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Texas Parasol Plans...
Rec.Aviation.Homebuilt special...
Eventually, these will be made available to everybody on Matronics, but for the time being they are posted at http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tp-1/ just for the nice boys and girls of RAH and RAU. Enjoy... Richard |
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now here is a perfect example of what I am looking for. free plans, a design
that looks like it could allow a number of different engines, both two stroke and four, both aircraft and automotive AND other. my only complaint with it is that the weight loads are tight. looks like a great grasshopper type plane, with the possibility of using it for a bit more. now to find a similar design with a higher payload and room for an extra seat. "Richard Lamb" wrote in message ink.net... Rec.Aviation.Homebuilt special... Eventually, these will be made available to everybody on Matronics, but for the time being they are posted at http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tp-1/ just for the nice boys and girls of RAH and RAU. Enjoy... Richard |
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Texas Parasol Plans...
Bigger, faster, MORE!
They are never satisfied :-) ================= Leon McAtee |
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Texas Parasol Plans...
Bigger, faster, MORE!
They are never satisfied :-) ================= Leon McAtee |
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"Tater Schuld" wrote: now here is a perfect example of what I am looking for. free plans, a design that looks like it could allow a number of different engines, both two stroke and four, both aircraft and automotive AND other. my only complaint with it is that the weight loads are tight. looks like a great grasshopper type plane, with the possibility of using it for a bit more. now to find a similar design with a higher payload and room for an extra seat. Tater, OK, you want to fly inexpensively. And, you've deduced that rolling your own is one way to (possibly) reduce expenses. And, you've stuck around here and maintained your composure in the face of some snotty comments from some of the so-called participants here. Great. I may have missed it, but I haven't seen you state your "mission profile." Your comments above are a good beginning, but flesh it out a little. Doing so may help get you further suggestions. It may help you to make a list of your objectives, including total cost, time line, skill set you have or are willing to acquire (kit vs. plans-built), material preference (i love composite planes but wouldn't want to build one), speed, range, payload, etc. ad infinitum. Put down every thing you can think of, and then start sorting them out in order of relative importance. Then post the top five here, and see whether someone can pull a flying rabbit out of a hat for you. Also, as others have suggested, there are many ways to get into the air, including hang-gliding, soaring, powered parachutes, ultralights, renting, joining a club, etc. When someone offers suggestions like that, some feedback from you may help to narrow the field. If you *must* own your own "real" airplane, say so, and let's take it from there. The cost of flying doesn't just include the cost of the vehicle, it also includes obtaining training and possibly a PPL, and a host of fixed and per hour costs like fuel, storage, maintenance, insurance, etc. Don't underestimate the power of action. Research is great, but once you get started, magic happens. Join your local EAA chapter and go to meetings. Buy the magazines that show 200 kitplanes in one issue. Take a workshop or two. If you're going to build, start doing it on your kitchen table if you have to, with a file and a steak knife. If you wait until you have a 2500 square foot climate-controlled workshop with CNC machines and a $200,000 bank balance, you're going to be walking until you're dead. Start building, and things will happen that are completely beyond your control. |
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Texas Parasol Plans...
