Folks;
Been lurking on the forum for about a year now. I guess need to introduce myself.
Originally Russian, I moved to the US for a different life and because of my desire to fly
. After getting my license, got introduced to the world of homebuilding, and got bit -- fast forward to about a year and a half ago, I had the Skybolt plans in hand.
I also am a big fan of Grumman AA* series. I used to have a share in a Tiger, but had to sell it because I moved. Right now, flying ratty Cherokees out of a local flight school (and not at all as much as Id like to).
For a bunch of reasons, haven't built anything yet -- spending most of the time in SolidWorks for now getting the minimum models up to ensure I check all the clearances so that I can start building simple components, ie, ribs, and then lower wings. Like Bill (cwilliamrose); I'd rather find out that something doesn't fit virtually, rather than physically, and early
Lots of inspirations comes from Beej'es and Randy's Skybolts, and their blogs.
Ive started a builder's log on http://79ft.net. BTW; I would be happy to put up a link to your builder's log / website if you have any
I also help maintain EAA 187's website at http://eaa187.org.
In my spare time (which I have a lot - at least 8 hours a day ), I work for NVIDIA (a computer graphics and mobile chip manufacturer); doing software architecture and engineering (primarily server-based infrastructures and such).
Well, feels nice to finally officially say 'hi' to y'all.
Been lurking on the forum for about a year now. I guess need to introduce myself.
Originally Russian, I moved to the US for a different life and because of my desire to fly
. After getting my license, got introduced to the world of homebuilding, and got bit -- fast forward to about a year and a half ago, I had the Skybolt plans in hand. I also am a big fan of Grumman AA* series. I used to have a share in a Tiger, but had to sell it because I moved. Right now, flying ratty Cherokees out of a local flight school (and not at all as much as Id like to).
For a bunch of reasons, haven't built anything yet -- spending most of the time in SolidWorks for now getting the minimum models up to ensure I check all the clearances so that I can start building simple components, ie, ribs, and then lower wings. Like Bill (cwilliamrose); I'd rather find out that something doesn't fit virtually, rather than physically, and early
Lots of inspirations comes from Beej'es and Randy's Skybolts
, and their blogs.Ive started a builder's log on http://79ft.net. BTW; I would be happy to put up a link to your builder's log / website if you have any
I also help maintain EAA 187's website at http://eaa187.org.
In my spare time (which I have a lot - at least 8 hours a day
), I work for NVIDIA (a computer graphics and mobile chip manufacturer); doing software architecture and engineering (primarily server-based infrastructures and such).Well, feels nice to finally officially say 'hi' to y'all.
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