Video Bob wrote: >the Langford Corvair Special will be there too. (right?)
The jury's still out on that one. If I keep taking forever to do seemingly simple jobs like my oil cooler ductwork, I may NEVER finish! I built it once (see http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/corvair/oil_system/04052918m.jpg ), but it just really won't work that way (I couldn't install it once the cooler was inside and the hose couldn't be routed to it as I'd planned). Kinda looks like a headless goose, doesn't it? It was a great plan....air from the inlet goes in the top of the stock Corvair cooler mounted to the wall, and then then NACA duct on the bottom helps suck the warm air right out under the plane. There's a recent picture of the engine installation at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/corvair/04051806m.jpg . So now I'm about to glass up another one but it won't be quite so elegant. Once that's done, I'll be very close to firing the thing up. I'm also working on an airfilter/heatbox, which isn't exactly trivial stuff either. At least I get Monday off, so there's a bonus. I just totalled it up, and I'm up to 4500 hours over a 10 year period (as of yesterday!). Every year I plan to take afternoons off and really finish it off (since I have over 7 weeks of vacation saved up). And I manage to do it for about three days, then something comes up and I'm busy as I can be at work, and that dream goes out the window. Things are either about to slow down some or get really busy (depending on what contracts we get or don't get), so it could still go either way. If I do make it, it'll be in primer with no wheelpants or interior. Either way, I'll be there for sure, but N56ML may or may not be there. One thing's for sure...you won't find it for sale on ebay! In other news, I have about 35 landings in a Champ, so I'm on my way to getting a tailwheel endorsement. Now, back to the couch... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama N56ML "at" hiwaay.net see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
