Builders;
In years past, I have been a prolific blog writer on this webpage. There are more than 1,400 stories here. But in recent months, my attention has been in the shop, and I have not written many in-depth pieces. I am now returning to writing here several times a week.
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Many builders, particularly new people ask where most of the Corvair builder to builder discussion is taking place on the internet. This has an easy answer: On my “WW Flycorvair” Face Book page.
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Pictured above, the cover image from my WW FlyCorvair Face Book page.
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I will start by saying that, like many of you, I also detest Mark Zuckerburg, and most of Face Book, so yes, I feel your moral dilemma at the thought of using FB as a data site. But, good news, I have this set up as a public site, and you don’t have to have a FB account to read it.
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Second, it has a lot of activity. Look at the page, it has 2,800 members. It is an easy format for individuals to share pictures, stories and video, and there is a lot of fresh stuff posted every day. I run it with a very close focus on flying Corvairs, and anyone posting junk is ‘terminated with extreme prejudice’ and blocked for life. Remember, on FB people have to have a personal profile to write comments, so there is none of the troll comments from sad little people with internet identities like “Toolbuilder26@hotmail” It doesn’t happen often, people have learned very quickly it isn’t a political site, nor do we discuss VW engines or tolerate people trying to advertise Rotax based businesses.
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Even when Im not writing a lot here, there is always activity there. It is a great resource for finding core engines, as I have more than 1,000 Corvair car enthusiasts in the membership, and they have advised dozens of new builders to find a core engine.
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A number of well known corvair pilots are frequent contributors, and they help to keep the focus directly on flying our favorite engine. Again, my intention is to return to regular writing here, but the FB page is well worth checking out.
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THANK YOU WW! So glad you will be back to posting on the blog, and that this wasn’t a story about moving entirely to fb. I use both resources, but much prefer the long form the blog permits, and quick search capability to find related stories. You once wrote about when magazines started curtailing articles to a length based on ‘attention span’, instead of whole picture type stories. Again, writing here keeps that from happening, and preserves real learning. Both sites are great help to new and old builders alike, looking forward to more news from the ‘corvair paper of record’ aka the blog.