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  1. datadriver

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    Totally agree, just pointing out that you are not going to get a Raptor for $130k unless you are dumpster diving for audis the way PM did.
  2. datadriver

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    Except for the totally different materials used, control systems, lack of sparrow strainer on canard, and on and on and on.
  3. datadriver

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    PM's business plan was to sell $130k Raptors to the unwashed masses. You can't do that with a certified A/C engine.
  4. datadriver

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    One example: for wiring ducts he just bought a bunch of big plastic tubes from the hardware store. That's 10 pounds at least right there. There are lighter alternatives.
  5. datadriver

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    Alan Shaw had a company in Melbourne years ago called "Dynamic Wing". They built over 200 sets of wings/canards for Velocity back during the golden days (1990s). I have a set of Alan's wings on my own project. Alan has battled health issues and last I heard lives on a boat now.
  6. datadriver

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    That never stopped the C210
  7. datadriver

    Does your auto-conversion airplane have over 500 hrs TT?

    Yes, just the higher HP - the lower end of the scale seems to have more success stories
  8. datadriver

    New Engine Development Ain't Easy

    DeltaHawk is next
  9. datadriver

    Does your auto-conversion airplane have over 500 hrs TT?

    Reading through the Raptor thread, I am curious how many successful auto conversions have over 500hr TT. It's been my observation that there are many successful ones at the lower end of the scale power wise, but too many fail in the high HP phase if the builder did it all from scratch ( did not...
  10. datadriver

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    On his website PM is selling kits but having the buyers come in and do some of the work. This sounds like 2 weeks to taxi type of build assist. For other kitplanes, that is really expensive. No way this can be done for $130k with low volume manufacturing. And by low volume, I mean assembly by...
  11. datadriver

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    Wow
  12. datadriver

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    The prototype has a broken window and won't be pressurized.
  13. datadriver

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    See this video at the 11:36 mark to hear about stick deflection one way and the ability to hold the control surface the other way
  14. datadriver

    EMP's and aviation.....surviving the apocalypse

    If your plane survives the EMP, you will still have to eventually land. There you will be overrun by the hordes of electrically deprived people.
  15. datadriver

    Affordable Kit for everyone

    Affordable kits are out there. When you are done amassing all the parts the total spent is way more than a completed airplane. I speak from experience
  16. datadriver

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    That will get him banned pretty quick...
  17. datadriver

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    That flight occurred in 2003. 17 years of fail. I am slightly bitter, because since 2003 I had been hoping to power a Velocity with such a beast. When 2017 rolled around and I needed an engine they were still not ready ;)
  18. datadriver

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    Almost all of his layups were vacuum bagged.
  19. datadriver

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    Some Velocities will require ballast in the nose if only the pilot is aboard.
  20. datadriver

    Raptor Composite Aircraft

    Totally agree. For that amount of cheddar there is still thousands of hours of hard labor ahead of you.
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