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  1. JLT

    Wanted Jodel D11 Sheet 6

    Hi, I hope this will suit you. Jean-Louis
  2. JLT

    Happy New Year Everyone!

    Happy New Year to the whole community of those who ascend to the seventh heaven.:nervous: I was never disappointed when it was with a plane.:gig: And another advantage: no disease is transmitted by airplanes.:ban:
  3. JLT

    Aster'X family

    I would like to introduce you today, a funny bird, with a free wing in incidence; Aster'X Creation of my late friend : Rudy Nickel. Aster'X 001 is a mixed construction wood, metal, laminate. Wood for the support board. A T-shaped structure on which will be fixed, starting from the front: the...
  4. JLT

    Aircraft VW reliability - What have we learned?

    Hello, I remember a study on the chances of survival, in the event of engine failure, depending on the stall speed. The results were: Less than 60 km / h (30 knt) almost 100% At about 90 km / h (50 knt) 50 - 50 More than 120 km / h (65 knt) practically zero. The conclusion, without appeal, for...
  5. JLT

    Aircraft VW reliability - What have we learned?

    Hello everyone and best wishes for this new year. I give you my experience of forty years of flying on amateur aircraft. The first aircraft with a VW engine, which I used was a Fournier RF3 glider. The engine was supplied by Rectimo, a French company, based on VW type 1 of 1200 cc3. Wing Span...
  6. JLT

    Interesting Aircraft

    Pictures of the AS37 in first définition: Citroën GS 65 HP motor and propellers between two wings.
  7. JLT

    Interesting Aircraft

    I do not resist the pleasure of you speak about Stark AS37 constructed and finalized by my late friend Rudy Nickel. It is a plane of construction wood stuck, calculated at +/-10G. Two-seater side by side, the cabin is moved forward. The engine, at first a GS Citroën of 65 CV, which delivers an...
  8. JLT

    Aileron Reflex

    I flew a lot on the Aster x created by Rudy Nickel and which has the particularity of having a high wing, equipped with a self-stable profile, mounted on pivot. The wing, unlike that of the Spratt, does not function as a differential, the roll is assured by conventional ailerons. I live in...
  9. JLT

    Interesting Aircraft

    Hi Matthew, Just a small correction: the wing is built in two parts for facilitate construction and transport, but when Aster X is ready to flight the two halves wings ares looked and change their incidence simultaneously for pitch for roll we use classics ailerons. We had long discussions...
  10. JLT

    Interesting Aircraft

    I participated in the study, implementation and makes flight tests of the Aster family 'X of my late friend Rudy Nickel. Aster X I is a mixed construction wood, metal, laminate. Wood for the support board. A T-shaped structure on which will be fixed, starting from the front: The rudder pedals...
  11. JLT

    Interesting Aircraft

    Hi Some original planes. They are the work of Rudy Nickel and have the particularity of having the wing mounted on pivot like the spratt
  12. JLT

    Tandem wings aerodynamic reference data

    Hi The positioning of the CG takes place with respect to the focus of the aircraft, approximately 2 to 5% of the mean aerodynamic chord is placed in front of this focus. Whatever the airplane formula, flying wing, biplane, duck, the focal point is an invariant geometrical point, which does not...
  13. JLT

    The Sprat 103

    Hi sorry for my english, I'm french! I give you the information that I have read in the press. I can not guarantee its accuracy. I'm not involved in the spratt project. The crashed plane differed from the original by: Welds not conforming to the plans: requested TIG, using electric-arced...
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