Wherever you will be attaching a carbon fiber piece to aluminum, bond a couple plies of fiberglass over the carbon, as carbon will corrode...
The DoD put out a Request For Proposal about a decade ago for an aircraft design that could be dropped from a C-130 or similar aircraft and would...
Oh, there’s supposed to be a step there above the front gear attach! The guy who built my friend’s Cygnet must have whacked his knee on it one...
If you read Ralph’s book, you gain quite an appreciation for just how unlikely it is that his replica was completed and flew: she’s worth more...
Wow! Bogdan Wozowicz sure made his wings a LOT lighter than the original BKB, which had heavy sitka spars and plywood skins, and a lot of heavy...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here's Joe, about 30 years ago. He started this project in the early 70's. The wheel pants are made from spun...
There was a Yahoo Group devoted to this engine, run by a gal in the SW desert. Yahoo made some changes and the moderator decided she'd had...
Customs shouldn't be an issue, especially if the parts are US origin, and parts are rarely scrutinized like complete aircraft are. I've crossed...
Wouldn’t a nylon rope be lighter than a wire? That what modern sloop sailboat mainsails use. That C channel would have to pretty stiff though,...
My 3/4 scale Curtiss Hawk P6E was designed and built by Joe Locasto in Santa Clara, CA. He said that he should have gone with 70% or 80% because...
You’re adding a lot a unnecessary weight and complexity to your “ultralight” by adding flaps. Why not choose a more appropriate airfoil and add a...
Years ago, I painted a WAR FW-190 for a guy, Luftwaffe #71 dark green. I liked the color so much, I painted my ‘80 Toyota pickup that color....
The radial engine has a relatively higher power to weight ratio than a water cooled 2T. The only reason it fell out of favor was because most...
The late Martin Holmann of Aircraft Designs, Inc. performed a structural analysis, FEA, and flutter analysis on Happy’s design and worked out all...
It’s almost funny how little effort people put into trying to sell their homebuilts: no photo, no numbers...and so you respond and learn there’s...
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