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    Can wood be trusted?

    Thats funny. And I have to say that If I landed at KAST and they tried that, then they would have a bit of trouble collecting the money from me. Astoria Regional Airport, Airport Identifier KAST - Airport Procedures & Diagrams for Astoria Regional Airport KAST 100' X 5796' asphalt runway =...
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    Can wood be trusted?

    I'll leave the engineering type of answers to those that know such things and give an anecdotal answer, sometimes these answers are the most compelling after all. WWI planes were all made of wood and fabric, and while many people were killed in them I believe the reason had more to do with...
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    "Anti-Homebuilt" Pilots

    I neither agree with, nor fully understand the anit-homebuilt attitude. In the above comments there were some good points made however they failed to address the question of home built VS certified. A pilot with 5000 hrs in a KC10 and another 5000 in a Delta DC10 may not know anything about...
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    Roadable aircraft

    About the only way I can think to move that thing with the wings on the ground would be to remove them and trailer them with the wing surfaces horizontally. The structure is clearly very light, so if the wings are vertical then any gust of wind, like say a truck passing by, would make the...
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    Build outdoors?

    and i agree, but a temp. structure is a step up from outside. outside there would definatly be a problem with wind and rain etc.
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    Build outdoors?

    im sure its possible, but dealing with the corrosion might be a hassle. i would consider a double car carport http://www.coolhouseplans.com/details.html?pid=chp-29830&FoundID=4&sid=chp1 here are plans for a 620 sq ft carport, complete the sides down to the ground and throw up a front and back...
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    Roadable aircraft

    mmm a cobra kind of thing. like an O-2 with a single pusher running off of a PTO type of system getting its power from the shelby cobra 'pod' that could be disconnected and driven away cool. sign me up
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    Roadable aircraft

    well then what about classifying the road portion as a kit car. would that allow for some relaxation in DoT regs. I don't know much about kit cars, so I don't know if there is an equivelant to the 51% rule there. but perhaps the flying car could be sold as the chassis and wheels etc needing to...
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    Historical cousins

    ahh two of my favorite. i may have even worked on that very B 52 at Minot once upon a time. never thought i'd say it but i miss those old BUFFs :( wonder if they'd let me back in
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    "Anti-Homebuilt" Pilots

    well if we threw LSA rules out the window, and i think we should for this discussion, then there was recently a competition for the first civilian built and operated space craft to carry a human in to space. homebuilt anyone. the T-51 mustang from Titan looks real nice with 190 top end and 38...
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    piper cub about to begin

    I have never hand propped, dont guess its too difficult in the mechanics of it, mags on and spin it around. really just seems like a pain in the butt. i imagine that the engine may or may not start real easily. Have you ever had a car that just didn't like to start on a cold day? now imagine...
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    New Builder and New Member

    i guess theres a few of us out here
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    piper cub about to begin

    how do you feel about hand proping and rigging a generator to power your radio.
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    "Anti-Homebuilt" Pilots

    Well I guess thats why we have insurance for one, local law enforcment for two, and a 12 GA for three. but in all reality how would this clown even know a home built if he saw one. RVs are among the most popular and yet they dont look 'home made' and what about things like the EZ series...
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    New Builder and New Member

    http://lightminiatureaircraft.com/ the LMA site. I am also building an LMA super cub 100% in wood. I am sure it comes out heavier than the rag and tube version, but for me at least I am familiar with wood construction and attempting to weld anything would be a lot of fun to watch. And...
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    Same Design - Different Materials

    LMA also offers their line of kits/plans in wood. Planes like the super cub etc. I guess they have been in the bussiness for some time. I don't know if it constitutes 'history' but yes it has been done.
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    cardboard and duct tape airplane

    Its a shame though isn't it. I mean that this paper airplane thing is the exact spirit that led to powered heavier than air flight in the first place, and now some how a hundred years later GA should feel threatened by the very spirit that gave birth to it to begin with. Now don't take that as...
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    cardboard and duct tape airplane

    Re: Paper is Heavy And your hobby is building and flying full scale paper airplanes?? perhaps his hobby is oragami. I don't envision him building a C310 or even a J3, but rather something much more in line with an open struture ultra light type of thing. While I wouldn't do it, I just...
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    Boeing aircraft-Very very funny

    I tend to agree with you here. However I wasn't even aware this was going on. I was at work, 90 miles away and as such its hard to say that I stood by idle as this happened. They arrested him in seattle, 150 miles from where I live. While I did very very seriously consider just showing up at...
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    Boeing aircraft-Very very funny

    My daughter DID get raped by a guy that held a knife to her throat. She did not bring it on herself, she was not carrying a weapon. This guy, illegal alien I might add for what its worth, pulled up to her in a car as she was walking home from the park, forced her in the car and raped her for two...
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