I want to see nude women sunbathing from above. How can I build such a plane?

I have been off this group for over a year. Previously this was a very active group; however, there has been very few messages since I returned. It may be due to my service provider, or maybe with the passing of a few key members the overall activity has significantly diminished. The main...

Can anyone recommend a good forum for home machine work? Not the news group, that's a madhouse... Tony

Recent problems mentioned here brought me a lot of mail on a variety of topics. Within the sphere of Flying on the Cheap and low-cost methods of construction, someone asked if I'd ever considered some kind of Last Ditch airplane, an absolute minimum flying machine for people who are determined to...

I picked up a project that was supposed to be built with 1.5 degrees of washout towards the end of the wings. The builder unfortunately built them without washout, because while his workmanship was actually quite good he was worried he wouldn't be able to match the wings and one would drop in a...

Could someone clarify something for me concerning LSA's. The websites that have the detailed LSA aircraft limitations listed say that the plane must have a maximum stalling speed of 51 mph at the maximum gross takeoff weight WITHOUT the use of high lift devices. I plugged the numbers for a Sonex...

As I continue to research, the Zodiac XL and the Sonex are on the short list. Both offer a couple of engine options including Rotax 912 (variations) and the Jabiru 3300. Real-world performance doesn't seem like it would be that much different, at least on paper. I hope this isn't a religious...

It's a lot of work to build and you wind up with a skittish little plane with either a piece of **** Lycoming or a lot of kludge work to accomodate better.

Yipyip, and we talked back and forth just like old buddies. And you know what? I used Rosalind's bank card. I am utterly shameless. I called all over today at the salvage yards looking for a window latch for a 170, fearing that Rosalind would get her pretty nose out of joint if we ordered a...

I'm building a Hummelbird, and I was hoping to use it towards my private pilot's license, but I've heard that I can't use an experimental for flight training. I looked through my FARAIM '97 and I can't find anything to verify that. Has anything changed regarding this since then? Can someone point...

Here's some news that recently came out: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7867 http://abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1439827.htm Apparently, soundwaves can help airflow stay near the wing and increase lift. This can help smaller aircraft to avoid stalling at lower airspeeds. Is this...

I am researching an article about builders whose kit supplier has closed or gone bankrupt. If you have found yourself in this predicament, I would like to talk with you about how you dealt with it during the building process. You may contact me directly at Thanks. Mary Bernard

About a year ago, I posted that I just flat ran out of time to post my Kitplanes columns for download at www.rstengineering.com/kitplanes. I had three volunteers that said that they would take the raw data that I generate for the column, refine it, and post it for download. Three volunteers...

I was kinda sorta thinking about going to Oshkosh this year for the first time, but from what I'm reading on the net, it isn't the easiest thing to do. Apparently, the local hotels are all booked a year in advance, and if you try to drive in, expect to spend a lot of time in line. So, for...

We have all seen the film of the Spruce Goose lifting off the water for a few seconds only to be retired to its hangar never to fly again but I wonder, what would its performance have been? Did Hughes determine in that brief hop that the aircraft was no good or did ecconomic concerns ground...

I have a Garmin 195 that had its screen replaced about one year ago after about two years use. Departing Sedona yesterday, the screen started to fade. Since I had three waypoints to get through the mess around Palmdale, the muck was thick, centers were turning down flight following, and my ship...

Greetings All, does anyone have an operational magnetometer on their plane. I would like to find out the distances from electrical wire and ferrous bolts and nuts. The installation notes has wording like "As far as possible", "Not too close". I thought for a second that I was talking to my Ex.... ...

For those who are interested the NTSB has released the 2nd report on the Walton crash. You can read it in it's entirety at the NTSB site at : http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20050705X00921&ntsbno=DEN05FA100&akey=1 See ya Chuck S

Can anyone suggest some home built construction sites where they show the process of building a spar for a foam composite wing. I'm confused on how a spar is built for a foam wing. It doesn't seem like the foam itself would provide enough structure to provide a web. It would seem like you'd...

Hello Torque curve page 6 http://www.subaru.fr/special/pdf/documentation_diesel_lo_08.pdf by -- Volem rien foutre al païs! Philippe Vessaire Ò¿Ó¬