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    Flying cars

    I agree, it will be very difficult to pass NHTSA safety requirements. Molt Taylor told me that the BIG problem with flying cars is insurance and you have to have an A&P mechanic do the repairs and maintenance on your "sky car". Personal VTOL maybe but flying cars I seriously doubt will be...
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    Let’s Say I Wanted to Fly on Pedal Power

    60km
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    Flying wing as cheap and simple option for basic fun flying.

    I owned two of the kits which I never built; I sold them to other hang glider pilots, one was used as replacement parts, the other was converted to a U/L. I think the overall span was at least 6 perhaps 8 ft wider than the production Kasperwing U/L. They had measurably better performance in...
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    Flying wing as cheap and simple option for basic fun flying.

    The Kasperwing hang glider in the video "Dog Mountain the Early Days" is being flown by Jeff Johnson. Jeff's glider is a Co-Op Kasperwing that had a larger wingspan than either the Fledgling or the Cascade Ultralights Kasperwing U/L. There were possibly a dozen Co-Op Kasperwing kits produced...
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    Flying wing as cheap and simple option for basic fun flying.

    Laurent de Kalbermatten is the designer of the Whoopy Fly and Delka inflatable wings. The test pilot of the Delka died while testing in the mountains, work on the Delka design was abandoned for the lower aspect Woopy Fly.
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    3D printed Carbon Fiber Wing Ribs???

    Find out the composition of polyester leisure suits, they outlast their owners.
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    Flying wing

    The 3-B Wing (Bennett-Boyd-Boone), unsuccessful cantilever, foot-launch, flying wing, Northrop MX-334, glider version of the Northrop Flying Ram, more recently the ZEVA EVTOL are all prone pilot position aircraft. You will find the Horten's indeed employed a pilot position akin to kneeling over...
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    Possible new engine with amazing specs

    I agree, many promises of simple, light, and efficient new engines have been made over the last half-century, not much has actually made it to the marketplace other than the Wankel. It seems that most of engine/motor development efforts are directed towards electric propulsion, I expect we will...
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    search for original hanglider plans

    Good to see there are a lot of veteran "Golden Age" hang glider pilot still about. I agree with the others that say avoid flying a standard Rogallo kite, why tempt fate when there are so many previously owned newer generation gliders available. I really doubt that "modern materials" would...
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    Peter Sripol is at it again...

    For the reasons you listed having role models like Peter who are involved in DIY is extremely important, there is more to life than social media and video games . SpaceX, Rocket Lab, Blue Origin, Sierra Nevada, and many other companies are creating a new "Golden Age" of space flight, many...
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    Peter Sripol is at it again...

    I think those numbers are too optimistic, the kids in my neighborhood have absolutely no interest in wrenching or building projects of any type.
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    Peter Sripol is at it again...

    Just so we are completely clear Peter is only into building ultralights for the YouTube money and not for his initial stated reason.
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    Peter Sripol is at it again...

    I find disappointment in the poor performance of Peter's designs, all that work to build an ultralight to have it be abandoned, 0&4. Success to me would be an airworthy plane that would last many years, if it employs innovative construction or flying abilities all the better. Burt Rutan stated...
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    Peter Sripol is at it again...

    My question is; would you fly in one of Peter's planes?
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    Peter Sripol is at it again...

    I agree, Peter is not advancing the state of the art, he is producing content for his YouTube channel and a workshop of marginal aircraft. Nothing to see here.
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    Low and Slow......and quiet ?

    Steve Grossruck fabricated a "quiet" muffler system for a 250cc Zenoah made from two glass pack mufflers welded end to end around which he wound fiberglass insulation and contained it all with a wrap of galvanized steel flashing retained by several large hose clamps. The assembly was attached...
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    Legal question about copyright

    As I understand the Copyright Laws; you are allowed to build one of anything for "personal use". You however cannot sell copies or plans of a protected product or use the product for commercial purposes. If I were to build a replica of Mickey Mouse for my backyard it is not a problem. Using the...
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    Cascade Ultralights Kasperwing

    I like the simple design. I can see you are proposing to use a single large spar, possibly 250mm. Is the wing to be wire braced?
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    Cascade Ultralights Kasperwing

    Speedracer, Ralf Center, a veteran Dog Mtn. HG pilot pointed out the fallacy of hang gliding as being a engineless sport. He simply pointed to all the vehicles in the launch and LZ and said "your HG is powered by a V8".
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    Cascade Ultralights Kasperwing

    It appears the Kasperwing U/L mishap at Arlington Airfield was the unfortunate result of a rotor/downdraft that frequently occurs at the area. Most ultralight pilots have experienced the condition if they have flown the Arlington U/L pattern on more than one occasion. The rotor can be very...
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