Took the leap of faith and put a downpayment on the Escapade with Tony from Just Aircraft. I have to sell me Quicksilver Sport 2S in order to buy the Rotax 912ULS that I want. So if anyone knows of someone looking for a possible Experimental Ligh Sport two seat ultralight please let them know. Here is a pic of the plane. I trust I will be coming to this forum numerous times for help in building. I look forward to your comments.
Thanks!
Dennis
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Sorry, meant Troy. We took another trip over to the Just Aircraft and Troy gave us a ride in the Escapade off that nice runway of theirs. :shock: Was Great! Still can't sleep waiting for the kit to be ready. Troy gave me the instructional manual. So have some reading to do. Hope everyone has a wonderful New Year!
Dennis
Living life on the edge makes me dizzy. I love Dizzy!
Dennis,
Congrats on ordering the kit!
I just picked mine up 12/9. Troy flew
out & back in the Escapade for a demo.
The 3 friends that went with me (two are
current, one is a former pilot) to pick up the
kit were standing there with their mouths
open when Troy left out solo. Too funny!
He put on a good show for us.
Another friend (pilot & builder) just helped
me level the frame to set the horizontal stab
incidence.
I will be installing the rudder controls next.
I had the flu last week, so there were a few
days when I didn't even go to the garage.
I had no idea about the build time, but it
seems to be going pretty quickly.
One thing that helped a lot, has been going
to factory to volunteer to work on the builder
assist planes. It really took a lot of the magic
out of the build process. I will make other trips
down there as other questions come up.
Keep in touch & good luck!
John
There are many things that happen really fast when you are
flying an airplane. There is no sense in rushing any of the others.
I would much rather be looking down at the runway, than up at it.
Duane Sorenson & Rick Norton Gone West 6/8/09. Godspeed
I am hoping that I will get my kit in a couple weeks. The trip to Troy is only a little more than an hour so I bet I will be burning up the road between me and them several times in the building process. I know it is further from Brevard. I hope that as you go along in your building you keep us up to date on your progress and any problems faced so us behind you can learn :twisted:
Will let you know when I go pick up the kit!
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What modifications did you go with? I am convinced that the escapade with the conventional gear is a beautiful airplane.
I was thinking that I'd love to see an escapade with the rotec radial, uncowled, and nice big wheel pants. what a classic it would be. Will you be the first? Paint it up like the old mail planes. cool.
I will be adding the extended wing, the gull doors, will be fabricating wheel pants, thicker plexi for the windshield etc, and will be painting her with a three color sunburst theme. I have a friend who has a machine shop and works with fiberglass also. He told me he could make anything that I could dream up!
******dreamin***** :P
Dennis
Living life on the edge makes me dizzy. I love Dizzy!