REFLECTOR: First problem - Shipping!

Mark Magee edjonesbrady at gmail.com
Fri May 25 21:23:19 CDT 2012


Hear Hear!!

Mark B. Magee
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On May 25, 2012, at 8:34 PM, David Rene Dugas <renedugas at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm VERY glad I got Dynamic Wings. They are not perfect but better than I could have built starting out. After six years of building and 9 years of flying, the flying is better. Probably I build good wing and pretty fast with two airplane builds and 9 years of experience but every time I fly I'm glad I bought the fast build. Completion percentages are not great so improve them by paying the factory and benefitting from their experience. You will still have plenty to do. Mine still took 6000 hrs and six year with the wings and winglets and canard in purchased in primer. Your choice. Some will say all or none. I say hog wash. If one wishes to start from scratch the start with the chemicals and form the foam, mix the chemicals and make ones own resin and hardner and ones own and paper. 
> If the goal is to fly your own plane get help from everyone and have fun and complete the project. 
> 600 hrs flying. Spending four years and failing us not anyone's plan at the outset. Life gets in the way. 
> Man I sound old but I'm flying. 
> 
> Rene' Dugas
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> 
> On May 25, 2012, at 3:09 PM, Clayton Chase <chasec at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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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