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Old 01-02-2010 | 02:31 AM
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Default RE: Passport 2010

Bob,

I was bummed when I heard that you had not recieved yours yet, it did go with Mikes. Probably the holiday rush and eveytime they looked at those boxes they figured better for 1 to be upset then the 10 that weren't going to fit because of it.

As for the dihedral that is a correction that will be on every plane from Mike's onward. I talked with Marcelo about the cost of new wings and I think we came to the conclusion that they are going to be somewhere around $550.00 completely ready to cover and $750.00 covered with ball bearing horns. I know that at first that may sound exspensive but then I added up all the stuff I bought or had made special last year to save just a couple ounces and it was well over that. As a matter of fact I think everyone I know that was at the Nats flying electric had similiar costs, regardless of who manufactured the models. (I know Dave L. you spent more money buying 7000's so you could fly the sequence twice lol) the exception

We are weighing everything that goes into these models at this point. I know that Mikes Passport wing and my Visa wing were built side by side and in the end the weights were almost identical. These were the first honeycombed production wings and they were cut and sheeted by the guys at the shop not myself and Marcelo. We needed to make sure that how we have decided to build these wings is still suitable for mass production, and I believe that it is.

Mike get that thing stuck together and put up some pics I can't wait to see it assembled, no excuses you have this weekend before your busy season.....

Later

Chip