lurker
Well-Known Member
hi guys!
naturally as a kid i built (and destroyed) many a model rocket and airplane. in the 70s i did a little hang gliding and in the 80s rode motorcycles. now i drive a geo metro to work and something's missing. not that there's anything wrong with the metro, it's very good at what it does. but there's no adrenaline. i'm here to see if i can't fix that.
i'm in the planning stages of a far-103 compliant homebuilt. ive got the general outlines, but lots of details to work out, so there will be many questions.
what i'm thinking here is minimalist: low-tech, low and slow, mid-wing, single seat, with all the forces as centered as i can get them. i'm a competent amateur carpenter and shadetree mechanic, and am currently learning about blue foam and epoxy resins.
i've lurked this and other sites for about a year, looking at everything, but keep gravitating back to the x-14, pdq-2 and sadler vampire (now, there's a stretch...). i know that each of these has it's problems, but suspect that the solution lies somewhere in between.
naturally as a kid i built (and destroyed) many a model rocket and airplane. in the 70s i did a little hang gliding and in the 80s rode motorcycles. now i drive a geo metro to work and something's missing. not that there's anything wrong with the metro, it's very good at what it does. but there's no adrenaline. i'm here to see if i can't fix that.
i'm in the planning stages of a far-103 compliant homebuilt. ive got the general outlines, but lots of details to work out, so there will be many questions.
what i'm thinking here is minimalist: low-tech, low and slow, mid-wing, single seat, with all the forces as centered as i can get them. i'm a competent amateur carpenter and shadetree mechanic, and am currently learning about blue foam and epoxy resins.
i've lurked this and other sites for about a year, looking at everything, but keep gravitating back to the x-14, pdq-2 and sadler vampire (now, there's a stretch...). i know that each of these has it's problems, but suspect that the solution lies somewhere in between.
