Metal vs Wood (T2 vs VP)

Bruce King has a really nice flying design based on an upgraded Hummel.

It started of off as a $5K, but increases in the cost of aluminum have
run the build cost up a bit. $7K would be pretty close.

The bubble canopy does too, but it flies so much better it's worth it.

The prototype was a little weak kneed, the gear almost retracted on a
hard landing. But that seems to be corrected now.

It performs very well on an 1835.



http://www.bkfliers.com/

BK1 a new design to carry up to 6' 4" 250lb pilot, 30 lbs of baggage 130
mph for 400 miles with an hour reserve. Can be built from scratch for
under $10K. Pre-made components are in the future plans
Tri-Gear and Electric Start coming on Production Plans Model
Flown 1200 miles to Oshkosh 2005-10 flight hours-2 fuel stops-33 MPG,
also flown to Sun-N-Fun 2006 and Oshkosh 2006