Alaska_Phil

How was it? It looks fun, if not a bit chilly.

Was awesome! Flies nice, visibility is spectacular and the windshield does a great job of keeping the breeze off. So not too chilly, at least I certainly didn't notice it on the first flight.

Glad to see ya got the plane finished! It certainly looks real cold up in Alaska. I have my air conditioner on in my home. ;-p

Hat it was a balmy 30 degrees that day. In fact the temps have been in the 30's all week, with freezing rain. Town is a terrible mess and the roads are frightning.

Nice looking aircraft, was wondering on your choice of color though, do you plan on flying much with snow on the ground? I would think it would be hard to spot from the air if you had any problems.

5 years until you had your maiden voyage? That's some patience!

Now that looks like fun!

Jaxom: I was originally building it for someone else, but he lost interest and I ended up buying the project from him. He chose the color. the black nose is the supplied color of the fiberglass fairing. I am planning to finish painting the fairings White after I'm done test flying, then add some trim colors. I'm thinking it'd look good as a clown fish. On the other hand my Mom was quick to point out it looks like a Snow Goose.

Marc, I'm not sure if it's patience or stubbornness. But I really enjoy building things, and am already looking for something else to work on. New reef tank at home maybe? hmmm.....

Open Cockpit kit plane in Alaska = Balllllls. Looks like a blast! 503 or the 582?

503, but in cool weather that's lots of power! It has full doors but I haven't finished fitting it and making latches yet.

LOL I think she is right, you did a great job on it.

Build a new reef tank, so we can all live vicariously through you!

I'll wait for you and Marc to finish first. Too many build threads going on already.

There's no such thing.