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    Looking to get into it with some plans, maybe a kit

    I'm young, only 35 years old. Planes have been in the family for decades, handfuls of Ercoups and a beechcraft. I know that I know very little about it all, but I feel the pull toward the sky. I long to soar again like when I was a teenager. Home-building is integral to the history of...
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    All moving ailerons flight report

    Interesting excerpt from a flight report by Harald Penrose "Stalled Behaviour with the original big controllers was outstanding, the machine sinking steeply but in almost level attitude under full lateral and longitudinal control and with no tendency to spin. Small preformance loss , large...
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    Learning Composites

    I was wondering what everyone would suggest for learning composite aircraft construction? For the first level I suggest a typical boat/canoe/vehicle fiberglass repair kit on something damaged. If you get good results doing that move to something a little more complex. I did this (fixed a...
    • lonewolfmcq
    • Thread
    • aircraft beginner composites introduction learning
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Composites
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    Engine Power to aircraft weight ratio?

    I am a beginner and want to built an aircraft all of my own, i.e. from the scrap. My aim is to built a single-seater, fly-baby style aircraft, the overall empty weight (including assumed engine weight of 100 lbs)should not exceed 500 lbs. Now, the question is, to select an ENGINE. Is there...
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