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Old 10-29-2009 | 11:34 PM
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Default RE: Two lessons learned today

Alex, I spent almost a week looking over this one and a couple others I bought. This one was the throw away one, but other than looking awful, it wasn't that bad, so I decided to fly it. I had a list of stuff to make it "look good" but I had this little grimlin on my shoulder saying "wait till you fly it and then order the stuff". For once, he kept me from blowing some money.

Next from the sale is the Twist 150. I don't think it was ever flown. The engine, a Saito 180 had some maintance issues that would have prevented it from being able to fly the plane, and the tires had never seen the runway. The only issue with this one other than the engine (which I've fixed) is that some of the lite ply is delaminating. I spent some time yesterday using a hot glue gun and my coveing iron to "re-laminate" what I cold get at to fix. Pull up the surface layer and squirt some hot glue under it, then use the iron to push it into place. Sure screwed up my sock, but I think it is going to hold things together OK. Monday I find out.

Don