Laurie
Pre-takeoff checklist
I've been planning to turn an old wood bunk bed into a biplane. What pilot couple wouldn't love that?! But alas, Ted and I would just fight over the top bunk and I don't want to create such discord in our marriage, so it'll go in my son's room. Sigh, he gets all the good stuff.
Anyway.....
I have it all figured out except one piece. The engine cowl. I've been scouring the internet for months looking for large scale model airplane parts, maybe something I could just buy, engineer a way to attach it (read: Ted will engineer a way to attach it) and figure out or build a prop. I've dragged the kids up and down every aisle in the home improvement stores looking for some piece of some pipe or tube or something that I could fashion a semi realistic cowl. However, my artistic skills are a bit limited. I recall my former students making fun of my stick helicopter drawings as I tried to illustrate important things like how to properly eject from the helicopter (where were you then, Bryan with your videos? I coulda used some additional instructional material since a Cirrus is a lot like a helicopter) saying they looked like whales.
Anyway, I'm coming up with nothing.
So any ideas?
Anyway.....
I have it all figured out except one piece. The engine cowl. I've been scouring the internet for months looking for large scale model airplane parts, maybe something I could just buy, engineer a way to attach it (read: Ted will engineer a way to attach it) and figure out or build a prop. I've dragged the kids up and down every aisle in the home improvement stores looking for some piece of some pipe or tube or something that I could fashion a semi realistic cowl. However, my artistic skills are a bit limited. I recall my former students making fun of my stick helicopter drawings as I tried to illustrate important things like how to properly eject from the helicopter (where were you then, Bryan with your videos? I coulda used some additional instructional material since a Cirrus is a lot like a helicopter) saying they looked like whales.
Anyway, I'm coming up with nothing.
So any ideas?
