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Wayne's boring adventure! / Howard destroys "Pocket Cha

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Wayne G. O'Shea

Wayne's boring adventure! / Howard destroys "Pocket Cha

Post by Wayne G. O'Shea » Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:23 am

Locked up in my hanger out of the public eye!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Fisher" <rgfisher@zeuter.com>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: Wayne's boring adventure! / Howard destroys "Pocket Change"

hi wayne where is the plane now at your place or his ? thanks
bob
fisher
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne G. O'Shea" <oifa@irishfield.on.ca>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 7:07 PM
Subject: Wayne's boring adventure! / Howard destroys "Pocket Change"

I was actually singing Harry Chapin's 30,000lb's of Banana's as we came
screaming down the hill......for those that know the song! Sorry I
missed
you...you must have known I was coming to town and ran away the day
before!!
Had time to go thru all the pictures from your's and Walter's trip North
though and all looked great except that puddle of Dextron III on your
floor!
The tip was great.... even though we did get the news on the Friday
after
visiting with Walter that Howard rode off "Pocket Change"..his (our)
beautiful Rebel on Amphibs in Penetanguishene Harbour. I have yet to
talk
to
him, but the stomach turner is in the hanger and my son helped him get
it
home (via wing remove and trailers). Apparently felt some vibration and
panic landed at about 125MPH into 3 foot swells. Amazing home much
damage
water can do at that speed. Floats are a right off..buckled and torn
apart
and would take more labour to repair than the cost of a set of
prebuilts.
Fuselage is totally destoyed from the rear float attach to the nose
bowl.
Not even sure how the engine stayed on.

The one thing I do know is my double row of rivets up the door post is a
great fix and not one of them sheared. If they had of let go and had the
firewall not had my reinforcing plates on it the outcome might have been
much worse and I suspect the engine would have made it off and they
would
have cartwheeled the airplane. (although I am amazed they didn't flip as
it
was and Howard and his daughter exited unscathed) Unfortunately every
thing
else sheared or ripped including bending the door post carrythru tubes
at
exactly where the FUS-11's meet the top wrap and FUS-9's. Cabin in now
about
2 " shorter than the door height. Outer cabin floor to tailcone
transition
sheared EVERY rivet and the cabin floor has a 3" joggle behind the main
lower carrythru tubes. Amazing thing is all the attach gear, struts,
cables
etc held up to this even though the float bottoms are pushed in a good
6"
from the forward bulkhead to the step area. On one the float is buckled
at
the step and the step bottom is blown apart at the rear step bulkhead.

I'll pass around a few pictures when I get the stomach to downsize them.

Cheers,
Wayne

----- Original Message -----
From: <Legeorgen@aol.com>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: round engine rebel / factory tour / Wayne's boring
adventure!
Welcome back Wayne. It sounds like you had a close call with the
brakes.
Glad
it all turned out fine and sounds like you all enjoyed yourselves.

Bruce




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