first flight n308tp

[billy5823]

got my inspection monday and weather was bad here. but this morning was doable. so everything went well, took aboput 15 minute flight, came back down and checked over and flew another 15 minutes or so. had to hold a little bit right stick so this evening i put one turn in on the left strut and flew again but was pretty windy it seemed to help though . it performs great and has to be the easyest plane to land in the world.  I will try to get some pics pretty soon . and as dennis said keep building it is worth it . oh by the way 7 months 13 days  and i was in the air.  over and out billy

[scubarider2]

Congrats Billy,,,,want to see those pics!  Hey, you need to fly it to my airport in Cleveland now.  I would love to take a look at it.  If you want you could fly in on a Saturday, then we could fly together out for lunch at my favorite eating hole at a local airport {Winder}.  Just let me know.
Dennis

[billy5823]

sorry to be such an idiot but how do you shrink pics to attach . when i tried it they were huge. thanks billy

[KevinC]

Assuming you are using a windows machine:

open windows explorer or my pictures or my documents - wherever your pix are filed
find the picture file
right click the filename to 'open with'
choose microsoft photo editor
the photo file will open - click 'save as'
add something to the end of the filename - like "000_0133a.jpg" - the 'a' added so you don't overwrite your original
at the bottom of the save as box click 'more'
adjust the jpeg quality slider bar at the bottom to about 25
click 'save'

that should do it.

k

[billy5823]

thanks for the info . here is a picture of my ugly bird more to come. thanks every body for the help on this airplane .  my wife made me a wall hanging to go in the shop with a picture of it and along the mountains it says  " once you have ever tasted flight you will forever walk the earth looking skyward" isnt it so true.               over, billy

[KevinC]

That is one heck of a nice bird.  Wish I was at that point.

k

P.S.  yep, once you've tasted it, you can't go back.

[Wes]

Billy,
That is one handsome airplane, - nice work!
I especially like the setting, - turf and grass.
We would love to hear some of the performance numbers once you get them.
So go fly off them hours and Enjoy!

Wes
Kit #95

[scubarider2]

Fantastic!!!! So when you flying my way?  We can put our planes together and blind everyone with the color!!!  :lol:
Dennis

[Gary H]

Looks really nice!!! Good JOB!!!!
 :D  :o

[Dave Krall CFII SEL SES]

Great paint job!
Is the strip on the side painted or a decal?

[billy5823]

it is painted with candy  red marbilzer then put in the designs and clear . then the other is base coated yellow with the candy red marbized and cleared here is a close up but it has water spots where i sprayed it off  . thanks billy

still havent painted the logo on rear and lots of other little things but i wanted to fly.you guys can check out some of my paint and stuff at rideablecustoms.com

[billy5823]

sorry forgot to shrink pictures.   and it is not really pink dont know what happened there  thanks billy

[Johnny C!]

Great paint job!

She's a beaut!

Congrats!

Johnny C!

[stede52]

Very nice paint, you've obviously done some painting in your life time

Steve

[billy5823]

here is a updated pic in what i think is a cool setting for this ugly bird. thanks billy