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  1. Taylor.S

    Heavily inspired ultralight

    Hi I have been working on a Ultralight design heavily inspired by the Sky Pup. I am not planning on building from someone else's plans even though it would probably be the wiser decision. The mission of the craft is to fly slowly on smallish (20) Hp, just flying on calm nights. The plan is to...
  2. Taylor.S

    wood single surface wings

    just a stupid question but is the a reason you cant make a single surface wing out of wood using full size ribs and such.
  3. Taylor.S

    wing area vs aspect ratio

    I've been thinking about low power ultralights recently. if you have 32 ft of wing span available, for a low power setting, is it better to have more wing area and a lower aspect ratio or lower wing area but higher aspect ratio. I'm sure there's an obvious answer but it hasn't occurred to me yet.
  4. Taylor.S

    Two axis sky dock

    Has anyone considered making a two axis sky dock i really like the design but i was wondering if you could make it a aircraft with out ailerons. it seems to be a very simple airplane to build.
  5. Taylor.S

    split foam fuselage.

    I have been working on a ultralight with a short fuselage in other threads. The plan is to make it with a sky pup type construction (foam with wood cap strips), is there a decent way to make the fuselage split behind the cockpit.
  6. Taylor.S

    12ft ultralight fuselage

    I have a 12ft trailer that i would like to store a home built ultralight in. I was thinking theoretically if you have the same length from the 25 percent chord line to the empennage as other ultralights, say 8 feet then add a 4 ft cockpit to make 12 ft. that seems sound to me but then again my...
  7. Taylor.S

    Sky pup

    Why is the fuselage of the sky pup covered in fabric
  8. Taylor.S

    Ultralight Biplanes

    Has anyone heard of any ultralight biplanes other than the hovey whing ding and the bloop.
  9. Taylor.S

    cheap engine and prop ideas

    Im designing a ultralight aircraft on a budget so my engine choices are very limited i think i am going to use two five horse direct drive chainsaw engine (unless you have any better ideas) what size prop should i use.
  10. Taylor.S

    Cheap ultralight wing coverings

    I have been designing and building a ultralight aircraft on a very small budget. I was wondering if i could use woven reinforced plastic sheeting to cover the wings but i would use pink foam to skin the rest of the aircraft...
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