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Jeet Kun Do Aircraft Design

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Brohawk

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Bruce Lee's martial art of Jeet Kun Do took what he considered the best of different styles and combined them. This got me thinking, and that can mean trouble.

I was reading about the Liberty Sport biplane. From what I found, it was built using the fuselage, horizontal stabilizer, and elevators from a Champ. The vertical Stab and rudder were from a pacer. The landing gear was from a C-140. Overall, it was said to have parts from 17 different aircraft, along with the wings being an original design by Liberty Lloyd.

Here's where the trouble comes in. I was close to pulling the trigger on plans for a CH-750. It seemed like it would be a good fit for my wife & me to putter around in. Then I was talking with some 701/750 owners online and they were saying that if our intent was to do some travelling that this was a less than ideal vehicle. The wing being optimized for STOL performance means you'll have a bumpy ride while going from Point A to Point B unless it's a pretty calm day.

I contacted Zenith about an option for a wing optimized for cruise performance for those who have no need for extreme STOL and would rather go faster. From their response I assume they have no interest in going that route.

How big of a can of worms would be opened to take a different wing, such as the metal wing designed for a Wittman W10 as an example, and adapt it to a fuselage like a CH750?

I'm probably displaying a lot of ignorance along with my imagination. (Is there an aircraft design guide for the mathematically challenged?:ermm:)
 
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