MartinACFactory
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Hello All on the VAF Forums !
Welcome to Martin's Aircraft Factory....
I am a new member to VAF, and the proud owner of an new but "old" RV-8 aircraft project. A little more on that later....
First, let me quickly introduce myself...
Ever since I was a kid, airplanes always came in boxes as a kit I had to assemble them. It first started with plastic models, then as a teenagers, moved on to radio-controlled models. Then I went to College and learnt how to build real airplanes. Later, I went to University to learn how to design them. All along, I was dreaming someday I would build and design myself my own sport aircraft. In the process, I got all my pilot ratings almost to airline. I started my career at Bombardier as a Manufacturing Engineer working on the assembly line for Regional and Business Jets, and got a whole lot of experience from that. But then, for whatever the reason, I became an aerospace sales & marketing person, and the dream was put on hold....until....
Well...until 2012 when I went to Oshkosh for the first time and got to see RV-7 and RV-8 up close for the first time. I ditched the design part of my dream, I had found the perfect sport airplane for me . As soon as I returned home, I ordered preview plan set, and the dream was on again...
Just to make sure I was on the right path, before committing any $$ to such an endeavour, I wanted to try a RV-8. You know, you've got to try before you buy...I found Kevin Horton on the net, contacted him on a Friday evening, next morning drove 3 hours from Montreal, Quebec to Smiths Fall, Ontario and got my first back seat ride on a RV-8. I was hooked instantaneously !
Upon my return to Montreal, I had an e-mail from a guy named Dale Lamport. Dale had heard about my RV-8 adventure that day. By coincidence, Dale had an old RV-8 empennage kit collecting dust, and contacted me to make me an offer for a "quick built" empennage kit....
This is how my RV-8 adventure started....Now, you will join me for the adventure of building RV-8 s/n 80414, an new "old" RV that has a second chance to become a real flying airplane, not just empennage aluminum junk
As they say, as you grow old, your toys become bigger, or in my case my kits, well as we speak, there is a large kit making its way from Portland, Oregon to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Right now, 80414 fuselage is on a truck somewhere between Toronto and Montreal. It shall be on dock in Montreal tomorrow. Then, the building adventures begins this week-end...
More on that later....
Martin
Welcome to Martin's Aircraft Factory....
I am a new member to VAF, and the proud owner of an new but "old" RV-8 aircraft project. A little more on that later....
First, let me quickly introduce myself...
Ever since I was a kid, airplanes always came in boxes as a kit I had to assemble them. It first started with plastic models, then as a teenagers, moved on to radio-controlled models. Then I went to College and learnt how to build real airplanes. Later, I went to University to learn how to design them. All along, I was dreaming someday I would build and design myself my own sport aircraft. In the process, I got all my pilot ratings almost to airline. I started my career at Bombardier as a Manufacturing Engineer working on the assembly line for Regional and Business Jets, and got a whole lot of experience from that. But then, for whatever the reason, I became an aerospace sales & marketing person, and the dream was put on hold....until....
Well...until 2012 when I went to Oshkosh for the first time and got to see RV-7 and RV-8 up close for the first time. I ditched the design part of my dream, I had found the perfect sport airplane for me . As soon as I returned home, I ordered preview plan set, and the dream was on again...
Just to make sure I was on the right path, before committing any $$ to such an endeavour, I wanted to try a RV-8. You know, you've got to try before you buy...I found Kevin Horton on the net, contacted him on a Friday evening, next morning drove 3 hours from Montreal, Quebec to Smiths Fall, Ontario and got my first back seat ride on a RV-8. I was hooked instantaneously !
Upon my return to Montreal, I had an e-mail from a guy named Dale Lamport. Dale had heard about my RV-8 adventure that day. By coincidence, Dale had an old RV-8 empennage kit collecting dust, and contacted me to make me an offer for a "quick built" empennage kit....
This is how my RV-8 adventure started....Now, you will join me for the adventure of building RV-8 s/n 80414, an new "old" RV that has a second chance to become a real flying airplane, not just empennage aluminum junk
As they say, as you grow old, your toys become bigger, or in my case my kits, well as we speak, there is a large kit making its way from Portland, Oregon to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Right now, 80414 fuselage is on a truck somewhere between Toronto and Montreal. It shall be on dock in Montreal tomorrow. Then, the building adventures begins this week-end...
More on that later....
Martin