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Looks a bit like the remains of a DC3

Dan: I'm pleased you got a result. Also if what I added helped then that's good too.

Mike: Wow! I LIKE the blue and silver stripes! It really looks smart. Did you have much trouble putting them on?

I bought some items from them and it wasn't the most positive purchasing experience I've had. It's a legitimate business ... More like hobby than business, and that is how it is run, like a hobby. I did eventually get the stuff I ordered from them but it took a long time and a lot of chasing them to get the items. It was a nuisance having to pester them repeatedly to get them to follow up suppliers that hadn't supplied what I ordered. I got no confirmation of my order, no tracking info to tell of the progress of the order, and attempts at communication often failed to produce any response. Ian's wife supposedly is "minding the shop" while he's working away, but I got the impression that she does it under duress, and that is how it feels as a customer. Customer service: 1/10.

And you took the words right outta my mouth ... Make a great line for a song doncha think?

The monkey ... of course!

Mike: The third pic definitely looks like an engine run showing on the gauges! Did you go the full three minutes at full noise? I hated that part. It was like torturing my baby. But great to seee it looking very much airplane-ish now. As I write this, I am in Newcastle doing some familiarisation flying with my new baby. Hoping to fly it home next week if the weather co-operates. I might not be able to make your first flight. We have had a few delays with the Legend. Nothing major, just annoying small stuff from slow Customs, to flat battery and repairs to some minor shipping damage.

Marty: Thanks. Yes there are other industries in Canberra, but they are few and far between. I moved there from Brisvegas to take a job at a satellite tracking station (Honeysuckle Creek) and when NASA rationalised that out of existence, I went and did my computing degree and became a software engineer for Pr1me computers, the company that had the C3PO look-alike as a mascot. But even working in the private sector there, I ran into an inordinate number of d*ckheads whose only contribution to ANY discussion was "No, no, no you're wrong". I think that statement should be the Canberra motto. Anywhoo, when Pr1me were subjected to a hostile takeover, I moved back to Qld and sanity.

Had the misfortune to live there for 10 years. If they wanted to give the world an enema, that's where they'd stick the tube. That said, the two most rewarding jobs I ever had were there, neither of them in the PS.

Thread hijack: David, have you found an airplane yet?

AND THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT IS ... Legend 8714 was granted full registration today as first of type

Ritch: Go you good thing! Another potential flying addict! Welcome to the blue and the forums.

Belief in a "creator" (whatever is your own mental image of that) is not the same as subscription to religion. There is a third option which not many people talk about, Deism. That is that a deist believes in a "creator" but rejects man-made religion as "Priestcraft". Personally, I think that we have gone a long way to understanding life the universe and everything, but we are about as far along that path as an amoeba would be trying to understand a 747.

Mriya: There's the problem in a nutshell. Arguing logic or facts with beliefs is a contradiction in terms. Beliefs don't hinge upon facts and are therefore not testable in a logical, factual manner.

Litespeed: absence of evidence is not the same as evidence of absence. That's called false logic and is used by those backing climate denialism all the time.

Kristoffer: I think the yoke is slightly scaled down. In fact most aspects of the plane are scaled so that everything looks proportionate in the pics. In spite of that, the seats are uber comfy and fit well even for a six footer like me. I had Aeropilot lower my seat so that I would have plenty of headroom and plenty of viz out of the side windows. I think the stock configuration would have worked also, but I like the lowered seat better. My last plane had a central stick, so I've never been able to rest my arm on my lap the way you do with the stick between your knees. With the Legend, the door has an armrest so I might get away with resting my arm there and controlling the plane ... We'll see.

We did get the wings and everything else on. We haven't flown it yet as it is not registered, but we did take if for a short taxi ... Yes there are pics and lots of video to come. GarFly came and took some amazing video footage. We also had stationary cameras in a couple of places. I will post the pics when I get home in the next couple of days. We are very pleased with it and can't wait to fly it home. Not a pic of the completed aircraft but the best I can do for now. The cameras are all packed in the car for a quick getaway back home tomorrow.

Again, thanks everyone for the encouraging words. G: Yes looking forward to catching up with you two next week. Looks like the wings will go on Monday. Then we will head home and let Ed and Greg get on with the registration and test flights. Then we will fly back down here, do some familiarisation and the fly home. The list of people here that I need to take up is getting longer by the day. The people at Cessnock have been so helpful and friendly. An especially big thanks to Keith Rule who is looking after the minor repairs to the roof of the plane that was damaged in transit. A HUGE thank you to Gary Kildea who has been photo documenting the arrival and doing an amazing job of it. And last but not least Ed and Greg from Silent Wings.

Chris: congratulations. It's a very nice clean looking build. You won't be sorry you purchased a Nynja, very capable and responsive flyers and no vices that I ever encountered. Meanwhile, Paul at Springsure tells me that Spirit of Kitty Hawk now has passed the 200 hours mark, so he has been really flying the wings off it. Congrats to Paul.

Thanks all for your very positive sentiments. We are tickled pink and eager to show it off to any and all who are interested. Gary: What great shots! Thanks mate for doing that. We're really stoked with those pics. We could hardly forget our Skyranger origins. Hope you get your baby back flying soon.

FT: Yep, been doing that and getting in everyone's way. It has been a long wait while our plane was built to our specs and shipped out here. Now we're like a dog with two tails, not knowing which one to wag first.

Well, our new toy has arrived! It still doesn't have wings yet, ther were some minor issues in shipping and some small mods to be made here, but things are progressing and we're happy as pigs ... From left to right: Ed Smith, Greg Doyle, Legend of Kitty Hawk, and me. Shameless plug: we are delighted with the services of Ed and Greg from Silent Wings and the quality of our new Aeropilot Legend.

Good on yer G for spruiking that. Unfortunately, I don't think we'll quite make it to that. The assembly is progressing slowly. There have been a couple small setbacks which I'll elaborate when we see you next. Just have to also give a plug for Ed & Greg from Silent Wings, Keith Rule from YCNK and GarFly who has been filming the whole process. Thanks heaps guys and ... Sorry G for hijacking your thread.

Ross: I have two Hero3 white edition cameras. I have bought the backpack battery for both of them and if you don't use the bluetooth to control them, the cameras will run for a bit over three hours continuously. I tried using the cameras with the remote control but then that is another thing to manage while flying and you then often miss unexpected events like another plane passing beneath you or the train on the track below going into a tunnel etc. Also, the bluetooth runs the battery down more quickly. Now I set the GoPros running at the start of the flight and then look at the footage for those little gems afterward. The White edition is the cheapest GoPro and will do 720 at 50FPS which reduces rolling shutter distortion from airframe vibration. If you shoot at lower frame rates, you get the jello vision which looks awful. The higher model GoPros will shoot higher res at higher frame rates, but cost significantly more. I view my footag on a 50" plasma TV at home and the 720 is still acceptable quality.