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sailplane, cheap and easy
What would be the need for a medium performance sailplane that can be built
for under $1500 and in less than 200 hours? No carbon fiber, no fiberglass. Not a hang glider nor foot launched. Please don't laugh. This is entirely practical in my shop. What I'm asking is, is there a need and a market for this. I do not plan to manufacture this plane but I would sell plans. Thanks |
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sailplane, cheap and easy
Medium performance these days is a sailplane with 35-1 L/D at 50
knots. For $1500.00 and 200 hours of build time? I would buy one - if there was a safe and thoroughly tested proof of concept - BUT it will never happen. Mike On Oct 27, 10:11 pm, "Sleepy" u38628@uwe wrote: What would be the need for a medium performance sailplane that can be built for under $1500 and in less than 200 hours? No carbon fiber, no fiberglass. Not a hang glider nor foot launched. Please don't laugh. This is entirely practical in my shop. What I'm asking is, is there a need and a market for this. I do not plan to manufacture this plane but I would sell plans. Thanks |
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"Sleepy" u38628@uwe wrote in message news:7a592e3ce1702@uwe...
What would be the need for a medium performance sailplane that can be built for under $1500 and in less than 200 hours? No carbon fiber, no fiberglass. Not a hang glider nor foot launched. Please don't laugh. This is entirely practical in my shop. What I'm asking is, is there a need and a market for this. I do not plan to manufacture this plane but I would sell plans. Thanks What do you consider "medium performance?" 30 to 1 at 50 mph? What materials are you going to use in the sailplane's construction? I have a lot more question. I would have emailed you directly if you had provided an email address. Do you have a name? You must be trawling. Wayne HP-14 "6F" http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder |
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Hi Wayne, Yes 28 -30 at 45 -50. My email is: sleepy AT ovaltrackdigest dot
com (disguised as the forum recommends). Presently I live in Florida but I will be going to Texas as soon as my house/shop sells. Maybe a month or two. I'll be more than happy to email or tel with you. There is a lot to explain about the Firebelle. It is unconventional in some ways. That is what makes it practical for the price and time to build. I would like to hear from you. Oh, my anytime tel is 863-899-0656. Thanks Sleepy Wayne Paul wrote: What would be the need for a medium performance sailplane that can be built [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] this. I do not plan to manufacture this plane but I would sell plans. Thanks What do you consider "medium performance?" 30 to 1 at 50 mph? What materials are you going to use in the sailplane's construction? I have a lot more question. I would have emailed you directly if you had provided an email address. Do you have a name? You must be trawling. Wayne HP-14 "6F" http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder -- Message posted via http://www.aviationkb.com |
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On Oct 27, 10:11 pm, "Sleepy" u38628@uwe wrote:
What would be the need for a medium performance sailplane that can be built for under $1500 and in less than 200 hours? No carbon fiber, no fiberglass. Not a hang glider nor foot launched. Please don't laugh. This is entirely practical in my shop. What I'm asking is, is there a need and a market for this. I do not plan to manufacture this plane but I would sell plans. Thanks You have my attention. I think the market is limited. But, you make it a 2 seater and you really have something very badly needed by US soaring clubs. Have you seen http://www.hartaero.com/turkeybuzzard.html Not "really" available yet and not really the performance needed but it is affordable. Anything that is going to appeal to glider drivers is going to have to have proven design, engineering, stress analysis, and flight testing behind it. Difficult to do it all and still be affordable. Someone will eventually do it why not you? Lets hear more. Matt Michael |
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On Oct 28, 12:11 am, "Sleepy" u38628@uwe wrote:
What would be the need for a medium performance sailplane that can be built for under $1500 and in less than 200 hours? No carbon fiber, no fiberglass. Not a hang glider nor foot launched. Please don't laugh. This is entirely practical in my shop. What I'm asking is, is there a need and a market for this. I do not plan to manufacture this plane but I would sell plans. Thanks Stan Hall did this 40 years ago. It's called the Cherokee 2. You would be hard pressed to better with less. Simple wood structure with no fancy materials(douglas fir instead of sitka spruce) ,no welding, etc. Designed for a high school kid with more time than money- paraphasing his words. Satn also commented that you can make it quick, or cheap- but not both. In any case, a study of what Stan did is a textbook example of how to go about making a cheap, simple glider. Tony C.- want to ring in on this? UH |
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How much would you have to increase complexity, cost, build time, to
make a Firebelle 2 seater? Please consider it. MM |
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It would be another project. The wings and tail feathers would be the same
but there would be quite a bit to re working the fuselage. Practical, yes. Time to do....... SLEEPY wrote: How much would you have to increase complexity, cost, build time, to make a Firebelle 2 seater? Please consider it. MM -- Message posted via AviationKB.com http://www.aviationkb.com/Uwe/Forums...aring/200710/1 |
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