My significant other solving my installation problems - Zenith Aircraft Builders and Flyers2024-03-28T22:44:50Zhttps://zenith.aero/forum/topics/my-significant-other-solving-my-installation-problems?commentId=2606393%3AComment%3A711056&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noNever question your wife's ju…tag:zenith.aero,2020-02-24:2606393:Comment:7110562020-02-24T21:54:16.641ZJonathan Fayhttps://zenith.aero/profile/JonathanFay
<p>Never question your wife's judgement. Look who she married!</p>
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<p>My wife was wonderfully supportive of my build, helped with riveting and keeping me company during building and her perspective for helping me see the forest thru the threes was hugely helpful during the build. </p>
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<p>I won't start a build on anything unless she is 100% behind it.</p>
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<p>Jonathan</p>
<p>Never question your wife's judgement. Look who she married!</p>
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<p>My wife was wonderfully supportive of my build, helped with riveting and keeping me company during building and her perspective for helping me see the forest thru the threes was hugely helpful during the build. </p>
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<p>I won't start a build on anything unless she is 100% behind it.</p>
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<p>Jonathan</p> A similar "other ideas" story…tag:zenith.aero,2020-02-14:2606393:Comment:7097132020-02-14T21:07:34.693ZBob Pustellhttps://zenith.aero/profile/BobPustell
<p>A similar "other ideas" story just to show it is so.......... Years ago, when my wife was my girlfriend, the following happened.</p>
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<p>When visiting my parents I would always make lustful remarks for the wooden propeller that was mounted over the doors of a neighbor's barn. The owner of said barn was not an aviator but had come upon the prop someplace and put it up as a decoration. Eventually the old gent passed on and his family held a tag sale outside the barn. My Dad walked up to…</p>
<p>A similar "other ideas" story just to show it is so.......... Years ago, when my wife was my girlfriend, the following happened.</p>
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<p>When visiting my parents I would always make lustful remarks for the wooden propeller that was mounted over the doors of a neighbor's barn. The owner of said barn was not an aviator but had come upon the prop someplace and put it up as a decoration. Eventually the old gent passed on and his family held a tag sale outside the barn. My Dad walked up to the table and pointed to prop above the barn doors..... How much for that? They said ten bucks as is, where is. Dad went home and got a ladder and I got the old prop for my next birthday. It was badly weathered on the front face of the prop where it had been exposed to the weather for many years so I set the prop aside in the garage and waited to have time to sand and refinish it before making it a wall hanging in my home.</p>
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<p>When my girlfriend (now wife) was in the garage a while later she asked about the prop in the corner. I explained the story and explained how I needed to refinish it before mounting it. She looked it over, spun it around to the back side, the side that had been against the barn all those years, and said "what's wrong with this side?" I was dumbfounded. My literal mind was only accepting that the front side of the prop should be the display side. The back side still had varnish on it and cleaned up nicely with a little bit of finish restorer from a furniture repair shop. To this day it is on display over the door into the den, back side displayed, weathered side against the wall.</p>
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<p>I get fond thoughts of both my late father and my beloved bride every time I look at that prop on the wall.</p> ....all of which is one reaso…tag:zenith.aero,2020-02-14:2606393:Comment:7098162020-02-14T16:11:21.823ZCarl Ortonhttps://zenith.aero/profile/CarlOrton
<p>....all of which is one reason why your local EAA chapter provides Technical Counselors at no charge to provide that "extra set of eyes."</p>
<p>....all of which is one reason why your local EAA chapter provides Technical Counselors at no charge to provide that "extra set of eyes."</p> "New Eyes" are often helpful…tag:zenith.aero,2020-02-13:2606393:Comment:7096122020-02-13T18:12:35.387ZGary Reedhttps://zenith.aero/profile/GaryReed
<p>"New Eyes" are often helpful in those situations. It reminds of the Urban Legend (don't know if it's true) of a group of engineers trying to update/rehab an office building but they couldn't decide how to put the extra elevators in. ALLEGEDLY, it was a young girl who made the suggestion to put the elevators on the Outside of the building and ... Voila ... problem solved.</p>
<p>"New Eyes" are often helpful in those situations. It reminds of the Urban Legend (don't know if it's true) of a group of engineers trying to update/rehab an office building but they couldn't decide how to put the extra elevators in. ALLEGEDLY, it was a young girl who made the suggestion to put the elevators on the Outside of the building and ... Voila ... problem solved.</p> I agree that having someone e…tag:zenith.aero,2020-02-13:2606393:Comment:7097632020-02-13T13:53:30.368ZJohn Austinhttps://zenith.aero/profile/JohnLAustin
<p>I agree that having someone else assess a problem - even someone with no building/aviation experience - can help you "think outside the box." However, I've also found it very useful to get another homebuilder that has <em>experience other than with Zenith aircraft</em> to look at a problem and suggest solutions. Often, they've gathered tricks and tips for their aircraft build and can suggest something that might be applicable to the problem at hand.</p>
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<p>I agree that having someone else assess a problem - even someone with no building/aviation experience - can help you "think outside the box." However, I've also found it very useful to get another homebuilder that has <em>experience other than with Zenith aircraft</em> to look at a problem and suggest solutions. Often, they've gathered tricks and tips for their aircraft build and can suggest something that might be applicable to the problem at hand.</p>
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<p>John</p>
<p>N750A</p> Yep, I experienced the same t…tag:zenith.aero,2020-02-13:2606393:Comment:7095352020-02-13T07:55:21.080ZJim and Amelia Isaacshttps://zenith.aero/profile/JimIsaacs
Yep, I experienced the same thing during our build. My wife has a lot of good old fashioned common sense and that was invaluable. Having a fresh look from a different perspective can solve many problems.
Yep, I experienced the same thing during our build. My wife has a lot of good old fashioned common sense and that was invaluable. Having a fresh look from a different perspective can solve many problems.