[RCSE] Fw: NEW THREAD. . .YEAR'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS?

[Harley Michaelis]

----- Original Message ----- From: Harley Michaelis To: John Derstine ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 11:02 AM Subject: NEW THREAD. . .YEAR'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS? John and others. . .I don't mean for you to list your accomplishments here but wonder, compared to what you do, if I get a little or a lot done.   Keep in mind that I'm well over 80 and getting stiffer in every way. . . except where it counts, that is.   I think I get little done and spend too much time picking stuff up off the floor or making feeble attempts to clean up and reorganize my workshop.   Nevertheless, in the last year, I got a few things done, including these:   Designed the Genie LT/S and am finishing up #5. .  .totally built from scratch except for those fine cores cut by Les Horvath.   Carved plugs for the forthcoming big Genie and LT/S composite fuses.   With the help of friend Winston Okerlund, who designed the wing, designed and engineered the Icon-sized Genie Pro and found someone to produce it as an ARF.   Did all content preparation for the Genie web pages at http://genie.rchmomepage.com/ and regularly updated it. (Jay Decker maintains the pages).   Put out a slug of Genie CD's and gave e-mail help to dozens of guys who did, or say they're building a Genie, etc.   Learned to install servos using Mark Drela's neat cantilever mounting method.   Learned (Les's suggestion) to lay up bi-directional CF to make laminate for I-Beam spars for bagged wings. Built a couple of wings with it.   Learned more uses for Icing Putty for fine finishing, including as spar caps and especially preparing LE's to take a smooth, glossy painted finish.   Learned (latest thing) to make open-ended, CF laminate reinforced epoxy pockets at the end of ailerons for RDS operation.   Got this stuff into the Genie pages.   Managed to avoid upkeep or yard work around my place.   Managed to keep a lady friend of over 20 years from banishing me to the corn patch.   In any event, how do you guys do over a year's time?   Don't drive friend John nuts by listing what you've done, but I'd like to hear from you.   Of course I'm retired and have escaped working for about 20 years.  ----- Original Message ----- From: John Derstine To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 3:31 AM Subject: [RCSE] my favorite topics Oh my God. Its here again, the time of year that everyone on this exchange is brain dead and actually finds it interesting to discuss what plane they had first, or their favorite plane.   JD.