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John P Kimmel <guyinthetrenchcoat@whogetsthejobdone.com> wrote in
news:45c6d471$0$6817$80964303@news.spiretech.com:
> Fortunat1 wrote:
>> Anyone have experience with these? Wag Aero are selling plans for
>> these still. Anyone know of their history? were they always a
>> homebuilt design? Are they compartmentalised like Edos? Performance?
>> ease of building, expense?
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>> TIA!
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>> F1
> I've the drawings, they have water tight compartments. They are
> built a lot like Edos or Wiplines or PeeKays, except whithout the
> fluted bottoms. They are definitely not for sheetmetal beginners.
Ok, that's a bit discouraging since I have done very little riveting.
> They also look extremely heavy.
Mm, do not want that either...
If you want metal kit floats, I
> recommend Zeniths based on having seen a set under construction. I will
> sell you my drawings for half of whatever Wag-Aero's selling theirs
> for, if you want to look at them.
>
Well, I wanted to build them from scratch. Do no harm to look at the
North Aire drawings to see what I might see. I will drop you a line OK?
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Re: North Aire floats.
