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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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