Boring Old Factory Built Types
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Boring Old Factory Built Types
Any one out there fly the the Boring Old Production Line Types like me. We're all very quiet on the BB. Can't leave it all to these DIY Guys (& Dolls) to hog everything now we are the LAA!
Bob F
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In all seriousness, we could do with some more lobbying to help resolve the situation of production aeroplanes, no longer in build, poor support from the manufacturer that could easily be brought under the control of LAA LAA.
This was talked about some time ago but nothing seems to have happened. My Brother enjoys a PA12 (sic) on a permit when most of the other UK ones are on C of A - daft !
Well done Bob F - you've got the job mate
This was talked about some time ago but nothing seems to have happened. My Brother enjoys a PA12 (sic) on a permit when most of the other UK ones are on C of A - daft !
Well done Bob F - you've got the job mate
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What boring like Luscombes, Austers, Taylorcraft, Cubs, Jodels.........?Boring Old Production Line Types
Come and join us for the Luscombe Tour and/or the Luscombe Rally. We're not elitist, hell we're even letting Rod1 play with us in his carbon fibre 143 kt bathtub and Rob Swain in an RV6 following his novel trick or parking the Luscombe in a tree last year.
http://www.europeanluscombes.org.uk/com ... um.php?f=4
But one of those happens to be the easiest way for me to take along younger family members who need/want a parent along and their over excited squeals make it anything but boring, and leave me dancing with a huge grin for days...Rod1 wrote:“No aircraft's boring -- they all get you up in the sky”
Tricky, C172 gets airborne but is very very boring.
Rod1
Maybe I'm just easily pleased.
Hey Guys,
I only used the word 'Boring' to get your attention, I knew you were out there somewhere. Let's keep it up.
Mike, just had a look at the Luscombe Tour - Good luck, looks like a great weekend. Hope there will be lots of pics.
Jonathan, What reg is your Colt, I have a couple in my logbook from when I first started flying lessons. I thought they were great. Does my memory serve me correctly in that they had no flaps?
Bob F
I only used the word 'Boring' to get your attention, I knew you were out there somewhere. Let's keep it up.
Mike, just had a look at the Luscombe Tour - Good luck, looks like a great weekend. Hope there will be lots of pics.
Jonathan, What reg is your Colt, I have a couple in my logbook from when I first started flying lessons. I thought they were great. Does my memory serve me correctly in that they had no flaps?
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Well Bob, our Colt isnt actually mine but im about the only person who fly's it. Its G-ARKP, she had a complete rebuild about five years ago and runs sweet as a nut. Yes you are correct, no flaps, 70kts all the way in on approach, anything less and youl be parked in the field short of the runway. Other quirks include masses of adverse yaw, in fact so much that you steer to starboard in a turn to port with loads of rudder kicked in to keep the ball where we like it and vice versa. Also the Colt totally refuses to stall, merely wallowing around with its stubby nose pointing at the sky obviously loosing masses of altitude at the same time very quickly.
I love it though, its great for Sunday evening balloon spotting and for touring it carries everything bar the kitchen sink although dont expect a short field take off, especially on a hot still day! Bring back any memories???
Anyway, nobody has explained to me yet the difference between a Colt and a Vagabond???
I love it though, its great for Sunday evening balloon spotting and for touring it carries everything bar the kitchen sink although dont expect a short field take off, especially on a hot still day! Bring back any memories???
Anyway, nobody has explained to me yet the difference between a Colt and a Vagabond???
Jonathan,
I didn't fly in your Colt, G-ARKP, but close: G-ARKN, G-ARKR & a few others, of Jim Keen's Liverpool Flying Club late sixties, early seventies. He also had a Piper Tri-Pacer, 4 seat big brother of the Colt - that did have flaps.
The Vagabond, besides being a taildragger, had a smaller engine than the Colt (60hp?) and had a joystick instead of a control wheel. It was supposed to have saved Piper after WWII. Read somewhere that the original Tri-Pacer was also designed with a tail wheel.
Bob F
I didn't fly in your Colt, G-ARKP, but close: G-ARKN, G-ARKR & a few others, of Jim Keen's Liverpool Flying Club late sixties, early seventies. He also had a Piper Tri-Pacer, 4 seat big brother of the Colt - that did have flaps.
The Vagabond, besides being a taildragger, had a smaller engine than the Colt (60hp?) and had a joystick instead of a control wheel. It was supposed to have saved Piper after WWII. Read somewhere that the original Tri-Pacer was also designed with a tail wheel.
Bob F
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