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Congratulations Rick & Kathy Schultz!
HBA Forum Post by MarkM » Sun Jul 28, 2024
Let me be the first to congratulate Rick and Kathy on the latest Hatz to win the coveted Gold Lindy at Oshkosh. My better half and I had the chance to meet with them at AirVenture and talk Hatzes. Often the hardest part of building a Hatz is showing up to Oshkosh or Brodhead and seeing such exquisite workmanship, then going home, looking at one’s own project with all its flaws and thinking “This looks like sh*t!”. Rick and Kathy were wonderfully encouraging, supportive, and full of good ideas. I’ll definitely be incorporating the removable step into N52921.
So how many is this now? It never ceases to amaze me how our little community of builders can keep bringing home the trophies. I think only the Van’s RV builders have brought home more, but their airplanes are built from kits and they outnumber us by about 100 to one!
Congrats again! MarkM
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Rick and Kathy’s Verner powered Hatz took 10 years and a month to finish. Its 9-cylinder radial engine produces 158hp @ 2380 rpm, 136hp @ 2000 rpm, a peak torque of 358 pound-feet @ 2000 rpm, and weighs 238 lbs. The Hatz performs very well with a Sensenich 84×55 prop. The paint is Ranthane Waco Vermillion red.
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A brief walkaround video of Rick Shultz Hatz Classic Gold Lindy Award winner at Oshkosh 2024. A great example of homebuilding at its finest.