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Bush Baby

Postby Brian » Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:44 pm

Whoo Hoo

I just aquired a Bush Baby to park next to my windlass 503.

It is a rebuild which is 99.9% complete and I am hoping to be airborne within 2 weeks.
She has a 2.3 vw engine which I believe is a good motor but only time will tell.
I will keep all interested parties up to date and also post some pictures after doing some branding tomorrow

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Re: Bush Baby

Postby KFA » Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:37 am

Well done, do not hesitate to call any of us for assistance. (^^)
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Re: Bush Baby

Postby Trikenut » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:10 am

Photos!!! vhpy
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Re: Bush Baby

Postby Chris Liebenberg » Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:09 pm

I will follow your progress with great anticipation.

Enjoy every second of the process!!!
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Re: Bush Baby

Postby Morph » Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:14 pm

Nice, enjoy it
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Re: Bush Baby

Postby grostek » Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:16 pm

Enjoy your new airie.

Remember a VW is only as reliable as its cooling.

Good cooling = long engine life

Bad cooling (possibly caused by extended ground runs) = short engine life

This principle applies to all aircooled motors .

Fly safe.

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Re: Bush Baby

Postby The Agent » Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:17 pm

So listen boet where is thge camera ????????
And where is the airfield you fly from ????????????

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Re: Bush Baby

Postby Boet » Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:46 pm

Welcome to the Bushbaby family. I hope you will have lots of safe and enjoyable flying with your BB. If I can be of technical assistance, please do not hesitate to call me on 082 8041896 vhpy
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Re: Bush Baby

Postby Brian » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:03 pm

Thanks to all you guys for the positive response.

I fly from Tempe, Bloemfontein .I only finished the one side with decals today so I should be able to send some photos tomorr.

Thanks for the offer with regards to technical advice Boet. I will definitaly contact you shortly.The aircraft was built and is being completed by Pieter Swart ex De Aar and from what I hear and see he is quite a perfectionist.(Gave me a talking to tonight cause my registration sticker was not the right size etc.) ## ## vhpy

I am sure we will meet shortly at one of the fly ins.

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Re: Bush Baby

Postby Brian » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:46 pm

Hi Boet

I am taking you up on the offer for technical advice.

I Had my BB weighed today at Ferreira aviation and although I have alot of faith in their capabilities it seems that the c of g
is completely out according to an example I got from someone else's BB specs.

My total empty mass is 350.5 kg and the c of g is 487mm aft of datum. Sample BB is 354.4kg with c of g 317mm aft of datum.
Is the fault with me or sample?
Does it make a major difference?
Can I apply for authority according to this weight sheet?
Am i in deep sheet?

I would like to ring you tommorrow if You dont mind

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Re: Bush Baby

Postby John Boucher » Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:35 pm

Well done Brian and I wish you many hours of fun and safe flying! :lol:
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Re: Bush Baby

Postby Mogas » Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:46 pm

Congrats on your purchase Brian.
If you don't come right with Boet, pm me the weights, nose or tail-wheel, etc. and I will check it for you.
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Re: Bush Baby

Postby Brian » Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:17 pm

Hi Mogas

Thanx for the reply.I am even more confused after speaking to a couple of guys at the hanger today.

The left wheel is 142kg, right wheel 139,5kg and nose wheel 73kg. As mentioned earlier she has a 2.3 vw motor which we started today and she purrrrrs.

What is the max empty weight for mpl?
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Re: Bush Baby

Postby Brian » Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:31 pm

Can anybody give advice on how to post pictures on the site.

My kids are out and my comp knowledge is extremely limited.I got some photos of my bb and would like to share vhpy vhpy vhpy

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Re: Bush Baby

Postby John Young » Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:11 am

BRIAN wrote:Can anybody give advice on how to post pictures on the site.
Hi Brian,

Follow this link or email them to me (link on the right).

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7755&p=76974&hilit= ... res#p76974

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