On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 15:14:18 GMT, Richard Lamb
wrote: Rec.Aviation.Homebuilt special... Eventually, these will be made available to everybody on Matronics, but for the time being they are posted at http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tp-1/ just for the nice boys and girls of RAH and RAU. Enjoy... Richard Got the wing spar design updated yet? Or are we trying to thin the herd? |
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Tater Schuld wrote:
now here is a perfect example of what I am looking for. free plans, a design that looks like it could allow a number of different engines, both two stroke and four, both aircraft and automotive AND other. my only complaint with it is that the weight loads are tight. looks like a great grasshopper type plane, with the possibility of using it for a bit more. now to find a similar design with a higher payload and room for an extra seat. Tater, despite what the America Bashing Third World (tm) thinks, ALL aircraft are similarly restrictive on weights. You simply can not pile on excess weight on any airplane and produce a successful flying machine. There have been some twos built this way, but they are restricted to Normal Category maneuvering limits. (That may change in the near future when Al Robinson finishes his Texas Pete - A side-by-side two seater with a much heavier built wing.) This is a great little baby buggy. Inexpensive to build and fly, a great flyer, and with a proven history. I offer it as an excellent choice for a first time build. Richard |
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clare at snyder.on.ca wrote:
On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 15:14:18 GMT, Richard Lamb wrote: Rec.Aviation.Homebuilt special... Eventually, these will be made available to everybody on Matronics, but for the time being they are posted at http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tp-1/ just for the nice boys and girls of RAH and RAU. Enjoy... Richard Got the wing spar design updated yet? Or are we trying to thin the herd? Nothing wrong with the wing, Clare. But there IS something wrong with trying to overload it like you guys did. The original agreement was that your fearless leader was to have a heavier wing designed (by a "real" aero engineer) to handle a heavier airplane. That was never done. So if you think you have a bitch coming, point it back north. Richard |
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On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:58:17 GMT, Richard Lamb
wrote: clare at snyder.on.ca wrote: On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 15:14:18 GMT, Richard Lamb wrote: Rec.Aviation.Homebuilt special... Eventually, these will be made available to everybody on Matronics, but for the time being they are posted at http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tp-1/ just for the nice boys and girls of RAH and RAU. Enjoy... Richard Got the wing spar design updated yet? Or are we trying to thin the herd? Nothing wrong with the wing, Clare. But there IS something wrong with trying to overload it like you guys did. The original agreement was that your fearless leader was to have a heavier wing designed (by a "real" aero engineer) to handle a heavier airplane. That was never done. So if you think you have a bitch coming, point it back north. Richard If built according to plans your wing will NOT withstand the G rating listed in your info - and even YOU did not fly YOUR plane built according to plans. The jury strut is also CRITICAL, and as designed is an accident waiting to happen. So answer the question - have you upgraded the plans? If the answer is no, everyone on the group is entitled to know the plane is dangerous as designed, but can relatively easily be made into a safe airplane. |
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Well, folks, there you have it.
The experts have again spoken. Clare, I can understand your anger. But it's misplaced. You got had. But not by me. I did everything I could to warn you guys. Although I wonder if Gary ever passed that on to you. He took a design with a 350 pound recommended empty weight and built something else. Beefed up fuselage structure, .065 wall spars (which did nothing to add strength - just cheaper), ALL METAL SKINS on the fuselage AND wing, and converted auto engines. What was the final weight you guys came up with? 550? 650? Empty! But the answer was always, "But that's the way we want it". So Gary offered to hired an engineer to design a wing compatible with your wants. But that gentleman died before finishing the work - and now it's MY problem? Sorry, guy. No way. That's why I finally bit down and asked you guys not to call it by the Texas Parasol or Chuckbird name. It's not - and you damned well know it. Those drawings are straight from my first parasol. And yes, I did fly it just as it is drawn, with the exception of using a VW on it rather than a Rotax. Rave if you must, Clare, but there are several dozen of these planes _flying_ for over 20 years now. Doc, who has been the test pilot on almost all of these, had over 650 hours on his "Lucky Lady" when the airfield changed hands and he quit. Doc loved to play acro with it. Loops (well, tall skinny ones), spins, rolls. I'll trust my life to his test work because I've seen what he can do with it. As for you "analysis"? So far we've seen NO structural failures, and only one fatality - on a first flight, ran out of gas and spun it in. (I can't tell you how hard that was to deal with.) Changing the subject only a bit... I went out to Kitty Hawk Airfield last weekend to look at a CGS Hawk I was hoping to buy. The fellow I met with (Don) was very knowledgeable about the design - AND that particular airplane. I'm very impressed with Chuck's design, but I walked (ran?) away from this airplane. A few years ago some fool decided the plane needed more power and mounted an 80 hp Rotax 912 on it. (anybody here familiar with the Hawk?). On the first takeoff, the engine twisted plumb off the mount, cut the tailboom off and (obviously) crashed, killing the pilot. Don was very up-front and honest about it - and the condition of the rebuilt machine. The tailboom was extended, the nose also, and a Rotax 582 installed. It weighs well over 350 pounds. But many of the other local "experts" call it a POS death trap. Unfortunately, it is still refered to as a CGS Hawk - and I'll bet my bottom dollar that Chuck S absolutely hates that. Just about the same way I feel about what you fellows have done. Disgusted, Richard |
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