Early Composite homebuilts - was Need help please

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In what context?

And what is the earliest powered composite homebuilt aircraft? I'm
thinking it's a Rutan Eze, but maybe there's something older.

I'm guessing VariViggen.

Jim

And what is the earliest powered composite homebuilt aircraft? I'm
thinking it's a Rutan Eze, but maybe there's something older.

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:48:49 -0800, "RST Engineering"
wrote:

I'm guessing VariViggen.

Jim

And what is the earliest powered composite homebuilt aircraft? I'm
thinking it's a Rutan Eze, but maybe there's something older.




I may be wrong, but I think the original Viggen was wood frame and
plywood. Some of the European powered sailplanes might be first.

Ed Sullivan

Ed Sullivan wrote...

Some of the European powered sailplanes might be first.

How many Europeans does it take to power a sailplane? g

It wasn't ex-am, but when was the Windecker Eagle
certified? ISTR it was pre-EZ, but I'm not sure.

Dave 'wayback' Hyde

"Dave Hyde" wrote in message
It wasn't ex-am, but when was the Windecker Eagle
certified? ISTR it was pre-EZ, but I'm not sure.

Mid 1960s, IIRC.

D.

Ed Sullivan wrote:
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:48:49 -0800, "RST Engineering"
wrote:


I'm guessing VariViggen.

Jim


And what is the earliest powered composite homebuilt aircraft? I'm
thinking it's a Rutan Eze, but maybe there's something older.




I may be wrong, but I think the original Viggen was wood frame and
plywood. Some of the European powered sailplanes might be first.

Ed Sullivan

You are right Ed. I was at Oshkosh the first year Burt flew it there. It
was an impressive airplane in the early 70s.

Jerry

Jim sez:

I'm guessing VariViggen.

Alex, the question is "What do you call a vegetarian who eats no eggs or dairy
and builds small airplanes?" They're kinda thin and pale, but at the sight of
rivets or a whiff of solder flux, their cheeks pink right up...

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:41:02 -0500, " jls" wrote:

In what context?

And what is the earliest powered composite homebuilt aircraft? I'm
thinking it's a Rutan Eze, but maybe there's something older.

As you say, "context". My vote is on the Jupiter J-1. 1959. Won at Rockford
for "Outstanding new design." Several layers of fiberglass were laid-up on a
flat sheet, then glued to a wing as the skin.

The Rand KR1 appeared at Oshkosh in 1972. Like the Jupiter, though, it's
primary structure was wood.

Varieze made its debut in June '75.

Ron Wanttaja