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    Single or double place, retractable, conventional twin

    I know this is a particularly touchy design already, but what if I scaled up a CriCri some 10% or something and used a pair of Verner Scarlett Mini 5 engines. These are 35hp and 57lbs according to their website. Could be a powerful package
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    Single or double place, retractable, conventional twin

    If you are asking this question of me, I did not propose a pressurized aircraft. That was a suggestion brought by Autoreply in response to the OP. I do not intend to build a pressurized airplane
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    Single or double place, retractable, conventional twin

    I've seen what composites can do, but wouldn't a project of this magnitude require an autoclave and a mess of crazy equipment to be done correctly? I have spent many many hours researching composite structures, but couldn't really get a handle on how it's done when it comes to designing and...
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    Single or double place, retractable, conventional twin

    Hit the nail right on the head with that one, Battson. Autoreply has an excellent point. But aside from build cost and time, a four seater would be considerably wider than a single or even a tandem double. Remember, this should be a pretty quick airplane. I have zero experience with composites...
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    Single or double place, retractable, conventional twin

    Those are excellent questions. I am not an engineer in the slightest...(I barely made it through business calculus) so that's why I appeal to the more suitable minds on this forum! I edited the original post to a single place design only, being realistic on weight issues. I am a multi pilot, so...
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    Single or double place, retractable, conventional twin

    Hi all, Thoughts on designing a single place retractable taildragger twin? The mission criteria are speed, endurance, and comfort. No expectations of short field performance. This is a traveling airplane. I was thinking something with a pair of UL260i engines, which would burn about...
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    New member .. pilot and builder

    An excellent observation...one that I failed to make for some reason :/
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    New member .. pilot and builder

    Jason, have you made any further attempts/had any successes with digging up further information on the 309?
  9. 6

    CEA-309 Mehari Aerobatic Aircraft

    Tried to write them in 2012...never heard back. It seems they are rather protective of the design, as they should be. Looks like a great platform for an aerobatic monster
  10. 6

    experimental help

    Why not build a DR109? Two seats, pretty quick and stable, and capable of more aerobatics than you will be able to handle in the first few years of ownership seeing as you don't have your ticket yet. A similar bird would be the Laser Z2300. Or you could convince your lady to learn to fly and...
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    Priced raw mtrls lately?

    First of all..."Turd Ferguson...it's a funny name" lol made my night! Second, that is an excellent tip! I will have to look into that this week
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    Priced raw mtrls lately?

    Would probably help to buy a set of plans, I suppose
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    Ugliest Aircraft Ever Build

    I'm fortunate enough to have a father that really enjoyed some great tv shows when he was growing up in the 60s/70s. We have Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea on DVD and I dig it! Exponentially more entertaining than learning about whatever is going on with the Kardashians, that's for certain...
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    Priced raw mtrls lately?

    Hi gang, Has anybody priced out the cost of raw materials (4130 tubing) for a Pitts fuselage lately? One of my chapter members has a tig rig and I'm getting anxious to start welding an airplane together! (We have lots of other necessary tools, I assure you). Given that I have yet to strike it...
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