12 Jan
2007
12 Jan
'07
7:54 p.m.
On 12 Jan 2007 at 0:00, Robert wrote:
Speaking of pop rivets: There is a kitplane (an
excellent work horse of a plane) that makes use of thousands of
closely spaced pop rivets. I used to be able to recall its name off the top of my head,
but this library computer
will not allow me to open another instance of my browser (to search google and figure it
out). It was a sort of ugly, boxy, utilatarian looking plane. It was so "ugly"
that it was actually very cool!! It's supposedly nearly
"indestructable."
Are you perhaps thinking of the Bede 5? A friend decided to assemble
one in the living room of his second-story apartment. I think he
ruined the place utterly, what with the swarf from the thousands of
holes drilled or the broken-off stubs of pop rivets that were left in
the green shag carpeting, not to mention the oil from the snowmobile
engine, etc. I seem to recall that there some problem getting the
completed craft out of the building...
At the same time, I was building a harpsichord in my third-story
apartment and while the carpet was pretty dirty from all of the
sawdust, I think it was salvageable.
Cheers,
Chuck