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    ...perhaps some inspiration for your next project... The company had a video in the demonstration hall of the orange UAV being launched. It uses a JATO-type arrangement. No mention of how it's recovered. Unfortunately, no thrust figures on that board. ...I'm thinking triple the...
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    wrong eze

    Good point. After nearly a decade working in the ME I've gotten used to a world where they generally do things the wrong way. I never considered the idea that they may have gone through the proper channels.
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    wrong eze

    It's a UAV. ...but, more importantly, I think Burt Rutan may want to have a talk with these guys...:whistle:
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    wrong eze

    'caught the Dubai Airshow the other day and have some cool aircraft pictures but my favorite aircraft was this one: ...wait a minute ...I think I've seen this somewhere before?.?.. :ponder:
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    8 cylinder VW?

    This...is the setup that I've pondered for years. Two, in-line, with a common drive system (not a common crankshaft) and a clutch or sprag release drive system that would allow an individual engine to "get you home." Maybe I'm being naive here (I usually am) but two belts to one common...
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    Environmental issues with a wood airplane...

    I think I could watch that video a thousand times and not get tired of it! So beautiful! One of the biggest falacies of aviation and aviation training is the classic "high pressure-low pressure, basic airfoil instruction" diagram. It's so single-focus and limited when it really comes to what...
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    Environmental issues with a wood airplane...

    Ironically enough (you mention the "CBR600F3") it's Honda that is the biggest champion of ''designed flex technology." I agree with you. I've ridden and raced just about every brand of motorcycle (including racing Suzuki, Honda, Ducati, MZ and Guzzi) and the Honda F2-600 (identical chassis to...
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    Environmental issues with a wood airplane...

    I was thinking the same; based on my own experience with motorcycles. When I was a kid, "making" a fast motorcycle (these days you just go buy one) that handled [marginally] well involved gusseting. We were welding braces around the steering head, the swingarm pivot points, the swingarm itself...
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    Environmental issues with a wood airplane...

    Well, that's encouraging...and also very amusing. I can appreciate a story about a well-built classic aircraft: One of my favorite museums is Pensacola. When it came to era's of aviation; my interests [used to] end at around 1939. Anything older than that was boring to me. On one of my visits...
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    Environmental issues with a wood airplane...

    Thanks for the info! Any idea where these two aircraft are based?
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    Environmental issues with a wood airplane...

    Nice job on the explanation Orion. I'm have a grease monkey background and consider a sledge hammer to be a precision instrument, so I do appreciate a detailed, mechanical explanation (that actually makes sense). I am looking at buying plans for an RW-19 Ragwing Stork and have a few questions...
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