I seldom post or visit this group any more. The group used to be relevant and helpful to the aviation home builder with professional, skilled advice and suggestions. But it seems to be degenerating into spam posts and personal verbal contests, often with show-off, insulting and foul language. This...

I was wondering lately how much are planes structurally designed or how much do they follow standard construction techniques (copying) developed for light aircraft? Brock

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-I'm planning on building a boat pulled WIG biplane with plans to convert it to an engine powered monoplane. -For the boat towed biplane the top wing will be a high lift airfoil designed for a 25mph stall. -The mono wing design will be designed for a 35mph stall with the engine on the wing/shoulder...

I was watching a Nat Geo show on the Horton flying wing. Have there been any experiment flying wings built? I found this: http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/66267/detail/ Karl

On another site (Emerauders.com) It was mentioned that a retired Aero engineer in Texas had built a P-38, there were pics, but I was unable to open them. It was all metal with a jump seat for his co- builder (wife) Has anyone seen this aircraft?

....for RV artwork? (As in Van's RV-3, -4 -6, -7, -8, -9, -10) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 Ercoupe N94856 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"

I seem to remember seeing formulae for scaling planes, but cannot find them back. The one I do remember is "power required rises to the third power of airspeed" - so to double the airspeed the engine power must go times eight. But there must be the same about weights and dimensions - if I double...

I haven't seen anything here yet, but it is with great regret that I note the passing of Vicki Cruse who died piloting her Edge 240 at the Silverstone Air Show in the UK.

It was last Sunday morning. A local firefighter had brought out his Steen Skybolt for joyrides for friends and family at Altus Quartz Mountain. The line people saw the take off south, and minutes later at the midfield position on downwind they saw the Skybolt in flames on the ground. The...

Ameriking has a dual Fx ELT around $150 with convenient commercial cells. But international flights are calling for at least a survival 406 MHz ELT, though US domestic operations are OK with the dual Fx ELTs, except for new light aircraft.... Anyone know of an economy 406 ELT? Brian W

The Airpath compass is meant to work in a fluid filled chamber. A bubble is an annoyance. A leak leaves you with a trembling indicator that won't indicate a heading with any reliability. Gasket and fluid kits are not that high. From Chief etc. $20-$30 If caught short, don't try making a...

I was browsing my favourite chinese junk site, and came across http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15230 This is a 70mm diameter fan that takes 580W of power, and produces 1.1Kg of thrust, and weighs 116g. Imagine a board around a meter round, with a large number - around 150 - of these...

Been almost a month since you posted or updated your blog. Kinda miss you on the rec. aviation. group. Just checking to see how you are and to make sure you are still fighting.

I was wondering if their are any moldless composite designed amphibians? I am definitely not an aeronautical engineer and don't want to try to design something. Some examples of this type of construction a Long-EZ, Cozy, Quickie, Q-200, Vari-Eze, Velocity I know their are some drawbacks to this...

"The pilot failed to secure the canopy prior to takeoff, resulting in his inability to control the aircraft during the takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s impairment from prescription medications and possible obstructive sleep...

The Mini-Imp http://www.mini-imp.com/ looks like an interesting project, but it has the scent of something too good to be true. Does anyone know anything about them? Thanks, Curt -- "Captain Curt" Fennell

stol wrote: Hmmmm.... Here is a website of the famous Jim Hall. http://www.chaparralcars.com/index.php... It was a great car.. I saw it run at Sebring..... Funny though, not a mention of Paul Lamar as being the major designer of it.

http://www.tubewatcher.tv/182 -- une télé qui s'éteint et c'est un cerveau qui s'éveille Philippe Vessaire Ò¿Ó¬

bob, you will never ever see this because you arent in australia. if you type 'bob hoover blog' in the australian google it tells you in the help box that there have been 946,000 prior searches of the term. either you're (in)famous or your writing makes a lot of people happy. thought you'd like to...