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    Steps to design an airplane

    Dustin....go to the hobby shop and by an R/C kit like Cessna 172/182 and build...no ARFs. Fly it and then start building another wing desing to fit your fance...quicker/cheaper/less hostile/forgiving...and you can pull Gsss like youve never imagined...then progress to low wing/mid wing on a...
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    2 stroke engine @ 55% or 4 stroke at 80%, which is better?

    What are you guys talking about???...every pilot knows flying at 55% is FLYING....and that is all that matters, not hp, not TAS/CAS/IAS...just flying...like beer is one beer 55% or four beers? Tweetie
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    2 stroke engine @ 55% or 4 stroke at 80%, which is better?

    I have been flying a Quicksilver two seat with Rotax 582 for 15 years...never used Hirth, but I can truly say as to dependability...service/1,500hr TBO and maintenance couldnt be easier...I wouldnt even consider a Hirth..but Im biased. ...and that is 2.8gal/hr fuel consumption. Tweetie
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    New builder...but about finished with Glasair 1FT

    Glasair Project about 90 percent complete...looking for prop info/exhaust info. Input on prop size for Lycoming 0-320 E2D wide deck 160hp...is all over the place...form 76"dia 53" pitch to 70"dia 73"pitch...just want to get off the grass under 600 feet. And can I go to the muffler shop and buy...
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