Had some great flights. Thanks for a great Burn for me and my campers. Hope to fly in again soon.

Had some great flights. Thanks to everyone for making it a great Burn for me and my campers. Hope to see you all again some day.

Got the swamp cooler hooked up and purchased the canopy poles. And made up a logo for my swag "Mako Over Burning Man 2016."

Ratty wrote:Bought my beer and picked up my liquor. 25 bottles. Only are 2 alike. I'm not sure what some of it is but come by my camp and maybe you can tell me.

Your an inspiration. We're going to need a bigger Flying Machine!

Some glad you're safe, not so sure about sound but take care.

Wishing the weather and the environment go easy on you and your family.

How's this for holes? Not too happy with the wood fiber swamp cooler fabric. Ordered some plastic kind. Glad I got a 600 gpm bilge pump, had to increase the power to 50% to get it to lift water 3 feet. My 12 volt timer came in, not sure if I need to use it. Canceled the 1-1/4" conduit canopy fitting...

Thanks for all the encouragement. http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/216938/Chuck_5.jpg?t=1471129718494 Measured the top of the trailer for the swamp cooler vent. Pet the shark. http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/216938/Chuck_3.jpg?t=1471129718783 Worked on the swamp cooler. The flexible duct I got in the mai...

Swamp Cooler Success! Got my 80 watt 10" fan in today and had purchased a bildge pump earlier. And I got a dimmer switch for reducing the pump flow. Everything working great. Started test at 9 pm at 50% pump power. Reduced it to 25% of it's 3.5 amps capacity. The fan will need to be full power. It a...

Swamp Cooler Success! Got my 80 watt 10" fan in today and had purchased a bildge pump earlier. And I got a dimmer switch for reducing the pump flow. Everything working great. Started test at 9 pm at 50% pump power. Reduced it to 25% of it's 3.5 amps capacity. The fan will need to be full power. It a...

Hi Fellow Burners, Slowly making progress since my wing design needed to be revised. Here is the last set of three views until I need to take her apart and work on bolting the fuselage, cutting the fabric, sewing the seat webbing and making the wing shaft work more smoothly. http://cdn2.hubspot.net/...

More progress, feathers cut to length, nose shaped and tail feather shafts in place. Purchased my 30 gal trash can for the swamp cooler. Looking forward to bringing all kinds of tasty camp food. http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/216938/Da-Vinci-Flying-Machine-8-4-16-2.jpg?t=1470360217717 http://cdn2.hub...

Hey all, and Elliot for your encouragement! It's hollow copper tubing! I've purchased every 1" copper T for miles around! Here’s the latest photo. The first wing spar is installed! The seat webbing is just threaded in for looks at the moment. Very excited about the progress. Also, I’m building a swa...

Hey Elliot, I might need help with my DaVinci Flying Machine if it gets a flat tire. Take off speed is predicted to be 88 mph! Looking forward to meeting you and the camp with my friend Andrew and sister Susan. It's our first Burn. http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/216938/DaVinci-Flying-machine.jpg?t=14...

Got my main Sale tickets in the mail today in Cincinnati. Got a notice they were in the mail a few days ago. All systems go!

Thanks for the invitation. I'd love to meet all the folks on Eplaya. It's on my calendar. Looking forward to the location.

I'm a newby and have chosen to volunteer with the Earth Guardians Camp. I'm a passionate environmetalist and look forward to helping Leave No Trace on the playa. They seem to be a great bunch of folks (respond promptly to your sincere emails) and I look forward to helping.

Welcome to eplaya and Burning Man. I'm a first timer too. Thanks for the good ideas for gifting.

I'm really not familiar with what areas are what. I'm volunteering with the Earth Guardians Camp but probably won't be able to park there. I'm bringing a trailer my Dad built after he retired to Key West. I hope everyone likes it. Please let me know if you have space for such an inspiration. http://...

Version 3 is evolving. Hope to get some inspiration from the DaVinci Show here in Cincinnati at the Museum Center. The fuslage will be made from one inch diameter ash. The axel and wing shaft from one inch copper. The wings and tail from bamboo. Estimated takoff speed of 25 knots with a 90 pound twe...

Welcome, I'm a first timer too. Stop by Earth Guardians Camp and have some solar cookies.

Happy Father’s Day. Well we're coming! Got our tickets, meeting with past Burners and making lists. Plans are coming along for our journey to Burning Man. I’m bringing my Father’s old Shark Manor. He retired to Key West and created this trailer as a mobile store. We will get to BM on Monday. Come bu...

Version 2 is coming along. It's going to be about half scale so kids or small adults can fly it. It has a copper propeller shaft. The fuslage and wing fabric is from a 12' patio umbrella. The wings and tail are bamboo. About 20 foot wingspan. http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/216938/Da_Vinci_Flying_Mach...

Here's my Da Vinci Flying Machine for Burning Man. Da Vinci was wrong, there is enough human power to fly with modern materials and designs. I figure about 20 minutes of flight time.

Inspiring post. I look forward to meeting you. Thanks.

First timer at Burning Man. Enjoy contributing to the event in the pre-sale. Got three $990 tickets and one VP. Only problem I had was entering my credit card properly. Finally got it right after ten tries! Looking forward to planning our flying kite shark art and rechargeable LED costumes!

Hi all Burners, Been wanting to go for years and this is the year. Maybe. Kinda scared about our art installation. But inspired by all the past ones. Thinking about kites. Hopefully coming with my sister and a great friend. Looking forward to getting to know all the artists and helping with the Eart...