I am looking for contact information for Scott, who wrote this post or Ralph Moore. I am starting on a Shoestring from Landis's plans and am curious about the issues he found.
my email address is philn at toosan.com
Thanks for any help I can get!
Phil
Shoestring 058 wrote:
Hello people!
After lurking here for a while I have just joined up and can now post. It is nice to see new Shoestrings being still built! Gary is doing a fantastic job on his. Now I see others are building too!
I built and fly the only Shoestring in Canada. Seeing Gary's pics certainly takes me back a few years indeed. Unfortunately I took only a few pics of mine over the years, as progress was kind of like watching a clock move. I was building for 13 years before the first flight, and it still is not done yet!
Before I first flew mine in '93, I visited Ralph Moore in Florida to see another Shoestring and discuss tips for first flight. I also phoned Ray Cote a few times back then too. I subsequently visited Mr Cote at his home when he had "Alley Cat" and picked his brain for a few hrs regarding his 'String and "improvements" to make.
If one is working from only Landis Ketner's drawings (Condor Aero) there are a couple of areas of concern (that both Ralph Moore and I experienced on our first flight) that should be addressed before first flight.
I have sent a couple of pics of my machine that were taken back in '96 to Gary to post for me.
Keep up the GREAT WORK Gentlemen!
Scott
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