REFLECTOR: Membership Roster
SlvEgl99 at aol.com
SlvEgl99 at aol.com
Tue Jun 9 12:49:17 CDT 2009
I really don't give a ---- about what someone thinks about how I built my
plane or anything else about it. I selected the plane most meeting my
requirements and built it in the manner that most satisfied my personal needs.
I don't critique some person because they plan-built a plane or built a
plane that I personally would never get in. And I don't listen to those who
oppose my way. Guess that makes me Frank Sinatra.
Each of us has his own way to go about it. (I know people who think every
MG ought to be racing green, but that no NASCAR machine should ever be
green). So long as my way and my plane meet my needs why would I want to listen
to some blowhard depreciate what I am happy with.
Bob Wood
Fast Build XL FG
Standard IO540
(I paid more and built it at the factory service center and it took only a
year)
In a message dated 6/9/2009 11:54:46 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
amillin at sbcglobal.net writes:
I went to Rough River last year. Waiting for Brett and Beth to show up.
:)
That was my first encounter with Canard Class Discrimination. It was
pretty
heavy handed at times.
As soon as I mentioned I was building a Velocity the reply was "It must be
nice to be rich." Then they went into how I "snapped the airplane together
instead of actually building it."
It was amazing...
Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Alex Balic
Sent: 06-09-2009 10:12
To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Membership Roster
Yea- I get that from the EZ guys at my field- although they somehow have
fully accepted the local Burkut builder- probably because the design is so
similar. I gain some favor because I did not get any fast build options so
I usually start the conversations with how tough it was (not) to get the
foam cores lined up and sanded on the wings, then they counter with how
easy
it must have been to just glue 2 fuselage halves together.....
-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Scott Derrick
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 8:19 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Membership Roster
I would add that there is a not so subtle class system within the EZ
crowd, with Velocity's at the bottom.
What did we do wrong in their log filled eyes?
1.) We are flying an airplane Rutan said, "would not fly", Maher proved
him wrong and did it any way. At least thats the story.
2.) Its a "no don't say it!", kit plane. Real canards are plans built.
3.) Velocity's sell(turn over) more than EZ's, so there is a perceived
higher percentage of bought Velocity's. A good number of these bought
Velocity's are owned by people with have an avid interest in flying and
not much in building. How could they?
Scott
PS. Boy would this message get some traction on the
rec.aviation.homebuilt news group! I'd have to put on my Nomex suit!
vance atkinson wrote:
> Lou Stedman wrote:
>> After reading Al's posting about his missing door incident, I was
>> curious about where he was located. I pulled out my trusty Central
>> States Association membership roster, assuming that most canard
>> builders and flyers were members. To my surprise, I found only eleven
>> Velocity owners listed out of 789 members. My question is why? I have
>> been a member since I got my Long EZ about ten years ago and find it
>> to be a wonderful asset when rebuilding some particular part of our
>> canard aircraft. I look forward to the quarterly publication which
>> comes out full of building tips and articles so dear to we
>> experimental nuts. One of the other things I find invaluable is the
>> annual membership roster that comes out in January with everyone's
>> name and contact information. I keep in my aircraft so that I can
>> look up fellow canardians whenever I visit anew area. I am fairly new
>> to the Velocity Group so I may not be aware but is there something
>> similar to this with fellow Velocity owners. If not I would encourage
>> all to become a member of CSA. Contact information is
>> jschubert at juno.com <mailto:jschubert at juno.com>. The other choice
>> would be to make up our own Velocity membership roster and I would be
>> happy to get involved in this.
>>
>>
>> Lou Stedman
>> Velocity N7044Q
>> Olean, NY
> Lou... Ive found in general that the Velo crowd does less tinkering
> than the "EZ" crowd does. and a lot more Velos were built by others
> rather than the owner. They tend to spend money on things for fixes
> rather than come up with a cheap homemade solution.
> The above is applied in general to their population.
>
> vance atkinson
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