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David L. Downey
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Great. A bunch of lawyers and financiers (you don't get appointed as top dog bureaucrat if you are not playing their game) are going... -
Apparently so....full scale replica ME-163 glider: Doing it as a glider or jet gets you away from that pesky Z-Stoff and T-Stoff...
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David L. Downey reacted to AndyCapp's post in the thread BD-5 - Why is it so engrained in our psyches? with
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Hi Gents, I own and fly a BD5-B for the past two years as well as a Mooney M20j. See photographs. It is powered by a Rotax 582, 65hp... -
David L. Downey replied to the thread Wooden aircraft and crash safety.Of course some of that optimization may not be possible if the design is compression crippling or buckling critical...that's where TLAR...
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Blanks intended for longerons and wing spars used to be aircraft "certified" Nobody wants to stick their neck out anymore. Yes, most...
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David L. Downey replied to the thread Wooden aircraft and crash safety.If you are willing to make many trips to the local "lumber yard" you can still find nice wood that meets the criteria to fly. Many times...
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David L. Downey reacted to Dan Thomas's post in the thread Wooden aircraft and crash safety with Like.
Sitka is the ideal stuff. It's light and it's strong and it doesn't splinter easily and it takes glue well. Its chief drawback is its...
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Once upon a time will be in a few minutes... when I fire up Ole Piet and takeoff from the grass circle directly into the 10 mph wind on...
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David L. Downey reacted to WBNH's post in the thread BD-5 - Why is it so engrained in our psyches? with Like.
:rolleyes: Hmmm, maybe. Less boxy, to be sure. But to me, the BD-5 is to the SubSonex what this pic is to a real Spit. Or a Pug...
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David L. Downey reacted to Dana's post in the thread BD-5 - Why is it so engrained in our psyches? with Like.
But in a beauty contest, the BD-5 wins every time.
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David L. Downey replied to the thread BD-5 - Why is it so engrained in our psyches?.Any chance your friend was Roger Mellema? Very nice guy. RIP
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David L. Downey replied to the thread BEDE's Hidden thus Forgotten design - SUPER DEMOISELLE.There used to be a way to reproduce blueprints, you know, the all blue fields with white lines. Have you contacted the air force museum...
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David L. Downey reacted to Pops's post in the thread BD-5 - Why is it so engrained in our psyches? with Like.
Been an airplane lover since watching the bi-planes sky writing over the city where we lived when I was about 6 years old at the end of...
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David L. Downey reacted to Gregory Perkins's post in the thread Aluminum Tube & Gusset Airbike / Legal Eagle / Parasol Thread with Like.
The pictures of the airframe are 4 or 5 messages previously here refered to as novel tube design. That is the Nomad Airframe that has...
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