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Old February 15th 05, 03:37 PM
Shin Gou
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looked around on the Internet and found Zivko's Leo Loudenslager
"Shark" plane's fuselage was constructed from carbon fiber tubes
bonded to titanium clusters with mag-alloy side fairings. Empty weight
950 lbs with a Lycoming IO-540 engine.

More information and background story at
http://www.zivko.com/EDGE/news/leo.html
There's a video clip for download at the bottom of the page. See how
the control surfaces move!!! Also a close-up look at the carbon fiber
tube fuselage. Impressive. Can't wait for its flight.