On Sun, 17 May 2009 03:07:13 +0100, Route89
wrote:


I've come up with what I think is a good, original design for an
ultralight or ARV airplane, and I've reached the point where I'm
considering actually building and flying a full scale airplane. I've
built and flown many R/C models, 1/6, 1/4, and 1/3 scale, I've been to
Osh Kosh for the past 20 years, etc. I'd like to post some pictures of
it on this forum to get some reactions, advice, and suggestions, but
I'm a little worried that someone might steal the design. I entered it
in an EAA design contest, but that was a long time ago. What can I do
to protect my design? Is an 'ornamental design' patent the way to go?
How much time and money would that take? Or do you just put your design
out there and 'wing' it? THANKS!

in all honesty yours will be the 189 millionth aircraft design ever
created. you havent done any structural work on the design so no one
is going to waste time building it.
why do you need to publish it at all?
just get on with building it.

Stealth pilot