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    Last week three builders from California flew in to work on Tsunami. Greg Read a composites specialist, who has worked on several sport class racers, his wife Chiwami Read, who flew Piglet in the sport class last year and Jason Nelson a fabricator at NASA's Armstrong flight research center.

    Their goal was to give the project a much needed boost in productivity. Since it is just myself working on the plane most of the year we don't get to see large changes. But last week we put in seven 12 hour days and it certainly paid off. We skinned the vertical, built and attached the wing rib to stringer gussets, cut the spar notches in the inboard wing ribs, formed all the fuselage side formers and built all the form blocks for the top formers of the fuselage.

    Greg and Jason have much more fabrication experience than I do and it was great to learn from their wealth of knowledge.

    Anyway here are a few pictures from the week.

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  • #2
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    That is AWESOME! Thanks for the update!

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    • #3
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      ^^^Exactly! Thanks. It's really starting to look like something. Something beautiful to be sure.

      I know this is well down the road and possibly discussed before but, once finished, what paint job are you going to put on her?
      You'll get your chance, smart guy!

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      • #4
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        Looks GREAT !!

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        • #5
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          Originally posted by Fence Sence View Post
          ^^^Exactly! Thanks. It's really starting to look like something. Something beautiful to be sure.

          I know this is well down the road and possibly discussed before but, once finished, what paint job are you going to put on her?
          I like both, but I am leaning toward the orange.

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          • #6
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            Originally posted by LittleJR View Post
            I like both, but I am leaning toward the orange.
            Orange will be good :-)

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            • #7
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              Thanks for keeping us up-to-date. One special plane and project. Some years back when you had the tail on display in Reno, I purchased one of your black Tsunami work shirts. To this day its my favorite shirt to wear on special occasions.

              People always ask, what is Tsunami.

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              • #8
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                Wow, awesome work! Hopefully you guys can get a few more weeks worth of work like this in. It will be great to see Tsunami back in one piece.

                As for the paint, I kinda like the orange. The blue and silver were good as well, but the orange will really pop against the sky.

                Will

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                • #9
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                  I'm partial to the blue and silver but hey, I'm a Nevadan. What can I say.
                  You'll get your chance, smart guy!

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                  • #10
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                    That's the girl who skillfully landed a burning plane at last years races.

                    Awesome to see people coming together to get tsunami coming together.

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                    • #11
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                      Originally posted by IcePaq View Post
                      That's the girl who skillfully landed a burning plane at last years races.

                      Awesome to see people coming together to get tsunami coming together.
                      Thread drift warning, here is an interview with her:



                      For those who saw Episode 2 on NBC Sports. They Showed a clip of a plane on fire on the Runway. During the Start of the Saturday Race Sport Heat 2C Race. Her...
                      Random Air Blog

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