Getting my plane painted

[jw33]

Excuse me... Do you have any Grey Poupon?

[marcs95gt]

Excuse me... Do you have any Grey Poupon?

lmao

[MGannaway]

My work is paying for it but I think the 152 was $110/hr and the 172 is $150/hr.

Where do you work? And damn I need to rent my 150 if I can get 100 an hour for it.

[4pnt6]

Where do you work? And damn I need to rent my 150 if I can get 100 an hour for it.

That price is fuel, plane, and instructor.

I work for a defense company, DRS Technologies. I'm a pilot/technichian for the UAV department. The FAA only requires UAV pilots to have taken the Private Pilot written exam but I'm sure in the future a Private liscense will be the standard. Some how we convinced our boss to pay for our training.

An ex coworker of ours is an instructor so we hit him up and rent thru decatur jet center.

[cobrajet69]

do they not take that MIG up?

I'm sure by now (those vids were from several months ago) he has taken it up. This was an engine test after some work had been done. It's required by the FAA before he can lift the wheels. He also has a bad ass Russian Helo out there that he was supposed to give me a ride in that day, but it didn't work out. Apparently there were some gage issues after firing it up on the tarmac.


David

[cobrajet69]

Jesus I would have loved to see that. Damnit!

CJ, next time Matt has another "shoot-fest" out at the river, we should make plans to stop by there and see the aircraft this guy has. If he's out there, I'm betting he'll let us go into his "other" hangars and check out what he doesn't display. Some VERY cool stuff out there, and he's a great guy.

Here's a short vid of the helo (MI-24 Hind) that I was supposed to go up in.





David

[MGannaway]

Its almost done

[bottlerocket]

Looks sweet, just needs some STOL wingtips and bigger tires and that = fun!

[4pnt6]

Looks really good!

[347Mike]

What all is involved in getting your pilots cert? It is something I to do/get before I turn 30 as I enjoy flying.

What is the typical cost, time, and all that jazz to get your cert?

[bottlerocket]

What all is involved in getting your pilots cert? It is something I to do/get before I turn 30 as I enjoy flying.

What is the typical cost, time, and all that jazz to get your cert?

Anywhere from $8000-18000 depending on what aircraft, airport, school, etc. You can get it done in a few weeks or a few months. Its like college, how much time do you want to dedicate and how good do you want your education to be?

[MGannaway]

Looks sweet, just needs some STOL wingtips and bigger tires and that = fun!

man you dont need STOL wingtip. This thing will already lands stupid short and it wont help your take off much. Id rather leave the straight tips for speed. Flap and aileron gap seals would be more beneficial.

[MGannaway]

Anywhere from $8000-18000 depending on what aircraft, airport, school, etc. You can get it done in a few weeks or a few months. Its like college, how much time do you want to dedicate and how good do you want your education to be?

x2. it can get very expensive. I got my private in 6 weeks. But I was flying 5 days a week and sometimes twice a day.

[bottlerocket]

man you dont need STOL wingtip. This thing will already lands stupid short and it wont help your take off much. Id rather leave the straight tips for speed. Flap and aileron gap seals would be more beneficial.

Did you just use the word speed in reference to a 152?

[MGannaway]

Did you just use the word speed in reference to a 152?

150, but yea when you only have 100 kts or so every one of them counts