djwbrown
Member
Hi Everyone,
I'm new here but this site looks like a great resource. Thanks for posting!
I am looking for recommendations on the best books/magazines available for people new to homebuilding.
I'm a student (Aerospace Engineering) and am planning to start a student-based team to design, build, and fly an airplane to race in the Formula 1 Class at Reno. This project is still in the early planning stages. I won't begin attending (as a junior transfer) until Fall 2010. From that point I expect about 2 years to organize a team and fully design/build/test a scratch-built plane.
Most of my friends and family are beginning to think I've lost my mind. I want to assure you all that I have experience on student project teams (both FIRST Robotics in high school and Formula SAE Racing during my first 2 years as an undergrad), experience flying, and healthy respect for the seriousness and attention to detail that this project will demand.
I've printed and put together a Reno and IF1 rulebook which I haven't been able to put down.
I was hoping to get your recommendations for the best books, magazines, videos, or any other educational material to help me learn about homebuilding. I want to be pretty well versed in the methods of construction so that while organizing a team, workspace, and sponsors I'll know who/what we'll need and when we'll need it.
I plan to go to Oshkosh this summer and Reno again in the fall. I'm very excited for both, I'll be taking pictures and taking notes!
Thanks!
-Dylan
That's me in the steel frame below, and in the back seat of the Super Decathlon in my profile pic.
I'm new here but this site looks like a great resource. Thanks for posting!
I am looking for recommendations on the best books/magazines available for people new to homebuilding.
I'm a student (Aerospace Engineering) and am planning to start a student-based team to design, build, and fly an airplane to race in the Formula 1 Class at Reno. This project is still in the early planning stages. I won't begin attending (as a junior transfer) until Fall 2010. From that point I expect about 2 years to organize a team and fully design/build/test a scratch-built plane.
Most of my friends and family are beginning to think I've lost my mind. I want to assure you all that I have experience on student project teams (both FIRST Robotics in high school and Formula SAE Racing during my first 2 years as an undergrad), experience flying, and healthy respect for the seriousness and attention to detail that this project will demand.
I've printed and put together a Reno and IF1 rulebook which I haven't been able to put down.
I was hoping to get your recommendations for the best books, magazines, videos, or any other educational material to help me learn about homebuilding. I want to be pretty well versed in the methods of construction so that while organizing a team, workspace, and sponsors I'll know who/what we'll need and when we'll need it.I plan to go to Oshkosh this summer and Reno again in the fall. I'm very excited for both, I'll be taking pictures and taking notes!
Thanks!
-Dylan
That's me in the steel frame below, and in the back seat of the Super Decathlon in my profile pic.
