Fred the Red Shirt
January 10th 09, 09:17 PM
On Jan 7, 11:03*pm, "Peter Dohm" > wrote:
> >"flybynightkarmarepair" > wrote in message
> >news:84297f8e-3397-49df-93bc->24be2767a__BEGIN_MASK_n#9g02mG7!__...__END_MASK_i? ...
> >On Jan 7, 6:15 pm, Monk > wrote:
> >>http://www.ioffer.com/i/83668696
>
> >> Anyone here bought from this guy? I don't think this is the licensed
> >> copy since he's selling several and in CD format.
>
> >He's pirating someone else's intellectual property. *Do not buy from
> >this guy. *The designer is still alive, and has explictly decided NOT
> >to sell plans in North America, after bad experiences with licensing
> >them to Falconar Avia Back In The Day.
>
> To quote a rather infamous comic strip character: *"pfffttt!!!!"
>
> OTOH, although I used to think that the CriCri was an incredibly cool
> concept, I am now convinced that it was really designed to make the BD-5
> look like a "Mil-Spec" item. *This is mostly because, although I do admit
> that I have never personally seen a CriCri,. I seem to recall reading a lot
> of the skins are 0.010 aluminum. *(Cringe)
I have only seen one BD-5,(in a museum), and never seen a Cricri.
I'm also not familiar with the details of the safety record for
either.
But based only on a casual perusal of material available on the
internet
I would speculate that more Cri-cris have been safely flown in a
single
day than there have been BD 5s flown, ever.
>
> However, I am not favorably impressed with those who seem to assert
> "intellectual property rights" simply to keep engineering precedent from
> public view.
Happily that is not relevant to the present discussion.
>
> Therefore, IMHO, if you really intend to build this thing, please include me
> in your will. *But if you are simply curious about Michel Columban's design,
> this may be the only way--and $20 plus shipping sounds reasonable enough.
>
I'm sure you can get a similarly good deal on slightly used tools if
you are
willing to buy them hot.
> >"flybynightkarmarepair" > wrote in message
> >news:84297f8e-3397-49df-93bc->24be2767a__BEGIN_MASK_n#9g02mG7!__...__END_MASK_i? ...
> >On Jan 7, 6:15 pm, Monk > wrote:
> >>http://www.ioffer.com/i/83668696
>
> >> Anyone here bought from this guy? I don't think this is the licensed
> >> copy since he's selling several and in CD format.
>
> >He's pirating someone else's intellectual property. *Do not buy from
> >this guy. *The designer is still alive, and has explictly decided NOT
> >to sell plans in North America, after bad experiences with licensing
> >them to Falconar Avia Back In The Day.
>
> To quote a rather infamous comic strip character: *"pfffttt!!!!"
>
> OTOH, although I used to think that the CriCri was an incredibly cool
> concept, I am now convinced that it was really designed to make the BD-5
> look like a "Mil-Spec" item. *This is mostly because, although I do admit
> that I have never personally seen a CriCri,. I seem to recall reading a lot
> of the skins are 0.010 aluminum. *(Cringe)
I have only seen one BD-5,(in a museum), and never seen a Cricri.
I'm also not familiar with the details of the safety record for
either.
But based only on a casual perusal of material available on the
internet
I would speculate that more Cri-cris have been safely flown in a
single
day than there have been BD 5s flown, ever.
>
> However, I am not favorably impressed with those who seem to assert
> "intellectual property rights" simply to keep engineering precedent from
> public view.
Happily that is not relevant to the present discussion.
>
> Therefore, IMHO, if you really intend to build this thing, please include me
> in your will. *But if you are simply curious about Michel Columban's design,
> this may be the only way--and $20 plus shipping sounds reasonable enough.
>
I'm sure you can get a similarly good deal on slightly used tools if
you are
willing to buy them hot.