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  1. 4. Someone in a supervisory position who knew or learned it, led by

    example, kept your Wingmen in sight, and pushed your subordinates toward

    success. You embodied the ability to Fly, Fight, and WIN.

    What

    ROCK BOTTOM LINE: ...By realizing that "Fly" equates

    to rising to face the challenge, "Fight" equates to expending energy to meet

    the challenge, and "Win" equates to overcoming the challenge...it may make

    some sense. Hope you Flew, Fought, and Won on this challenge.

    Oh... Wait, WHAT?!

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  2. My grill you can pick up at Lowes. It's a gas and a charcoal grill. I don't have any complaints, other than the retarded movers strapping my grill on the back of the truck and moving it from P'cola to Vance like that. Now it stands with a slant to the left and the grill won't shut...but when it's not broken, it's awesome!

    Char Griller duo 5050. It runs for $299 but you get the mil discount...so not too shabby!

    BL

    Yes! I have the same one. It goes on sale pretty often for $200 which is a good deal. The two sides seems ridiculous at first but it's actually pretty handy. Usually what I do is get some charcoal going on the right side, and at the same time throw a pot of beer and brats on the side burner. Then cook the brats on the charcoal side, and whatever else we're having on the propane side. THEN once the brats are done I can use one of the propane burners on low to keep them warm. Works great! :beer:

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  3. Sorry to bother ya'll again.

    I have my WFG-PRK surgery date set and ready to go but recently I have heard that WFG-Lasik is also an option. Is this true for "off-the-street" ANG UPT candidates or only for those already in the service? The reason I am contemplating WFG-Lasik or WFG-PRK is that I hear the recovery process is much quicker and I don't have the time to spend laying in bed seeing as how I will be in school shortly. Any input/pro's&con's are greatly appreciated.

    I got WFG LASIK, and it was pretty amazing how fast the recovery is. Like I was good to go the next day when I woke up. But like nsplayr said it's not that big of a deal either way so don't base your decision on just that. I went with LASIK because I was pretty badly nearsighted and the surgeon and my own eye doctor both said that LASIK is slightly better in that situation.

  4. My dad just started building a Waiex. I'm away at college, but hope to help him with the build when I visit home. He went with the Waiex (not sure how he picked between the Sonex and Waiex). He picked the Waiex over the RV-12 simply because the Waiex can do aerobatics.

    Nice! Yeah when I started shopping originally, I was only familiar with RV's. Then I started looking at the RV-12 since it's cheaper than the bigger RV's, and that ended up leading me to Sonex. The Sonex is way cheaper than an RV-12 and it can do aerobatics, which I really wanted.

    Apparently if you attended the workshop, you can order the tail kit for a discount with free shipping. My dad got a tail kit and figured that, worst comes to worse, if he finishes the tail kit and decides its not for him, he's only $750 in the hole and knows building is for him or not.

    I think I'll start with just the tail too, for the same reasons. Also, if you go to the workshop and then buy a kit later, they'll take the $200 you paid for the workshop off the kit price, so it's effectively free. I'm pretty sure if you already bought a kit they'll let you just show up and do the workshop for free too.

    IIRC, the only difference between the Sonex and Waiex is the Waiex's V-tail; the flying qualities of both airplanes are very similar

    Yeah, from what I've read (and what they said at the workshop), they both fly identically, so it's just up to what you prefer as far as looks. I'm leaning towards the Waiex, just because it's already a weird looking plane so I might as well go all the way weird.

  5. Ah yes, jet powered Sonex;

    Here are a few more pictures! I guess they couldn't find a jet engine small enough for their plane, so they got some R/C jet manufacturer to just make a bigger version of their model plane engine. It's tiny!

    The cockpit setup is also pretty slick with the side stick. They weren't letting anyone sit in this one though so I couldn't try it out.

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  6. So, when are you going to breakdown and build the jet-powered Sonex?

    Maybe by the time I'm done with the first one I build, the jet kit will be available! Cool as it is, I don't think I'm an experienced enough plane builder (having no experience and all that) to buy a regular Sonex airframe kit and adapt it to a jet engine. So I'll wait until they finish designing it first :rock:

    I took a couple pitures of it when I was there though, I'll have to post them up later when I'm home from work.

  7. thanks for the info and a great first post. Good luck with your project, I am glad someone likes those airplanes...they just don't appeal to me. The look like my Son's lego man took a square dump. Nice performance for the price though.

    Yeah I agree they're a little goofy looking. Not as pretty as the RV's but the goofiness has grown on me!

    They have some pretty cool projects going up there at Sonex too. When I visited in February they were testing a single place folding-wing model, which I think is for sale now. I guess with the wings folded up it's only as wide as a car! They also had a jet-powered model that they're testing but I don't think it has flown yet. That probably won't come out any time soon, if ever, though.

    Here's a pretty nice cockpit video:

    It just seems like a simple, fun airplane! :salut:

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  8. I tried searching and I'm pretty sure I read all the pages of this thread, but I couldn't find anything on Sonex. Anyone have any experience with them? They seem pretty sweet- cheap, simple, can take auto fuel, and aero-capable. Also, the website makes it out to be a fairly easy-to-operate tail-dragger (if you choose that option over the tricycle gear). If I missed some info somewhere, please point me in the right direction.

    Here's the American Sonex Association website, a Sonex online builder's log, and two different forum threads with some info about the Sonex vs. RV-12 debate.

    I'm actually planning to start on a Sonex or Waiex some time this summer! I've been researching for about a year, and it just seems like the most economical thing you can build if you want aerobatics and decent cross country ability. I went to their workshop in Oshkosh back in February (I live in Milwaukee which is like 1.5 hours from there), and they went over how to do pretty much everything you'd need to know to built the plane. It seems a lot easier than I originally had thought! They say you can build a kit in about 800-1000 hours of work, which is not bad. The total price with the airframe kit, engine, and the basic avionics you'd need is supposed to add up to around $30k.

    I guess this is actually my first post here, even though I've been lurking since last summer! But I couldn't stay out of this discussion :thumbsup:

    I'm a mechanical engineer/pilot applicant for OTS. So basically I am bored and looking for a big project to mess around with until/if I can ever get picked up by the AF. There's my intro!

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