Radial Explorer Project - Da Animal

Smiley · Postby **Smiley** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:53 am

Hello Boet

Love the colour scheme!!

Red me favourite colour

RV4ker (RIP) · Postby **RV4ker (RIP)** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:11 am

Smiley wrote:Hello Boet

Love the colour scheme!! Red me favourite colour

RudiGreyling · Postby **RudiGreyling** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:52 pm

Smiley wrote:Hello Boet

Love the colour scheme!! Red me favourite colour

Ek dog dit is blou

Boet · Postby **Boet** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:05 am

Good Morning gentlemen. Yesterday was one of those brutally hot days. 37 deg in the workshop. I was too bushed last night to even look at my computor..... Feeling much better this morning.

In spite of the heat we got some work done yesterday. The flapperons have been fitted and the set-up done, amongst others. Gunther, the space between the firewall and the backside of the engine will be closed off with a fibreglass cowling. Already made, but can only be fitted once the exhaust collector ring is fitted. As I do not have that part yet........Andre?.......George????? Yes, and red is my favourite trim colour as well.

Boet · Postby **Boet** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:27 pm

Today it was not so terribly hot. At least we saw some clouds, and although it did not rain here, it rained a bit around us. Hope for better luck tomorrow. Today we fitted the front window and a lot of small things that take up a LOT of time. Note, it now sports a set of hub-caps. Must I leave them shiny, or must I paint them white? Pic is as I said goodbye to the Animal for the weekend.

Postby **John Boucher** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:59 am

That is such an awesome looking radial..... I would not even consider closing it just to show off!

Have a look at the Boeing Stearman PT-17 Kaydet... But if you have to, then the Boeing Stearman 450 should do the trick!

Decisions.....

Looks great Boet.... I bet you can't wait George?

Guest · Postby **Guest** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:51 am

Gonna be pulling my weight financially soon. Pis, Boet PICS.

Boet · Postby **Boet** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:44 pm

Sorry for the silent spell gentlemen, last weekend we had 5 inches of rain here ( 50mm

) Then the weather-gods played a nasty trick on me. A bolt of lightning struck my building, took out my computor (R8000 damage

, my telephones AND my fax machine. All moertoe. Kisboude, zag. Forunately the whole sorry-ass lot has been insured.... I am using this standby computor. it is kinda old. ( We call it "Noag". And for good reason.) Ssssssllllllllllooooooowwwwww, and for this very reason you will not be seeing a lot of pictures soon. I HOPE to have my new `un up and running by Monday.
Right now I am a lite down-hearted with all the shit flying around in our community. You HAVE, no, SHALL do this, and you SHALL do that. This new attitude makes me feel like I`m back in the f`in army. The irony is, all this new laws seems to be to get the illegal fliers back into line. Now we have to suffer, and the illegal flyers are still flying illegally....but I think their ranks are swelling.

Boet · Postby **Boet** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:22 pm

My new computor is up and running! I have now come to a stage of the Animal`s construction, where I need certain components to be able to carry on with the work. Tecnically if we fire the engine up now, it can go fly. Will be slightly noisy, and no instruments or radio........ You can go to the Rotec Radial Aircraft site, and download a short clip of the small radial engine start up. Goosebumps

I can`t wait to go fly this one

Chris Liebenberg · Postby **Chris Liebenberg** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:42 pm

Hi Boet.

Is daardie 'profiled wing struts' deel van die Explorer kit, of kan ek ook sulke goed kry om my Bushbaby 450 op te kikker?

RV4ker (RIP) · Postby **RV4ker (RIP)** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:05 pm

Boet
Am underpressure. 2 shopping centre openings this week and tax year end next week. i will spend some time (and hopefully) cash on it early march. Sorry for delays....

Boet · Postby **Boet** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:53 pm

Chris, daai profiles is hout. Met glasvesel oorgetrek. En nee, ongelukkig nie deel van die kit nie. Stuur jou liftstruts.......

RV Sometime · Postby **RV Sometime** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:47 am

Chris Liebenberg wrote:Hi Boet.

Is daardie 'profiled wing struts' deel van die Explorer kit, of kan ek ook sulke goed kry om my Bushbaby 450 op te kikker?

Nee Chris, ek glo dit is een van Boet se naaise mods, hulle het nie saam gekom met die kit.

Boet · Postby **Boet** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:54 pm

Chris, dit lyk beter en maak die liftstrut pype baie stywer. MAAR dis n moerse klomp werk om dit mooi te doen, dis die moeite werd.

grostek · Postby **grostek** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:42 am

It is small details, such as these drag reduction struts, that make Boet's airies the best in the west.

Gunter Rostek

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