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  1. Algoa

    Engine Dyno Building

    Maybe elaborate on that a bit more for those of us who do not yet have a mental image of what you describe?
  2. Algoa

    Design for two place Adam A500?

    Well, until quite recently, that was the plan. The wife and I are about 90hrs into a Vision EX build. When finished it would be 46" wide with an O-320-B up front (see my sig) and would cruise at 170kts. The plan was to use it to fly to Honduras via Florida and Cuba. It would take 6hrs (plus 1...
  3. Algoa

    Design for two place Adam A500?

    Ok, I can see there is a pun there, but I don't get it... explain? Well, when it gets too cold up there, just remember that Houston/Galveston is at the same latitude as Tampa and is a whole lot cheaper, if you know what I mean... :beer:
  4. Algoa

    Design for two place Adam A500?

    There's a turbine SeaWind on TAP right now for $220K... all I need is for this lottery ticket to score... :)
  5. Algoa

    Design for two place Adam A500?

    You make very good points. I will likely spend similar amounts purchasing and adding glass to a 337 as I would building and outfitting a Defiant, plus I would flying 10 years sooner. If I abandon the idea of diesel when 100LL goes away and count the cost and trouble of having fuel delivered in...
  6. Algoa

    Design for two place Adam A500?

    Maybe... but I don't think that design is anything more than line drawings.
  7. Algoa

    Design for two place Adam A500?

    I repeat, this is entirely rhetorical and is meant for education only. That is why I also said "Let's take the 337 disassembly to the absurd" I was asking what the FAA would do viz-a-viz the airworthiness certificate as an exercise in how the FAA determines things like that. I was not asking...
  8. Algoa

    Design for two place Adam A500?

    Disclaimer: This is entirely rhetorical and is meant for education only. Let's take the 337 disassembly to the absurd: suppose a person were to take a 337 completely apart, make CAD drawings of each piece (including the rivet holes), have them CNC cut from new sheet, and then assembled a new...
  9. Algoa

    Design for two place Adam A500?

    Yeah, thought it was a stretch.... $350K is too rich for my blood. http://www.velocityaircraft.com/images/Budget%20Sheet.pdf The Defiant is more in my ballpark. I guess I'll just fish around for plans or a partially completed specimen.
  10. Algoa

    Design for two place Adam A500?

    While I am taking something apart, I wonder if the FAA would grant an EA/B airworthiness cert if, for my own amusement (recreation/education), I disassembled a 337 into a kit (ie 51% of the rivets removed), fabricated some new pieces, made some custom mods (like more fuel capacity) and hung a...
  11. Algoa

    Design for two place Adam A500?

    My original comment really gave the wrong impression. What I was trying to convey is that a conventional twin is a handful when an engine goes out and like most humans I will in all likelihood struggle to maintain proficiency if the task is difficult. It's like working out... people know they...
  12. Algoa

    Design for two place Adam A500?

    I have no intention of not staying current, my real concern is staying proficient at landing an aircraft with lots of yaw going on. Let me rephrase my original statement: "Because of the inherent difficulties, I will be reticent to practice engine-out landings in a conventional twin as often...
  13. Algoa

    Design for two place Adam A500?

    The fact that Rutan stopped selling plans after just 18 months and 176 sets is also a major reason for there not being many of them. I would likely go ahead with a Defiant if I could get a set of plans. I know there was another project called the Open-EZ/Twin that was a Defiant knockoff, but...
  14. Algoa

    Design for two place Adam A500?

    I considered the 337 but it has one major drawback... it is type certified. A major consideration in flying south is the limited availability of avgas at airports. Even now, many only have JetA and as 100LL goes out of production and the PAFI substitute rolls out I have serious concerns over...
  15. Algoa

    Design for two place Adam A500?

    I am in need of a fast two place CLT twin design for a very particular mission but am unable to find plans for one. I guess I’ll just have to design it myself… uh, somehow… Mission: My wife and I are SEL pilots and avid scuba divers. We are setting up a retirement home on the Honduran island...
  16. Algoa

    Automatic mechanical propeller (Aeromatic)

    Maybe a 30-day crowdfunding campaign on kickStarter or Indiegogo would do the trick.
  17. Algoa

    This tool could revolutionize scratchbuilding

    This doesn't seem like CNC to me... more like CNG, Computer Numerical Guidance. It appears that the device itself doesn't move around on it own at all, but that the router can move within the device an inch or so in any direction. It relies on the operator to push it around while keeping the...
  18. Algoa

    Why so few V-Tails?

    Why do so few designs have V-tails? To my simple mind they look like they would weigh less and have 1/3 less wetted area.
  19. Algoa

    Building in a tiny workshop? (Zenith 750)

    Yup. "Necessity is the mother of invention" and what you need is some necessity!
  20. Algoa

    Thatchers Vaccuform canopy mold- How does it work?

    Via vacuum bag? That cradle with the pipe sure doesn't look air tight so I don't think this is a 'pull thru' type vacuum bed.
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