Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2005 22:11:35 -0400
Message-ID: <redirect-984943@logan.com>
Received-SPF: none
 receiver=logan.com; client-ip=148.78.247.50; envelope-from=hwasti@starband.net
From: "Hamid A. Wasti" <hwasti@starband.net>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01
MIME-Version: 1.0
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Legacy kit for sale
References: <list-983423@logan.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1250; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Marvin Kaye wrote:

> Posted for "John Chambers" <fly2fast@cableone.net>:
>
> Top of fuselage (from roll-over to a few
> inches behind aft bulkhead) removed.  Replaced with foam and glass (with
> a 2 inch drop in canopy height).

Just curious why you made these changes?  What were you trying to 
achieve?  What kind of engineering analysis did you do on the strength 
of the fuselage after the modifications?  What kind of aerodynamic 
analysis did you do?   What were the results of all this analysis and 
what were the qualifications of the person doing the analysis?

> However, I am learning that insurance companies think differently than
> pilots

How so?  They are most probably asking for hard data about the 
modifications and their consequences and are completely unmoved by the 
designer's enthusiasm, vision, optimism and gut feelings.  Come to think 
of it, many pilots will be the same way.

Hamid