---------------------------------------------------------- Lightning-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 09/28/09: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:21 AM - Midwest LSA expo (flylightning) 2. 07:41 AM - Making Pully u brackets (flylightning) 3. 11:48 AM - Thumbs up on Arion's new web site! (Jim Logajan) 4. 01:49 PM - Re: Thumbs up on Arion's new web site! (flylightning) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:21:54 AM PST US From: "flylightning" Subject: Lightning-List: Midwest LSA expo To group, The Lightning LS-1 will be leaving on Wednesday for the Midwest LSA expo at the Mount Vernon airport in IL, October 1-2-3. Anyone interested should swing by and take a look. We plan on flying demo rides if requested. This is going to be the next Sebring just up north, so come show your support for the show. Also don't forget the Lightning Fly-in on October 10th. Postponing was the right thing to do, we had heavy rain most of the day and very low clouds on Saturday. So do your rain dances and see you than. Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft, LLC ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:41:28 AM PST US From: "flylightning" Subject: Lightning-List: Making Pully u brackets I have had a few emails lately on how to make a uniform u-bracket for your pulleys and rudder attach. Take a small block of hard wood. This should be =BD=94 thick. Drill a 3/16=94 hole in the center as deep at you need maybe =BE=94. Run a bolt thru the pulley tang and into the block. Bend the bracket around the block. Simple and looks good too. Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft, LLC ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 11:48:08 AM PST US From: Jim Logajan Subject: Lightning-List: Thumbs up on Arion's new web site! Hi all, Last Thursday I sent some feedback on the new Arion website _privately_ (the best way to do that, IMHO) to the Lightning info e-mail address and I see today that the web site has been edited so that most everything of consequence that I noted was addressed (and some things I overlooked.) I belatedly note that some of my private criticisms weren't valid! (One of the reasons not to send such things publicly! :-)) About the only question I have remaining is whether Arion still offers the BRS parachute as an option. At one time the old web site listed a price on that option but it seems to have been dropped. Is that because nobody has ever opted for it so it wasn't worthwhile offering anymore, or for some other reason(s)? I also noticed that the Green Landings web site has a draft Lightning POH dated 2006 that really answers many questions in wonderful detail that a prospect like myself would have (I know that many of the numbers will vary with individual aircraft.) If it is possible, then perhaps it would make sense to update any figures in it and place a copy of that document in the Arion web site's support links (if a link to it is already there then my apologies for overlooking it - it's a mistake I've already done a couple times!) Between having the build manual and a POH online, there aren't many questions I have left that are unanswered! ...well, the approximate dimensions of the baggage area weren't easy for me to find (had to dig through the Matronics Lightning list archives to find that info) but finally found them. Regards, Jim Logajan ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 01:49:48 PM PST US From: "flylightning" Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Thumbs up on Arion's new web site! Jim, The BRS has been removed from the options list. If one wants one it can be installed however we are not actively promoting the installation. 1. Very few who have built the Lighting opt for it. 2. It is very weight restrictive. You will loose all but a few pounds of the baggage capacity. 3. Other than a mid air collision the BRS is only a last resort. The Lightning has good stall manners for one who flies it correctly and uses their feet. It also has very good spin manners as well, one thing that was proven extensively during SLSA certification. I will see if we can put a POH on line, I am sure it is not an issue. Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft, LLC -----Original Message----- From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Jim Logajan Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 1:44 PM Subject: Lightning-List: Thumbs up on Arion's new web site! Hi all, Last Thursday I sent some feedback on the new Arion website _privately_ (the best way to do that, IMHO) to the Lightning info e-mail address and I see today that the web site has been edited so that most everything of consequence that I noted was addressed (and some things I overlooked.) I belatedly note that some of my private criticisms weren't valid! (One of the reasons not to send such things publicly! :-)) About the only question I have remaining is whether Arion still offers the BRS parachute as an option. At one time the old web site listed a price on that option but it seems to have been dropped. Is that because nobody has ever opted for it so it wasn't worthwhile offering anymore, or for some other reason(s)? I also noticed that the Green Landings web site has a draft Lightning POH dated 2006 that really answers many questions in wonderful detail that a prospect like myself would have (I know that many of the numbers will vary with individual aircraft.) If it is possible, then perhaps it would make sense to update any figures in it and place a copy of that document in the Arion web site's support links (if a link to it is already there then my apologies for overlooking it - it's a mistake I've already done a couple times!) Between having the build manual and a POH online, there aren't many questions I have left that are unanswered! ...well, the approximate dimensions of the baggage area weren't easy for me to find (had to dig through the Matronics Lightning list archives to find that info) but finally found them. 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