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(@waiex191)
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My son and I are building an airplane. We did the first taxi test last night.

You can also see our catamaran fleet in the video, just to keep this sort of on topic.

I used to fly gliders a lot and have owned a couple. There were always lots of sailors in my glider clubs. There is some overlap there.


 
Posted : August 20, 2021 4:11 am
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we have a few pilots in our fleet here too

looks fun! needs hobie stripes 🙂


 
Posted : August 20, 2021 10:57 am
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Very cool, I have never heard of a waiex, but I sure thought it looked like a Sonex 😉 . That has to be a great feeling. I am quite jealous of that hangar.

I have a 172, I find flying and sailing tends to attract the same types. My initial sail designs had way more to do with aviation experience than sail boats.

Edited by bacho on Aug 21, 2021 - 04:30 PM.


 
Posted : August 21, 2021 10:29 am
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bacho wrote:
I have a 172, I find flying and sailing tends to attract the same types. My initial sail designs had way more to do with aviation experience than sail boats.

The 172 is a great airplane. If my wife didn't hate flying I'd have a 172 instead of the Waiex.

I've done one sail design using Freecut CAD. Made two copies of it and I had made one sail before Freecut CAD. The first sail was horrible. Hope to do more for my catamarans. Just as a hobby, not a business.


 
Posted : August 21, 2021 12:42 pm
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