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Re: If You Could Only Have ONE airplane ...

Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 8:52 pm
by David MacRay
One possible bigger problem with brush painting fiberglass or metal is to get a nice smooth finish you need to paint thicker. So how heavy is it going to be?

What about a Lancair? I remember one fine morning while I taxied to the run up bay with my instructor, we watched as a local guy did a low and over in his Lancair IV with a nice IO-500.

At the time my instructor was pretty excited but as a CPL wanna-be who was planning to buy a C-310 I shrugged it off.

Now as a guy who would like to go to that Canuck Warbird Museum for the day or OSH once in a while as quick as possible for the least amount of fuel. Those Lancairs with the PT-6 in them look pretty spiffy.

Re: If You Could Only Have ONE airplane ...

Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 3:37 pm
by Colonel
There are people out there who spend days and days
rolling and brushing and sanding repetitive coats over
and over again to avoid minutes of spraying ...

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It's hard to tell from the camera, but this guy is
pretty good at his somewhat bizarre process.  I've
seen worse factory spray jobs.

Re: If You Could Only Have ONE airplane ...

Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 8:10 pm
by David MacRay
Weird but it looks pretty good.

I guess he could fix the orange peel that everyone around here was getting from their spray jobs.

Re: If You Could Only Have ONE airplane ...

Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 8:47 pm
by Colonel
Note that not all paint can be sanded out.

Re: If You Could Only Have ONE airplane ...

Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 9:07 pm
by ScudRunner-d95
Im going to need at least 5 Airplanes

Transport Jet = Falcon 7X
Amphibian  = Turbine Grumman Albatross
Hang upside down Jet = SU-27
WW2 = Corsair
Short Strip = Super Cub



Re: If You Could Only Have ONE airplane ...

Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 5:35 pm
by ScudRunner-d95
Well since you asked, I will first need my own airport before I get anymore.  O0

Re: If You Could Only Have ONE airplane ...

Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 6:16 pm
by David MacRay
By airport you mean Air Force base?

Re: If You Could Only Have ONE airplane ...

Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 10:43 pm
by Colonel
A whole lot of jealousy, and slimy little people attacking
the achievements of others in Canada.

Boggles the mind.  If they're so envious and angry at
someone with say $10M, I can only imagine the display
of hatred that Zuckerberg (>$50B) would get in Palo Alto.

Do smug, lazy Canadians organize egg-throwing tours
there?  They should hate and envy Zuckerberg 5000x
as much as Classic Wings, right?  That's incredibly
powerful hatred.

That is not a characteristic of Canadians that I admire.

It is quite ugly, in fact.

When do I get my phone and laptop back?  This is not
a change of subject.