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  • waiex191
    waiex191
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    Link to this post Posted: Aug 20, 2021 - 10:11 AM
    My son and I are building an airplane. We did the first taxi test last night.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX8dyWF_jCM

    You can also see our catamaran fleet in the video, just to keep this sort of on topic.

    I used to fly gliders a lot and have owned a couple. There were always lots of sailors in my glider clubs. There is some overlap there.

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    Supercat 17, unknown year. Future project
    Hobie 16, 1977 - died a spectacular death https://youtu.be/Y7O22bp2MVA
    Hobie 16, 1978 - current boat
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  • MN3
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    Link to this post Posted: Aug 20, 2021 - 04:57 PM
    we have a few pilots in our fleet here too

    looks fun! needs hobie stripes :)
  • bacho
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    Link to this post Posted: Aug 21, 2021 - 04:29 PM
    Very cool, I have never heard of a waiex, but I sure thought it looked like a Sonex icon_wink . That has to be a great feeling. I am quite jealous of that hangar.

    I have a 172, I find flying and sailing tends to attract the same types. My initial sail designs had way more to do with aviation experience than sail boats.



    Edited by bacho on Aug 21, 2021 - 04:30 PM.

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  • waiex191
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    Link to this post Posted: Aug 21, 2021 - 06:42 PM
    bacho
    I have a 172, I find flying and sailing tends to attract the same types. My initial sail designs had way more to do with aviation experience than sail boats.

    The 172 is a great airplane. If my wife didn't hate flying I'd have a 172 instead of the Waiex.

    I've done one sail design using Freecut CAD. Made two copies of it and I had made one sail before Freecut CAD. The first sail was horrible. Hope to do more for my catamarans. Just as a hobby, not a business.

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    Bryan in Poplar Grove, IL
    Supercat 17, unknown year. Future project
    Hobie 16, 1977 - died a spectacular death https://youtu.be/Y7O22bp2MVA
    Hobie 16, 1978 - current boat
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