For Paul Dye to fly the Panther and have nothing but good comments on it, I'd say it's a winner.
Not only is Dan Weseman behind the Panther, but he's the guy that took my challenge to commission fabrication of the ultimate bulletproof CorvAircraft crankshaft after my last break. He responded with a Timken steel crank with very nice fillet radii, and a known metallurgical pedigree ( http://flywithspa.com/corvaircomponents/billetcorvaircrankshaft.html ). I bought one, and will rebuild my engine around it after I get N891JF in the air. Before anybody asks why you'd need a different crank, see the website above, which pretty much echoes my sentiment on that subject. Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com website at http://www.N56ML.com --------------------------------------------------------
