanes.

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 8:06 pm
by Slick Goodlin
Basement? Spare bedroom? Living room/kitchen if you want to live dangerously.

I know a guy who’s rebuilding a Pietenpol fuselage on his dining room table…

Re: Airdrome airplanes.

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 11:27 pm
by David MacRay
Well, the basement is a bit bulging from things I would like to move into a garage. What’s a spare bedroom? Wait, that’s my wife’s office. Full.

Re: Airdrome airplanes.

Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2024 2:02 pm
by Colonel
First, build a garage with an awesome shop. Put a urinal and a couch in it, because you know.

Re: Airdrome airplanes.

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 12:59 pm
by Slick Goodlin
Buy plans… I dare you.

Re: Airdrome airplanes.

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 1:59 pm
by David MacRay
Darn it, when did that stop working? Twenty five years ago I would be on the phone moments after that declaration.