Ebay to the rescue…

Again! Last night I found two cans of Grey 03 on Ebay so I bought ’em. Will have to see whether I get them by the week-end but whether I do or not, I’m thinking I might start removing bits from MYRO anyway. I need the nose wheel spindle bracket from the damaged nose strut (assuming it’s undamaged, which I’m pretty sure it is) as until I’ve fitted it to the new strut and then sprayed it, I can’t begin the airframe repair work.

I’ve also been watching 5″ satnavs on Ebay and noting the prices. I’m thinking that as the 7″ model I’ve now got appeared a bit dim when I tried it in the X’air, a 5″ one might possibly be better as it’s nearer the size of my old MyGuide (4.3″) that got damaged in MYRO’s accident and which I found perfectly OK. Anyway, the best price that some lucky soul got was £26 with free delivery from Hong Kong, but that was exceptional. Mainly they’ve ranged in price from £36 right up to over £50 yesterday, so when I put in a bid of £31, I didn’t really expect to get one. But I did 😀

It’ll take a week or so to come and then I’ll be able to load my Memory Map software on it and see how it performs. If it works well Ken has said he might have one as well rather than go the conventional GPS route as, quite frankly, a GPS is rather hard work for the kind of flying we want to do. The other thing I’m watching out for right now is a small compressor. Yes, I admit it, I’m thinking of spraying the new pod red myself, rather than give it to someone else to do. I may be daft, but years ago I sprayed a Mini myself and did a pretty good job and I’ve still got a super spray gun from an engineering business I had a few years back that used to manufacture products that were sprayed, a few of which I did. Anyway, I’m only watching for now … 😉