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  1. Justin Case

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    There are Peters operating all over the place right now, people who, like him, hold a massively bloated sense of competence and self-esteem, combined with a view of their chosen industry as a den of incompetent thieves. They haunt social media, and they have legions of young, inexperienced fans...
  2. Justin Case

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    Exactly. A partially external linkage system would indicate a focus on flying. A home brew FBW is going to bog down in months of tinkering...that is really in the realm of fantasy.
  3. Justin Case

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    In the YouTube comments, RaptorAircraft wrote:
  4. Justin Case

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    “Instead of focusing on people” Okay. Sorry, didn’t know that was against the rules. In school and OJT, I was taught that it was smart to be aware of human factors, especially the consistently repeating kind.
  5. Justin Case

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    So, what part of the post is incorrect? how is the “director of engineering” at the same time the “composite lackey”? Darn titles, people tend to accept them as having some explanatory value. Is it pure coincidence that both firms fall under the same type of (apparently correct) criticism of...
  6. Justin Case

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    I just stumbled across a thread about Revelation Aerospace. It appears to be starting out in much the same way as this thread, with experienced people challenging the math used in the initial claims, then asking “if they got this math wrong, what else is wrong?”, and then backlash from persons...
  7. Justin Case

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    Again, as a mere observer from the fringes, it looks to me like the respect offered to test pilots, combined with selective hearing by the builder, is creating yet another dramatic chapter in the Raptor saga. We now have three separate channels of information, and they are not in agreement with...
  8. Justin Case

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    This thread is full of quality observation on design, construction, management, finance and a variety of other topics germane to the Raptor project. It has been offered free of charge, largely without snark but rather, it appears, mostly with genuine concern for the life and limb of pilots, the...
  9. Justin Case

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    The molds might be useful, perhaps, if no serious aerodynamic flaw was found with the flight surfaces. I watched the model testing videos. I am not so sure. As a thought experiment, if someone handed me the project, I’d dig out the CAD files for the RC model and build several. I’d re-start the...
  10. Justin Case

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    It is very tough to admit failure. It’s even tougher to admit that you have none of the requisite skills to contribute to your own brainchild. If, say, the project was rescued and re-founded by someone with sufficient resources, and a worthy team was assembled, what aspects of the current...
  11. Justin Case

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    Yes, it is a striking amount of overconfidence. What bothers me is that, because the project is “open source” to thousands of similarly uninformed individuals, few commenters realize that it has already failed in that it has gone far over schedule without coming close to performance goals...
  12. Justin Case

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    Hello all. I usually lurk, but I hope no one minds my 2 cents worth. I work in the flying model aircraft industry, and I have found this forum to be a great source of knowledge in many different areas. I have followed the Raptor for about two years now. I watched all the videos and read the...
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