Steen Skybolt pre-purchase, northern California

pac plyer wrote:

SOCK Puppet wrote in message ...
Sigh.

Whoops!

I guess

You HEAR

I never

next time

It's obvious

Glad I could be of help.

Good Morning Pacy....

What's it like being Mr. Phillip's sock puppet.???

Your friend Socky

This is "pacy" you ****ing fool. Since you don't do this in your
trailer park, I will spell it out for you: notice that I use my real
name in my post M. Turner. Your such a slow study, I bet you don't
even know what goes on under your own roof.

pacplyer

M. Turner


Maybe so, but you bring it on yorself...

just by being so obnoxious.


Richard

Barnyard BOb -- wrote:
This is "pacy" you ****ing fool. Since you don't do this in your
trailer park, I will spell it out for you: notice that I use my real
name in my post M. Turner. Your such a slow study, I bet you don't
even know what goes on under your own roof.

pacplyer

M. Turner


Maybe so, but you bring it on yorself...

just by being so obnoxious.


Richard

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How come I ain't involved in this somewhere?


Barnyard BOb -- getting too old and cuddly.

Because you're dead???

In rec.aviation.homebuilt Snowbird wrote:

Maybe it's just not clear to me but:
1) have you flown this Skybolt? Any Skybolt?

No. Should I? :-)

Seriously - I'm going to fly it as soon as it's flyable again. It's
currently waiting for a new prop.

2) have you called insurance agents, or the insurance for this
partnership, and found out what it will take to have yourself
added?

I have but don't have the answer yet. The agent was supposed to call
me today with the quote but didn't. I'll bug them again tomorrow.

Out of several planes with similar, suitable characteristics,
you might easily find you vastly prefer one or another, for
small details of ergonomics or handling or visibility, which
you just can't tell *until you fly that make and model*.

I understand that. The thing is, it's not like I'm trying to decide
between several similar Skybolt-like types. The airplane I really want
looks nothing like a Skybolt. I'll eventually own what I want but, for
now, I can't afford it. I can, however, afford this share of a
Skybolt. It promises to be a lot of fun to fly, inexpensive to own,
push my limits and teach me a few things.

I'll tell you what's going to happen when I get to fly it. It'll have
the worst visibility of any plane I've been in, it'll be uncomfortable
as hell, I'll have trouble handling it both on the ground and in the
air, but I'll still have a blast and want to buy it. :-)

BUT: I'm still not buying it unless all the details check out. Right
now, a few red flags are going off which make me thing it's more
likely that I won't be buying it. I'll have to wait and see. I'll be
disappointed if it doesn't happen but I've been through that
before. There was a *really* nice Citabria owned by a few members of
my glider club and they wanted to sell another share. The plane looked
great, flew great, and I already had a good relationship with the
partners. On the other hand, it was based a little too far away from
home, it was missing most of the older logbooks (one of the partners
was an A&P and maintained by himself for many years until he passed
away, then the logbooks couldn't be found) and the price for the share
was on the high side. I ended up passing it up. It was difficult but I
think it was the right decision.

re mechanic, have you looked at Ron Wanttaja's homebuilt pages?
There are several Skybolt web pages listed, and one of them,
or one of the people who maintain them, might know of a type club

Yes, I've seen those. Two are at a fairly early stage of construction
and the third only has pictures but I guess I can email them and ask
about a type club.

where you could ask. Also, contact your local EAA chapter, not

Yes, I'll be doing that.

Thanks for the tips,
Boris

Followup-To set to rec.aviation.owning.

In rec.aviation.homebuilt Gregg Germain wrote:
In rec.aviation.homebuilt Borislav Deianov wrote:

: I'm considering the purchase of a share in a Steen Skybolt (homebuilt

I don't suppose you are looking at the Skybolt built an downed by
Erik Schilling, are you?

No. I'm told there are two Skybolts at the field but I'm not yet
positive who owns the other one.

Boris

In rec.aviation.homebuilt Ed Wischmeyer wrote:

Look up EAA Chapter 62 on the web -- they're based at RHV. One of them
should know an AP who built a Skybolt at RHV. If Robin is your
instructor, he'd know the builder, as Robin did the first flight on it.

Yes, Robin is the instructor I was talking about. I'll asking him, and
I'll check out the EAA chapter. Thanks a lot for the tip!

Boris

In rec.aviation.homebuilt Ron French wrote:

You really should have a pre-purchase inspection by a competent A&P.
Vern Miller and Brian Stout are both located at RHV. I believe Brian
Stout at Flying S Aviation owns a Skybolt himself. Either would do a
good job for you.

Thanks a lot, I'll try to get in touch with them.

Boris

Rich Ahrens wrote in message si.com...
Barnyard BOb -- wrote:
This is "pacy" you ****ing fool. Since you don't do this in your
trailer park, I will spell it out for you: notice that I use my real
name in my post M. Turner. Your such a slow study, I bet you don't
even know what goes on under your own roof.

pacplyer

M. Turner


Maybe so, but you bring it on yorself...

just by being so obnoxious.


Richard

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How come I ain't involved in this somewhere?


Barnyard BOb -- getting too old and cuddly.

Because you're dead???

Not true. Old round motor spray pilots never die. They just get
tangled up in their electrical threads!

pac - liar, whoops I mean

pacplyer - out

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 05:08:48 +0000 (UTC), Borislav Deianov
wrote:

Hi,

I'm considering the purchase of a share in a Steen Skybolt (homebuilt
biplane). I'd never seen one before and my mechanical experience
consists of peeking under the cowl of rental aircraft (this would be
my first airplane). Needless to say, I need somebody familiar with the
type to have a good look at it. If anybody here is willing to do that,
or know anybody who might be, please drop me a note. The airplane is
based at RHV (San Jose, CA).

Thanks,
Boris

Borris,

You might want to check with our estemmed Highflyer. He said that he
worked with Lamar Steen during the development of the prototype.

O-ring