What do you people think of this?
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:36 pm
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Re: What do you people think of this?
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:58 pm
I dunno - the world seems wall-to-wall with RV's.
Moment of Irony™: the homebuilt world spent decades wandering in the weeds
with labor-intensive composites and unreliable car engine conversions. So many
decades wasted. It was like having my head dragged through mush.
At the end of all that, they converged back to a riveted aluminum pre-drilled quick
build kit with fixed gear and a fucking direct-drive four cylinder horizontally-opposed
air-cooled Lycoming - an aircraft that you could have easily built in 1950.
This is probably my favorite homebuilt, but I'm weird:
A more practical choice would probably be any one of a zillion cub clones. Personally
I don't think you can do much better than this:
EAA & IAC Life Member
Moment of Irony™: the homebuilt world spent decades wandering in the weeds
with labor-intensive composites and unreliable car engine conversions. So many
decades wasted. It was like having my head dragged through mush.
At the end of all that, they converged back to a riveted aluminum pre-drilled quick
build kit with fixed gear and a fucking direct-drive four cylinder horizontally-opposed
air-cooled Lycoming - an aircraft that you could have easily built in 1950.
This is probably my favorite homebuilt, but I'm weird:
A more practical choice would probably be any one of a zillion cub clones. Personally
I don't think you can do much better than this:
EAA & IAC Life Member
Re: What do you people think of this?
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 12:05 am
I think Glen likes pizza.
Re: What do you people think of this?
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 12:48 am
I like em, I think they are kinda neat.
Re: What do you people think of this?
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 12:59 am
Hey Colonel, did you ever get the chance to fly a DC3 yet?
Re: What do you people think of this?
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 2:33 pm
If only I could get the time off!
Re: What do you people think of this?
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 1:05 am
I think Thatcher’s airplanes have an appealing shape but I worry a two seater would be pretty anemic with a VW. Either that or the VW would be overturned to the point of losing reliability. Maybe a Corvair can be used, some guys have done that to other modern VW-powered homebuilts, like Sonexes and stuff.
Re: What do you people think of this?
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 2:44 am
For sure it is not over powered, however it has a lower empty weight and all up weight than a 150.