Alternate PNW Oshkosh?

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Colin
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Alternate PNW Oshkosh?

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Got to finally meet up with Scott Sutton in person. I can't believe I didn't take a single picture of the interior of his plane, but the paint job outside doesn't give you enough warning. Since Scott lives within steps of his plane (something I would like to do and something I am pretty sure my wife would only want me to do if I were living separately), any time he thinks of a little improvement he can stroll over and put it in there.

You remember those guys that put the big fat tires on 1950s cars and painted flames along the hood? They really don't come close to this sort of customization. I feel like Diamond could stick a video camera in there for an hour and learn a few things to do in the DA52's interior as they get closer. Everything right where you need it, and everything you need in there.

I also learned something, since we met at Anacortes airport (cheap fuel in the PNW) and I got there first: the DA42 landing is almost silent. Just the diesels ticking over at near-idle and the gentlest of chirps as the tires touch. But you could invade in a fleet of these and they would never hear you coming. The DA62 is apparently quieter. Hard to imagine.

Scott should add just ONE or two pictures of things in his cockpit so people can understand. I saw little packets along the edge where the seatbelt runs and asked about them. Three little separate packs of AA batteries, in cool pockets and are velcro'd to the cockpit B column, and held in special holders that keep the batteries safe and isolated. That's one tiny thing. So clever.

Our selfie game needs some work. We didn't park thinking about it. We should have been able to get us with both planes, and there ARE parts of both planes, but we needed some help from some YouTubers or something.
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Re: Alternate PNW Oshkosh?

Post by Boatguy »

Ok Scott! Post a few pics!
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