Flying Rooster Kit Available?

[rbrochey]

Okay here's one if you run out of creative ways to build a wooden aircraft... I wonder if a kit version would sell???

 

[bmcj]

Okay here's one if you run out of creative ways to build a wooden aircraft... I wonder if a kit version would sell???

Ummm, no.

 

[Dana]

Somehow I don't think there's a huge demand for such a thing....

Dana

 

[ramjetwiebe]

That's real art! (Not the pilot's name)
Penguin theme for me, perhaps.
I think it may have taken longer to paint than build.

 

[lake_harley]

I'd bet it really noses.....um, er, uh .....beaks down when the throttle is opened.

Lynn

 

[Topaz]

Would it sell? Yeah, betcha a fair sum that unless the price was completely outlandish, you'd sell five, maybe ten of them.

Now, how many do you need to sell to keep your big fortune from becoming a little one? It's not just "Can it sell?", it's "Can it sell enough units, fast enough, and at enough of a price, to bring in more money than the company spent producing it, plus a salary, taxes, insurance, etc., for everyone involved?"

As a one-off, I smile every time I see it. Guy sure has a great sense of humor. :gig:

 

[TFF]

More of that humor is what the hobby needs. As for a kit, good cluck.

 

[tspear]

I like it. If done in a module fashion, a kit may be viable. Think of the number of college sports teams and the crazy things people do to show support. Make it easy enough to do many of the mascots and you may have a winning formula.

Tim

 

[Cy V]

Think of the number of college sports teams and the crazy things people do to show support.

Yeah, I guess I can see someone adapting it to look like a team mascot, like the Virginia Tech Hokies...

 

[cheapracer]

Besides the attire, it's got great benefits;


Fantastic access, especially for the "not quite so nimble".
Fantastic visibility.
Stable ground handling.
Air blown over wing.

What's the downsides besides odd looks?

 

[rbrochey]

Besides the attire, it's got great benefits;


Fantastic access, especially for the "not quite so nimble".
Fantastic visibility.
Stable ground handling.
Air blown over wing.

What's the downsides besides odd looks?

I don't see a downside... and further, I believe that if everyone flew in planes designed after their favorite poultry, the world would be a much saner place...

 

[TFF]

You defiantly need to be a cocky little ... to fly one.

 

[StarJar]

The next step might be some çolor tinted wimdows and specially shaped wing (and tail).

 

[Cy V]

As an owner, a person might be able to save a bit on insurance. Who would want to steal it?

 

[rbrochey]

As an owner, a person might be able to save a bit on insurance. Who would want to steal it?

That's true... most people prefer ducks...

 

[TFF]

Ducks are Rutan's gig.

 

[Pops]

I don't see a downside... and further, I believe that if everyone flew in planes designed after their favorite poultry, the world would be a much saner place...

High CG and Thrust line. Big downside for me.

 

[cheapracer]

High CG and Thrust line. Big downside for me.

On that example maybe, but both could be reeled in somewhat on a design not specifically created to look like a chook.

I'm going to play further with this concept, watercraft potential also.

 

[cheapracer]

More like this Pops, the Elitar Sigma demonstrated by "Mr Personality" here ...

That's it, something similar is my second model.

 

[TFF]

A plank with eagle wings painted would be cool.