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What The???
Thursday
January 26, 2012
Why is there an RV on the
RANS CLAN? I know, I know...this is craziness. But
here's why-I am learning how to make aircraft
illustrations and this is the first airplane I've
completed. I started with the RV because I have a very
nice, accurate side view.

Previously I've used MS
Paint to design the paint schemes as shown on the
Downloads page. As you can see though, MS Paint
doesn't exactly make a nice looking drawing. Eventually,
I want to remake all of the RANS planes so they look
like the illustration above.
So what am I working on
now? The RANS S-19. Specifically, I am making an
illustration of Glenn Mathis' airplane. Don't anyone
tell him though so it will be a surprise when it's done!
Here's the beginning...

I don't like the wheel
pants so I will remove them when I add Glenn's paint
scheme. Eventually I will make a version with wheel
pants to include other paint schemes. Once the S-19 is
complete, then it will be time to draw my S-6S.
[full version
of my RV illustrations]
What an S-19!!
Tuesday January
24, 2012
By Ami Selaami
"I am sending you few
pictures of my S-19 I finished painting about two weeks
ago, to share with the rest of the CLAN. I started
flying in April 2011 and managed to fly around 90 hours
so far - even with the five weeks the airplane was down
for painting."


Wow! Check out that nose
art!!

Which Headset
Works Best for You?
Friday January
20, 2012
Which headset have you
found works best with the noise levels of the Rotax
912S?
Join the discussion on the RANS CLAN forums.
News From MGL
Avionics
Monday January
16, 2012
V6 Com Radio from MGL Avionics
MGL Avionics has announced
availability of a new V6 Com Radio. The V6 is a small 2
1/4" size Com Radio for the Experimental/LSA market. The
V6 features 6 Watt Transmit Power at a low power
consumption, full stereo VOGAD intercon for up to
4-place aircraft, Pilot Isolate modes, and for the first
time on an MGL Avionics com radio, standard rotary knobs
for frequency and volume selection. The V6 will operate
on both 12V and 24V systems. Also, like its older
brother the V10 Com, this new radio can be remote
controlled via EFIS for frequency selection. It packs
btoh high-powered radio and a full-featured 4-place
intercom into a small, low cost package.
More information on the V6
Com can be found at
http://www.mglavionics.com/html/radios.html

One more S-6S in
the Paint Shop
Monday January
16, 2012
It looks like there may be
another RANS S-6S flying soon. Rick Hayes (of
Hayes Aero LLC) is finishing up painting his new
S-6S. Rick has a lot of very nice reference photos on
his Photobucket site of not just the S-6, but also the
S-7 and S-19.
Check out his pics here.

Pilot's Cave
Sunday January
15, 2012
You may have noticed that
EAA's Sport Aviation magazine has a fairly new
section in the back called Pilot's Caves (or something
close to that-I don't have a magazine here with me now).
This is one of my favorite sections because it's
interesting to see how some people make their hangars
into a fun place to just hang out. Do any of you have a
Pilot Cave?
Here's a pic of mine.
Although, it's not really a Pilot Cave since it's a
rented hangar and I haven't done anything to it. But, it
is where my airplane lives. Let's see yours.
Post your pics in this thread on the RANS CLAN forums.

Winter is Here
Sunday January
15, 2012
Cool affect with Paintshop
Pro...

Randy Clark's
Newly Painted RANS S-19
Saturday
January 14, 2012
Randy's S-19 is out of the
paint shop and looks awesome. Congrats Randy!
Visit his thread here.

Chuck Berry's
Amazing Video
Friday January
13, 2012
You've all heard of and
know about Red Bull. There's latest video called
"Airborne. The
Life of Chuck Berry" is a must see! It features
Chuck Berry and his amazingly beautiful RANS S-6S. It's
a great short video with some really spectacular
videographey. Congrats on a fine video production
Chuck!!

Ray Sheffield's
RANS S-19
Saturday
January 7, 2012
Ray sent in a photo of his
amazing S-19 along with a note indicating he now has 45
fun-filled hours on his airplane. He says that the RANS
kit was high quality and he is very satisfied. Your S-19
looks great Ray! I love the paint scheme.

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