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  1. MaxLA

    Pilots say they’re being blamed for plane crashes that aren’t their fault

    You can, and she probably won't show up for the court date. That is cool because a default judgement will-- if not immediately then eventually-- be entered in your favor. But there is the small issue of enforcing the monetary judgement after you win...
  2. MaxLA

    Newly declassified photographs of UFOs released

    This one was seen "floating," and abruptly moving back and forth, and up and down in the skies of New Mexico on a moonless night. This one was photographed by an amateur photographer but never showed up on radar screens. This one could not be identified by government personnel performing...
  3. MaxLA

    It's possible to learn to fly on a homebuilt airplane?

    Does not look so uncomfortable to me. Just start in a BT not an AT.
  4. MaxLA

    It's possible to learn to fly on a homebuilt airplane?

    As I read it one of you need a LODA if someone is getting compensated. Other people on this board have received them without undue hassle or delay. My overly optimistic friend Polly Anna says the Feds are using LODAs to prevent for-hire-sightseeing-ops doing business as "fake" schools. In...
  5. MaxLA

    Most Beautiful Aircraft Ever Built

    I doubt the "reputation" meant anything. 5k Marauders were built vs. 2k Invaders. As the USAAF became the USAF they kept the Douglas A-26 / B-26 / A-26 which was two years more advanced in design and carried the same load at a 20% higher speed. Something that the nascent Air Force truly valued...
  6. MaxLA

    Most Beautiful Aircraft Ever Built

    The Baltimore Wh*** That's the thing. It was a very high performance airplane that very inexperienced young men were learning to fly very quickly so they could go fight in a very deadly war. So there were lots of training accidents-- but not all that much more than with other types-- and those...
  7. MaxLA

    Most Beautiful Aircraft Ever Built

    Some might say "most nostalgic" rather then "most beautiful," to me that is the same thing. The location is South Bass Island Ohio. The 352 foot Doric column just east of Put-In-Bay harbor was built in 1912 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Oliver Hazard Perry's defeat of the Royal Navy at...
  8. MaxLA

    It's possible to learn to fly on a homebuilt airplane?

    I thought RV-9s had flaps. My airplane has retractable gear, flaps, and a light blue knob. So it's "complex." But with 168 hp at max continuous power, it's a tad shy of "high performance." I know the FAA has made a lot of accommodations recently because of the dearth of complex singles, and...
  9. MaxLA

    It's possible to learn to fly on a homebuilt airplane?

    Mea culpa, when I obtained my certificates Third Class was the floor. Basic Med is newer and has lower standards, and I should have recognized that. Not that it matters, I agree with the logic that a person who is flying a Bensen B-8M over their own property, or a Piper Cub daytime VFR, should...
  10. MaxLA

    It's possible to learn to fly on a homebuilt airplane?

    I could have worded that better. Basic Med does indeed have a lower standard than Third Class, which is lower than Second Class, which is lower than First Class. Since every "step" allows a pilot to operate increasingly sophisticated aircraft. So one could hold Basic Med certification and have a...
  11. MaxLA

    It's possible to learn to fly on a homebuilt airplane?

    Not trying to pick nits but: "For operations provided for in § 61.23(b) of this part, a person shall not act as pilot in command, or in any other capacity as a required pilot flight crewmember, while that person knows or has reason to know of any medical condition that would make the person...
  12. MaxLA

    It's possible to learn to fly on a homebuilt airplane?

    With all due respect you linked a AOPA opinion. Itself a synopsis of (a) FAA regulation(s), not the FAA itself. But the AOPA page you linked has a link to an FAA FAQ page. This page, posted by the FAA, states in part: "Long-standing FAA regulation, § 61.53, prohibits all pilots — those who are...
  13. MaxLA

    It's possible to learn to fly on a homebuilt airplane?

    If one has a reason to believe they cannot pass a flight physical, they cannot fly per FAA regulations. Fortunately, the world is full of "ignorant" people and it is rarely possible to separate willful ignorance from the mundane form of ignorance. :) Just don't ever use an AME as your physician.
  14. MaxLA

    It's possible to learn to fly on a homebuilt airplane?

    It's possible to learn to fly on a homebuilt airplane? I'm planning on doing just that with my quarter scale Bachem Ba-349 replica. And it's not just because there is no living person who has experience flying one. How hard could it be? I won't have to learn how to takeoff or land. Just how to...
  15. MaxLA

    Peter Sripol Well he's at it again

    The only autogyro I've flown was a Bensen B-8M with an overhead stick connected directly to the non-rotating plate. The "cylic" (that may not be the correct term) hung down from the hub and all the control inputs were opposite to that on a helicopter. To climb you push forward, to descend pull...
  16. MaxLA

    Runways? We don't need no stinkin' runways!

    My guess is that the generous amount of dihedral in the Lake exists for lateral, (anti-)roll stability. It is important that the airplane remain level in critical stages of flight. Making rudder turns is one aspect of that. There are a few two-axis control aircraft designs (rudder and elevators...
  17. MaxLA

    Runways? We don't need no stinkin' runways!

    In all the aircraft that I have personally flown the pilot must add power, or elevator, or both when making an aileron turn. That is because in most aircraft moving the ailerons changes your wing's chord. And that results in a higher AOA, increased lift, and more induced drag to the wing...
  18. MaxLA

    Runways? We don't need no stinkin' runways!

    Someone in BC (IIRC) modified Gooses (Geese?) with retractable wing tip floats like the Catalina and waterproof cargo doors so they could carry barrels up in the bush.
  19. MaxLA

    Runways? We don't need no stinkin' runways!

    If you figure that a four-place, all metal landplane, like a Cessna 172RG is at the low end of the required maintenance spectrum, the Lake is more intensive. If you live out in the sticks and have to maintain the airfield in addition to the airplane, maintaining the Lake is less intensive. I...
  20. MaxLA

    Runways? We don't need no stinkin' runways!

    By a chart in the LA-4A POH, the maximum demonstrated 90 degree crosswind component is 9 mph. This is also the FAA minimum (20% Vso) required per the Airplane Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-3C). [Apparently, I am not allowed to link it.] At 45 degrees the chart says it works out to 12 mph, 18 mph...
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