REFLECTOR: First problem - Shipping!

[Alex Balic]

Hey Clayton-
Building the wings is not all that time consuming in the general scheme of
things- the cores go together in a day or so and then 2 days of glassing per
side and you have wings. A few more days to build the winglets and ailerons.
Can be a little bit tricky if it is hot out since the large batches of epoxy
that you will need to wet out the triax will try to cook off in the heat.
Sending the plane across the country and back just for the wings/retract
system would be a waste in my opinion- the majority of your time will be
spent on wiring, engine install and finish out. The airframe goes together
pretty fast.

Alex

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Clayton Chase
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 3:09 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: First problem - Shipping!

Thanks for all the ideas and advice, everybody!

The solution I'm choosing is to skip sending it to the factory at all and to
drive it up to my home in Seattle myself this weekend.
By doing this I'm likely to skip the fastbuild wings, which I had been
hoping to do in order to get me in the air faster.  But I will still be able
to do the retractable gear, which was the main reason I was wanting to send
it down to to the factory to begin with.
I talked with Tony Partain; while we were not able to work anything out if
anyone else has transportation needs I suggest you talk to him.

Attached is how the kit looks like as I bought it.


Clayton Chase

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Terrence Miles
<terrence_miles at hotmail.com> wrote:
> You could try to find Dan Fast.  If he is still moving kits around.  I 
> don't have any current info on him, but the factory might have something.
> Clayton, welcome to the Velo world.
> Terry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] 
> On Behalf Of Clayton Chase
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:49 PM
> To: reflector at tvbf.org
> Subject: REFLECTOR: First problem - Shipping!
>
> So I've got the XL-FG kit now, but it's down in California near LA and 
> I'm up in Seattle.   I want to send the kit to the factory but am 
> having some trouble finding a shipper, let alone crating the thing up.
>  I don't have the time available to drive it myself, unfortunately.
>
> My current plan is to fly down there this weekend with some power 
> tools, rent a truck at Home Depot, load it up with plywood and other 
> stuff as necessary and build a crate to hold the kit in it's entirety 
> and tarp it up.   Let the kit sit outside in the previous owner's 
> driveway until a shipper can come pick it up and take it to Florida for
me.
>
> I'd like to pay less than $2,000 for the shipping, but the quotes I 
> get depend a LOT on what I say I'm shipping.   If I give them the same 
> weight and size, I get about $1800 if it's "Fiberglass pieces" but
> $3500 if it's "Fiberglass airplane pieces".   The National Motor 
> Freight Classification system is not very easy to understand.
>
> I have a few questions I need help with:
>
> #1:  Is there anything better to do than build a big 16' x 6' x 6' box 
> and ship it with absolutely everything inside?
> #2:  Does anybody have experience with a shipper that did a good job 
> delivering a kit that they would recommend?
> #3:  If you ever shipped a kit, what NMFC class did you use?
>
> I'm open to ideas and recommendations.
>
>
> Thanks for all your help!
>
> Clayton Chase
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