Friday 25th July
Vans agree to ship new spars
It turned out that Terry Elgood changed his mind and regrets not getting new spars. Waves and mismatches between skin edges appeared on his wings only after riveting on the skins - even though the spars had appeared perfectly straight after the re-bending operation. Also, my Inspector Mick Bevan was not very happy about trying to fix such a major part 'in the field'. I pointed this out to Ken Scott and also said that it was important to me that any flaws in my plane should be my own fault and not anybody else's.
Having made my case, and after a short period of reflection, Ken came back and said they would replace the spars. Maybe it was no more than my rights but I still felt great that Vans had stood by me and honoured their side of the bargain. The mark of a truly great company is not that things never go wrong but how well they respond when problems do arise. Clearly Vans are a great company.
Only trouble is that I am going down with a stinking cold; two days before the annual SAAC fly-in and a Michael Bublé concert (separate event - our fly-ins are rather more low-key) next Saturday.
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Factory prototype of the taildragger RV-9
Progress
- Total Cost to date: €9536
- Total time to date: 609hr 12min
- Of which: Empennage: 280hr 35min
- ..............Wings: 326hr 37min
The Vision
Factory prototype of the taildragger RV-9
About Me
- Loman O'Byrne
- Dublin, Ireland
- It's a little embarrasing isn't it. I mean men in their 50s should know better than to spend large amounts of money on fantasy (vanity?) projects like this. They should have more sense than to indulge their raging mid-life crises. They should devote themselves to their managerial state-sector jobs. They should prioritise their wife and two kids, even though the kids are almost grown up. They should not undertake complex engineering projects when they have no engineering background and only average DIY skills. They shouldn't take over half of their tiny back gardens to build a workshop that's not even big enough for the project. They should take more interest in other leisure pursuits like golf and following rugby football. They.... I know, I know, I know....but I just gotta!
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