---------------------------------------------------------- Tailwind-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 02/11/05: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:26 PM - Metal wing (Rick) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:26:09 PM PST US From: "Rick" "Tailwind Discussion" Subject: Tailwind-List: Metal wing I considered the aluminum wing for the O-O II, that could have given me 40 gals or so in the wing, 48 in the nose (more if I'd tried harder), and 12 under the baggage floor. With a thermos of coffee, couple of sandwiches and the relief tube that Jim Irby thoughtfully sent me I might could have made it sea to shining sea with some help from favorable winds, IFR equipment, oxygen and really good seats! If you want to build the metal wing, use an automotive engine conversion, or any number of other reasonable mods, do it and don't worry about what anybody else thinks. It's your dream, not theirs, not even Steve Wittmans, he's dead anyway and I'm not aware that he left anybody in charge. Rick O-O replica N241SW