looking for wood aircraft plans

Keep going Jess,

Just get the right wood as you need, take your time and enjoy the process. Make every piece a work of art and the wood cost will soon be forgotten.

have fun

Phil

Originally Posted by litespeed

Keep going Jess,

Just get the right wood as you need, take your time and enjoy the process. Make every piece a work of art and the wood cost will soon be forgotten.

have fun

Phil

thanks. I know its going to take a long time but I will injoy the building process. and thanks for the encouragement. joshua

You might look at the little brother of the F11 aircraft - The D9. Single seat low wing, great flight numbers and a long history. The build techniques would be similar to the techniques seen on my site.

F11A Falconar Sporty

Cheers!

thanks for the info. but I decided to build the minimax 103F. becuse I dont have a pilots license.and according to part 103 rules the aircraft cant weigh more than 254lbs thats y I decided to build the minimax 103F but thanks for your help I appreciate it

Being legally able to fly a part 103 ultralight without a license, does not mean you will not need flight training. You should at least get some lessons and get to a point where you and your instructor feel comfortable flying solo in some tail wheel airplane. Even so, the 103F is still going to be different to fly than what you train in. And you won't be able to get any duel in that one.

I know. I have some friends that are pilots that might teach me. and I have flight sim. that I can Practess on. and the takeoff speed is 26mph nice and slow to get used to the controls. its going to be awile tell its built so I have time for training

I think you're on a good path for your goal, Jess. I just ask that you don't sacrifice safety for the small cost difference between aircraft grade wood and hardware store wood.

hi I was looking into engines. and the engine is the last thing im going to buy but I was wondering what I could use. does any one know what the hp rpm and prop size reqirments are for the minimax 103f

the original minimax flown as several examples still do with rotax 277 but it was discontinued and now they found as replacement hirth 28 hp rotax is 27 hp but anythink between 25-30 will do just make sure that the engine is not over 70 lbs if you want meet the 254lbs mark good choice would be kawasaki 340 or rotax 277 ,if you are interested i have older set of ponymax drawings i can make you a copy and send it for free its basicly same as minimax except the fuselage is build out of aluminum tubing and its high wing ,but the plans are in metric system

no thanks. im going to stick to building the minimax. but thanks for the offer