ettore bugatti
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 07:35 PM |
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Build your own plane for 600 dollar!
Well, in the sixties they could this.
Strangely, it is a fully aluminium monocoque. I wondered if I could throw the wings of and put some decent suspension on it (and a proper engine).
Anyway nice read:
http://books.google.com/books?id=mdcDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94&dq=%22teenie+two%22&lr=&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES&client=firefox#PPP1,M1
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http://books.google.com/books?id=FtQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA120&dq=%22build+this+flying+volkswagen%22&lr=&client=firefox#PPP1,M1
[Edited on 19/5/10 by ettore bugatti]
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 09:02 PM |
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There is one in the museum of flight up in east lothian.
The guy built it in a back bedroom of his in glasgow.
my mate has just built a 2 seater plane and that cost him 50 k.
Talk about a IVA ...
 The aviation equivalent is a real ball ache.
The inspector comes out at several stages of the build and looks what has been done.
The Nice inspector even forced a change of the lettering on the side of the plane.....by one shade of blue...
nice to see innovation stifled
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coozer
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 09:17 PM |
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Hmm, I quite fancy a Tiger Moth..
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Canada EH!
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 posted on 19/5/10 at 09:26 PM |
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Got a Tiger Moth in the local hanger, but you wouldn't like the price.
Roughly 100k sterling.
I helped build a volksplane years ago, nice but slow, also a 2 seat wood foam GRP vw powered aircraft, went like stink.
Problem was you had to cordon it off or people would trip over it, used go-kart wheels for main landing gear.
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Rod Ends
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 10:23 PM |
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You'll need
the manual
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 20/5/10 at 07:10 AM |
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My brother's current project is a Vans RV-4. Having helped him out with a bit of the
riveting I am amazed at how delicate many of the fuselage parts are - their strength only comes when all the bits are assembled and skinned. The bit
that boggles my mind is that the whole plane, including engine, will probably weigh around 450Kg (i.e. considerably less than my Locost). This is for
a two-seater all-metal plane that will do 200+mph.
His PFA (Popular Flying Association) inspector comes around as significant milestones arise, e.g. when the wings are about to be skinned. I'd
no problem with having a super-critical inspector checking my work - in a Locost you might hit something at 70mph at zero feet - in a plane
it'll be 200mph from 5,000 feet!
He's a PFA inspector for other builders, so his own work has to be that little bit better than normal else he'll never hear the end of it!
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