Well this is weird.
I also just dug a new unfinished Aero Composites Phoenix 8 out of an estate, this weekend. The stab was in the shucks, in the garage, the wings in shucks, in a cornerof a basementthatI cannot describe, and the fuse off on a shelf. The wings are joined but not glassed, and the belly pan has not been found yet. I've got two other pattern ships, but I typically fly the gas stuff, and only get to the pattern guys a couple times a year.
However, one of the pattern ships is also composite, and has a YS60FF on a pipe. I had not flown a pipe until this year ... wow. an 11x10 prop at near 12K on the ground. It certainly hauls the freight. BecauseI have these two operable planes, I was thinking of selling the Phoenix, even though the other two are older and have rash ... but now ... after this thread ... maybe I'll build her.
Or maybe make molds?
So many airplanes, so little time. RCU always makes you think.