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  1. jimrittinghouse

    MTOW heavy built affordaplane

    Was wondering if you increase the wingspan and beef up the spar (full length sleeve instead of just the attachment points as shown in the plans), plus use stainless steel wing attachment brackets instead of aluminum brackets ... for example 35' wingspan would provide an increase in lift/load...
  2. jimrittinghouse

    What's wrong with the Affordaplane?

    Sorry my friend, your assumptions are wrong. The A-plane uses AN hardware, load bearing points are sleeved, and there are currently many wing options the builder can select (foam, aluminum tubing, stamped aluminum (the choice in my build) and some builders are borrowing from other aircraft (like...
  3. jimrittinghouse

    FAA dropping detail from charts

    Wouldn't it make more sense for the FAA, and Garmin, to move the "filtered private airports" to an overlay option (a selectable layer) instead of removing them entirely?
  4. jimrittinghouse

    Any Affordaplane builders here?

    For more info, go to the Facebook group "Official Affordaplane Group" here is the link.
  5. jimrittinghouse

    Airfoil selection for an aircraft out there?

    Have you read the book GA Airfoils by Harry Riblett?
  6. jimrittinghouse

    Any Affordaplane builders here?

    A handful have flown in crosswinds up to about 10-12 knots. I learned to fly during the winter in Oklahoma and sure wouldn't push it much past that, but it's fairly docile below 7 knots crosswind, which is where I like to stay. But the nice thing is, with the A-plane you can land in a short...
  7. jimrittinghouse

    Any Affordaplane builders here?

    yes... affordaplane.com ... Official Affordaplane Group ... Affordaplane Ultralight Adventures ... https://www.youtube.com/c/HomebuiltHELP/videos ...https://www.patreon.com/homebuilthelp/posts enjoy the journey
  8. jimrittinghouse

    Any Affordaplane builders here?

    I'm fairly new to this site and am building the Affordaplane (my first personal build). I've seen a lot of negatives posted and much of it is unwarranted. Seems like truth is hard to find. I'm an old hat with some experience behind me (former USAF with experience in both fighters and bombers...
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