>Glad to see this thing is finally working. The current membership numbers >fifteen and that's without Ron Wanttaja including the address on his >website. Numbers should increase when that takes place. > >So, who's just thinking about building one, who IS building one, and who's >fortunate enough to be flying one? Anyone care to comment about >construction or provide us with a first flight report? Hi folks. I'm a "brand new" member and thought I'd introduce myself. First, I'm not a FlyBaby builder; I bought one. It's a 30 year old version (N9197) built by Sheldon Williams and received it's signoff May 1970. It's a little rough around the edges but still looks good and has a sweet running A65-8 with the usual J3 stuff up front. It's still got the original fabric on the wings but is still serviceable, but a recover wouldn't hurt. I'm in the final stages of finishing my second Kitfox (N148DM), this one being an Outback with the NSI Subaru conversion. I bought the Flybaby for two reasons. I need something to fly to keep my skills sharp, and I've been looking for another project for next year. The FlyBaby fits both requirements perfectly. A couple more good reasons are that the wings fold so I can store it easily and also it fits right in here on my farm strip in NE Michigan. It doesn't fit our winters too well though. It was delivered a couple days ago and I flew it first time this morning. I didn't find it to be very difficult to fly other than it has a real heavy right wing. If I let go of the controls it goes into a pronounced right turning skid and takes lots of left aileron and right rudder to keep the ball and wings centered. I suspect the twist in the two wings is different and it's probably just a matter of some turnbuckle work, but haven't had time to check it out yet. The airspeed indicator doesn't work very well either reading 110 on downwind. Thats a simple fix. Just replace it. I don't know how much I can offer regarding FlyBabies, but I do have a little builder experience so I might be able to chime in once in awhile. I'm also the co-administrator of the Kitfox List if anybody wants to sign on and learn a little about an excellent and very strong kitplane. Best Regards, Darrel Morisse