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On Feb 23, 12:40*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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On Feb 23, 4:55*am, Bertie the Bunyip
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William Hung wrote in
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZMJOS2VWaPU

I poste this video in RAH, thn thought some in RAP
might find it iteresing. *That second plane looks
a l
ot
like the

bumblebee, maybe

even smaller. *Would any of you fly it?

That's Ray Stits' Skybaby. It's in the EAA museum
AFAIK. I think it still holds the smallest airplane
( wingspan) record. there were a few homebuilders
that got involved in a ****ing contest for the
smallest aroun
d
that time.
He said it was a handful to fly. You can see that on
the takeoff. One of the biggest problems it had was
the ASI didn;'t work worth a damn because it wasn't
possible to get the pitot far enough away from the
prop wash..

Hey Bertie why didn't you build one of these:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TDmnjwbJrVM

Saw the first one at OSH many years ago. Pretty cool
machine. There's at least one that flew with two model
airplane jet engines! There's another youtube clip
somewhere

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Here are some photos of theCriCrijet...

http://www.amtjets.com/gallery_real_plain.html

How cool is that, eh? IIRC the takeoff roll is very long,
but once it's up and going it's fine.

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Bet it really turns heads on the ramp when you fire up
those engines!

How about four of 'em?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SHYXrqoS08o&feature=related

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Saw that, the guy's got balls.

I like theCriCri, once I get enough experience, I just might
get me one O'Dem.

Yeah, they are cool! There doesn't seem to be any plans
available anymore, though someone is selling copies on CD in
Ebay. I don't know

if there is some reason he decided no to sell them anymore.
Someone in RAH would know, I'm sure.

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Not sure of the details, but the way I heard it was that either
Zenith

or Zenair had the US or Canandian rights to the plans and were
selling

them and kits in the Americas. *Well, long story short, something
wa
s
changed in the plans, the glue used for the wing skin I think,
proved dealy and the US or Canadian lawsuit pu and end to
theCriCrifor the Americas deal. *They areabundant, relatively, in
France however.

My momory and my info may not be correct.

Sounds reasonable. I hadn't heard. Adhesive shouldn't be a problem
if the right stuff is used. God knows there are plenty of metal
airplanes glued together for a very long time!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cLCM...eature=related

Look at 3:29 Might be a Cri Cri derivative. *Very Nice. *Some other
'New Thinking' designs there as well. *Who said GA is dead?
*Certainly

not in Europe where they even have more restrictions than here in the
US.

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Also check out the AeroCar at 4:11. *Wow!

Yeah, it seems to be alive and well. None of them really appeal to me, I
want a Monocoupe!

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Think I saw a Merphy Rebel or something like it in there.

Wil