[simpits-tech] Slightly OT, but still aircraft!

[Gene Buckle]

> >The funny thing with sneaking into AMARC is that you tend to get some
> >really nasty lead poisoning in the process.  In little bits that are about
> >.223in at a time. ;)
>
> You sound like you're speaking from experience.
>
The fact that I'm still speaking indicates I have no such experience. :)

> Hmm, maybe you could pull a Chuck Thornton and grab spare parts off of DRMO
> auctions, buy crashed airframes for scrap, and so on until you have enough
> to cobble together a complete airframe. 'Course, I'd bet by the time it's
> done, the avionics will be homemade, the control surfaces plywood and most
> of the plane's exterior surfaces made up of bondo. ;) Maybe a real ejection
> seat would be a sound investment.
>
Or a gullible test pilot. :)

g.

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