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Bill Eslick wrote:
> I also have the plans.  Visited with the designer at his home in 1975 as I
> was leaving the USAF F-4 fleet behind, but never had the guts to start
> welding.  Then the RV series came along, and I succumbed.
>
> Bill Eslick
>
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 3:18 PM, <Lehanover@aol.com> wrote:
>   
>>
>> Well done. And a dyke Delta too.
>>
>> I have a set of plans for that and I welded a bunch on one, but I
>> chickened out on building one. Saw the original and one from Canada a few
>> times.
>>     
There are actually a several more Delta builders with rotaries 
monitoring this list:

Kelly Troyer (who is perpetually close to "fixin' to get ready to finish 
that darn thing" 8*)
Jim Maher (who has flown, but had to rebuild his fuel tank)
Larry LaBeau (who's in the "kick the tires and light the fires" stage)

I'm just an ol' copycat 8*)

As for building a Delta, there are only two types of people who start 
building a Delta.  Those who haven't a clue about what they're getting 
themselves into, and masochist.  I was of the former group.  By the time 
I figured out how much I had bitten off, I was to far in to back out.  I 
now consider that a good thing, because you couldn't pay me to stop now.