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abum(at)airadv.net
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:36 pm Post subject: Firestar II to Firefly

Does the Firefly use the same size and shape ribs  as a Firestar?  I'm just wondering if as a last resort a Firestar could be  converted to a Firefly clone by shortening the wings, fuselage, boom tube, cage,  etc., to reduce weight.  I know this sounds like a lot of work and it  might be easier to go the Sport Pilot route, or sell the plane and buy a  firefly.  Just thinking out loud with the Sport Pilot deadline looming and  making unregistered fat ul's worthless.  

 Al Bumhoffer, Firestar II, Elkton MI

  

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Eugene Zimmerman

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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 4:56 am Post subject: Firestar II to Firefly

Al,



My opinion on SP,



The Sport Pilot deadline is NOT going to make unregistered fat ul's  

any more worthless than they are right now.



Only strict enforcement could do that.



If government funds and personnel are inadequate to enforce past and  

current UL regulations, what makes you think the new Sport regs will  

be strictly enforced upon unregistered fat ULs?



Fly  invisible in  Kolb Stealth ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, don't register  

with your enemy.

On Aug 29, 2006, at 10:36 PM, Al Bumhoffer wrote:



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		   Just thinking out loud with the Sport Pilot deadline looming and  

 making unregistered fat ul's worthless.

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jindoguy(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:35 am Post subject: Firestar II to Firefly

Sure, fly fat, dumb and happy, just never not have all the breaks go your way, or stop at the wrong airport, or have an engine out and let the landing get out of your control, or the retrieval. Nobody does anything outside their own self interest. 

You have this great opportunity to gain so much and it's just all too much effort. As my old friend Dorothy Lynn used to say, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink, and you can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think." 



Rick



On 8/30/06, Eugene Zimmerman <etzim62(at)earthlink.net (etzim62(at)earthlink.net)> wrote: 	  Quote: 	
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Al,



My opinion on SP,



The Sport Pilot deadline is NOT going to make unregistered fat ul's 

any more worthless than they are right now.



Only strict enforcement could do that.



If government funds and personnel are inadequate to enforce past and

current UL regulations, what makes you think the new Sport regs will 

be strictly enforced upon unregistered fat ULs?



Fly  invisible in  Kolb Stealth ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, don't register

with your enemy.

On Aug 29, 2006, at 10:36 PM, Al Bumhoffer wrote:



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		   Just thinking out loud with the Sport Pilot deadline looming and 


	


	


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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:54 am Post subject: Firestar II to Firefly

Al,

  

 The  rib shape on a firefly is exactly the same on the Firestar II and Mrk III  Xtra.

  

 Tim

  

  

  



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