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jrosson

Joined: 27 Oct 2006
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:42 am Post subject: Introduction

Hi,



I just sent off for Falco plans and hope to be building soon.  I know this will be a long process, but I have dreamed of building a plane since I first picked up a copy of Homebuilt Aircraft way back in 1965 as a 10 year old.  The idea that one could build their own airplane captivated me and, 40 years later, I hope to finally start.  



I chose the Falco as I wanted a wooden aircraft that could be scratch built.  The idea of popping a million rivets and using endless gallons and yards of resin and fiberglass has never inspired me like building with wood.  I also wanted a design that had decent performance and could inspire.  Well, the Falco certainly exceeds both criteria!  My main worry is that the plane will be a bit too complex for me, and it exceeds my current piloting capabilities.  By that, I mean I have only flown C-152's and C-172's, so going to a complex A/C will take some additional training but I guess that will be part of the fun.  Also, the aircraft is a complex one to build, and I hope that the complexity will not keep me from finishing.  I had been set to build a lower performing aircraft, but I kept putting it off.  When my wife said to go ahead and try the Falco, though, I knew I had to try.  



I live in Florida, just miles from the Merritt Island airport, which is a hotbed of homebuilding activity, so I hope I will get plenty of encouragement and advice. At least I have my own detached workshop large enough to build the spar, and being an amateur woodworker, I have most of the tools I will need.  Well, I may need a few hundred more clamps.....



That is enough about me.  I look forward to interacting with the rest of you over what may be many years of building. 



Jeff Rosson

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george(at)falco.co.nz
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:30 am Post subject: Introduction

Hi Jeff.

Welcome..

The Falco is indeed a complex aircraft to build but that doesn't make it 

difficult to build it just means there is more of it. If you think that 

each day you are going to build an aeroplane it may well overwhelm you 

in time. If you take each day as completing a small job then eventually 

you will wake up one day to having an aeroplane.

I wouldn't worry about flying it. Frati learned to fly in a Falco to 

prove to people that it could be done since back in those days people 

saw anything with a laminar flow wing as something beyond most people... 

it isn't.

All the best with your project.

Regards

George

ZK-SMR

www.falco.co.nz

jrosson wrote:

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 Hi,



 I just sent off for Falco plans and hope to be building soon.  I know this will be a long process, but I have dreamed of building a plane since I first picked up a copy of Homebuilt Aircraft way back in 1965 as a 10 year old.  The idea that one could build their own airplane captivated me and, 40 years later, I hope to finally start.  



 I chose the Falco as I wanted a wooden aircraft that could be scratch built.  The idea of popping a million rivets and using endless gallons and yards of resin and fiberglass has never inspired me like building with wood.  I also wanted a design that had decent performance and could inspire.  Well, the Falco certainly exceeds both criteria!  My main worry is that the plane will be a bit too complex for me, and it exceeds my current piloting capabilities.  By that, I mean I have only flown C-152's and C-172's, so going to a complex A/C will take some additional training but I guess that will be part of the fun.  Also, the aircraft is a complex one to build, and I hope that the complexity will not keep me from finishing.  I had been set to build a lower performing aircraft, but I kept putting it off.  When my wife said to go ahead and try the Falco, though, I knew I had to try.  



 I live in Florida, just miles from the Merritt Island airport, which is a hotbed of homebuilding activity, so I hope I will get plenty of encouragement and advice. At least I have my own detached workshop large enough to build the spar, and being an amateur woodworker, I have most of the tools I will need.  Well, I may need a few hundred more clamps.....



 That is enough about me.  I look forward to interacting with the rest of you over what may be many years of building. 



 Jeff Rosson





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