Fwd: RE: REFLECTOR: Decisions, decisions...
J.P. Brooks
jp211 at comcast.net
Sat Jan 14 19:37:01 CST 2006
Mr. Prices words below:
>Reply-To: <Built2Fly at comcast.net>
>From: "Scott Price" <Built2Fly at comcast.net>
>To: "'J.P. Brooks'" <jp211 at comcast.net>
>Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: Decisions, decisions...
>Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 16:14:09 -0800
>X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626
>
>J.P.
>
>Tell all the great Velocity guys thank you for all the info. I must
>say that I was a little surprised at how candid the Velocity
>builders were about the pluses and minuses of the Velocity. It
>speaks volumes about the character of the group. They've really
>given my some goods things to think about. Also I managed to hook
>up with EAA chapter 105 (biggest chapter in the PDX area) president
>Randy Lervold (also a Camas, WA guy). He has built and RV-8
>(<http://www.rv-8.com/>www.RV-8.com) and is now building a RV-3
>(<http://www.rv-3.com/>www.RV-3.com). He was very encouraging and
>was not negative about the Velocity in anyway. We carpooled to
>their monthly meeting last Thursday night which was at a RV-10
>builder's hanger at the Hillsboro airport. Good group of
>guys. Mostly RV builders since it is Van's home Chapter, but they
>also have several "composite" guys how seemed very knowledgeable
>about working with composites. They said no matter what I choose
>they would be more than willing to help. Most of them knew very
>little about the Velocity and the RV/metal guys seemed to be a
>little apprehensive about composite work. In fact the host builder
>was not happy about the significant amount, by RV standards, of
>composite work required for the RV-10 (the top half of the fuselage,
>fairings and some smaller parts are all composite). All and all it
>was a very informative meeting.
>
>Goods news, I was able to trade into to a 4day trip that has a long
>layover in Orlando Monday. I plan to drive down to Velocity
>headquarters and spend as much time as possible talking to staff and
>the guys in the builder assistance program. It should be very
>informative. I will let you know how it goes.
>
>Once again thanks for the help.
>
>Scott
>Built2fly at comcast.net
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: J.P. Brooks [mailto:jp211 at comcast.net]
>Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 1:10 PM
>To: amillin at sbcglobal.net; Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
>Cc: built2fly at comcast.net
>Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: Decisions, decisions...
>
>I'll Cc Mr Price so he can respond as to his choice..... (envelope
>please?...drum roll)
>
>..............................>
>
>
>At 12:32 PM 1/14/2006, you wrote:
>
>J.P.
>
>Of course, when the decision is made and a kit is chosen, we would
>love to know what the outcome is...
>
>Andy
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.tvbf.org/mailman/private/reflector/attachments/20060114/76fa2e0e/attachment.htm
More information about the Reflector
mailing list