Well, still no workshop, so no progress on restorations... I have done grass-strip tree cutting and created a photo album. The sales brocure states the...
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Patrick P
pat_panzera
May 1, 2012 5:53 pm
Well maybe there is... Here's a short list of a few things that are free to homebuilders, experimental aviators. To view this very same message at an...
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gypsyglider
May 13, 2012 2:39 pm
Anyone have an active Invader build going on? From my stalled point of view even if you are making one part a year you have an active build... I still...
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Steve
sbutcher1552
May 13, 2012 2:49 pm
Garry, Using your criteria... I then qualify. I worked on a CNC'd plywood ribbed ruddervator in the last 9 months. The complexity issue with regards to the...
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gypsyglider
May 14, 2012 10:56 am
I think I read that, and the weight ended up virtually the same as the foam... (?) I had thought of doing the wings in aluminum, seeing I have so much repair...
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gypsyglider
May 24, 2012 10:59 am
I have been saving the earthly remains of my Invaders for some parts, and I noticed some identical things, eventhough the builders variance was large. Did the...
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SButcher
sbutcher1552
May 24, 2012 2:50 pm
Yes they did... Ultra Efficient Products, Sarasota, FL offered parts, sub-structures and kits for the Invader. This would of been the mid 1980's... if I'm...
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gypsyglider
May 24, 2012 8:48 pm
They look like they have been hangin' since the 1980's... :-) But if they are sound I'll clean them up, perhaps stain or paint all one color and use them....
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gypsyinvader
Jul 4, 2012 9:16 am
Well, time isn't on my side anymore... :-) I'm going to advertise my Invader stuff again, starting here. If someone wants a short-cut to having an Invader...
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gypsyinvader
Jul 26, 2012 11:39 pm
Steve, How is the outlaw Invader coming along? Looks like I'm "stuck" (LOL) with mine, which is grand to me, actually. I think there would have been strong...
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gypsyinvader
Jul 30, 2012 10:53 am
Well, it seems a group needs dreamers and and plan-changing schemers to stay vital and interesting. Pounding them down to level with everyone else may not be...
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gypsyinvader
Aug 4, 2012 3:30 pm
Steve, I have spent time going through your construction files. You do incredible work! Very neat and precise. The parts I have are put together well, but...
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Steve
sbutcher1552
Aug 12, 2012 6:05 pm
... Hi Garry... Thanks for the kudos with regards to the level of construction quality. I can't speak for anyone else but my protracted build issue is mainly...
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gypsyinvader
Aug 13, 2012 12:34 am
That would be sad because the Invader has many very cool features. The Invader is a complex build, but you end up with more for it. I have a question I bet...
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whackyweed
Sep 4, 2012 8:56 pm
My "tractor shed", where my invaders currently reside, had an infestation of mice this summer. By the time I noticed, they had riddled most of the foam parts...
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darigotti
Sep 5, 2012 8:24 pm
Bummers! "Rest in Peace Invader Parts" Dave Rigotti...
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whackyweed
Sep 6, 2012 11:53 am
Well, it needed doing eventually anyway... :-) I guess all my little mice buddies, may THEY rest in peace, thought to just help me out. I can now actually...
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whackyweed
Sep 25, 2012 5:13 pm
So, anyone, other than the old has-beens, that currently have an Invader or new planset getting close to finishing their Invader? How about that blowin' air...
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Mckee, Don - Contract...
ddmckee54
Sep 25, 2012 6:03 pm
You ought to see what a ground squirrel can do to the hood insulation blanket and engine wiring harness of a truck stored outside over the winter. They just...
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whackyweed
Sep 25, 2012 10:06 pm
I've had mice nests in the glove compartment and an empty tissue box behind the seat before. This spring I had to empty a packed-full air cleaner canister...
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boxerbs
Dec 21, 2012 11:59 pm
I have been going through all the plans information, changes and updates that were with my plan sets. There is also a lot of collected esoterica there...
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boxerbs
Dec 22, 2012 4:00 pm
Dreamin' through Steve's misc. photo album, and noticed many Invader were made without the plywood D-cell leading edge, just foam rib tips. I like that idea....
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invadermark4
Dec 24, 2012 4:27 am
Steve, it's like you read my mind! That canopy addition and motorglider has crossed my mind many times. And the Invader already has 14 to 1 with open...
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Steve
sbutcher1552
Dec 24, 2012 4:37 am
Garry, That was a study I did years ago using the Invader as a motorglider platform. The tips were tapered as a way to increase efficiency. Lots of info in...
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invadermark4
Dec 24, 2012 12:58 pm
Aha, going for the gold efficiency-wise. :-) I think I will wait and see if the regular wing works good enough for who it's for. :-) The canopy would be a...
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darigotti
Dec 25, 2012 12:24 am
Don't know of what Vaders you are looking at. Mine was built from October 1982 plans and they clearly showed the plywood D cell. I'll bet the current plans...
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invadermark4
Dec 25, 2012 12:18 pm
Hey Dave, :-) As posted, they are in Steve's misc Invader photos file. Looks like Invader photo's of: Nick Leichty, Rick Berstling, Dave Ruminski, White...
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invadermark4
Dec 25, 2012 12:28 pm
Dave, The photo file by Air-systems titled "Garry Warber" is of my Invader. It's dated 2008, I think... :-) At the time I didn't know how to upload my own...
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darigotti
Dec 25, 2012 2:57 pm
Garry, Don't take this the wrong way.... You're nuts! You spend your time posting instead of building. For some reason you think you have a "better way". I...
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invadermark4
Dec 25, 2012 7:18 pm
You are partly right... I am totally whacko (big-time!). LOL! You have, or had, a damn nice flying example? We re-located to an off grid bare acreage, and I...
