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Arion Lightnings have a very simple forward tilting canopy arrangement. Two flat aluminum brackets between a couple of pieces of angle...

... which usually means that there is something not fully disclosed in the ad. BJC

That is 218 mph, and its Vd has to be at minimum 10% above that, 240 mph. Next, the guy on that video was citing a higher speed and...

I guess my first question would be, how do you plan to process the samples? Are you going to infuse, or wet layup vacuum bag? Whichever...

We use bronze bushings that we bond into Garolite reinforcing pads. We prepare the bushings by "threading" the OD on a lathe for good...

Use Phoenolic instead of brass as it will chemically bond Install bushings during layup, line up and then finish ream

I asked him on YT in a previous video what part of production planning he could go ahead with (since he mentioned production then too)...

You said it better (more nicely) than what I typed and erased a couple of hours ago. He's in Valdosta Georgia. The center of nowhere...

Yep. I think the market has moved on from that design. Too small for much of the target market

I wouldn’t touch it even at $100,000. BJC

Yeah, that's what we're doing to join the carbon RV wings to the aluminum stub spars, too. Each bronze bushing is potted into a slab of...

I examined the Hirth Trio prototype - at Hemet, California - circa 1996. It was one of a short-lived generation of three-surface...

We're in Morgantown, KY, if you want to come see how we build composite experimental aircraft. I manufacture the entire airframe for...

Anyone know what became of this aircraft? I was reading an old Sport Pilot issue where it was a big cover story, and I've never seen or...

HBA! I also like Paul Bertorelli's videos.