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| Subject: | Searching for Richard Livesey and N915DG |
I just finished the Tail kit for an RV-12iS, my number is 121296.=C2- I a
m thinking of using vinyl wrap instead of paint.=C2- Today, I saw a youtu
be video of N915DG being wrapped.=C2- I looked up the "N" number and foun
d the plane listed to Richard.=C2- I was hoping that he was on this list.
My question to him and in fact the whole list, have any of you vinyl wrappe
d your planes and are you happy with the results.Any pitfalls, hints etc.I
am a little worried of what would happen if the vinyl might come loose on a
flight control surface.
I have completed the tail kit but have not assembled the pieces as I am thi
nking about wrapped the plane and thought it would be easier as separate pa
rts than a completed plane.=C2- I am stalled now as Van's is behind, I un
derstand they had to close for several weeks due to forest fires, so my nex
t kit won't arrive until after the New Year.=C2- So I have time to work t
his out.
>From 1996 to 2001, I built a Harmon Rocket II.=C2- It is a RV-4 which was
modified to accept a IO-540 engine using a Kit from John Harmon.=C2- (Th
e joke is that the kits back then were just boxes of dirt and we had to mak
e our own aluminum.)=C2- I have enjoyed the Rocket a lot.=C2- I am over
70 years old and while I am still flying the Rocket, father time is taking
a toil.=C2- Having the greatest wife ever, followed me for twenty years
while I flew the F-4G Wild Weasel, then allowed the building of the Rocket
and now the building of an RV-12iS ELSA version.
I have a retired A&P friend and we finished the tail kit in three weeks.=C2
- If Van's can ever get me the other kits, I hope to be flying by the end
of next summer.=C2- These matched drill parts go together so much better
that the old Van's kits before CNC machines.=C2- Of course, four hands a
nd two brains help too.=C2- We have worked about 4 to 6 hours, 6 days a w
eek.
Anyway, I am at Apple Valley Airport in California, KAPV.=C2- Stop by and
say hello at Hangar 360 #7.=C2- There is even a chance for a Rocket ride
(I fly in the early morning to avoid the high temperatures and high winds
of the desert).
TomThomas "GummiBear" GummoUSAF Retired MajorF-4G Wild Weasel Instructor Pi
lotHarmon Rocket II=C2- N561FS=C2- (561st Fighter Squadron - I retired
from and when to war with)RV-12iS N480FS (480th Fighter Squadron)
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