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You Want This
- maybe just to win next year's Darwin Award...
but you DO want it: DIY Jet Almost Ready to Fly | Autopia | Wired.com |
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01-05-2010, 01:05 PM
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Too big to fail
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240lbs of thrust doesn't seem like it would be enough...
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01-05-2010, 01:12 PM
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Up till now I've had no interest in flying. Suddenly I do...
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01-05-2010, 01:21 PM
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Sultan of Sawzall
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Louisiana "Take me to 'da bridge"
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The "latest & greatest" think for the suckers not old enough to remember the BD5J
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01-05-2010, 01:48 PM
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No carb ice, kewl!
Should make it a twin, one under each wing!!
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01-05-2010, 02:19 PM
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Very slick. Just the thing to one up your neighbor at the AirPark.
Maybe someone with more knowledge can address this, but isn't the Bonanza style tail a little tricky to fly in certain circumstances (IIRC something like landing in a crosswind?)
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01-05-2010, 02:35 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Southwest Montana
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Looks like a fun way to make a smoking hole.
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01-05-2010, 02:45 PM
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01-05-2010, 02:58 PM
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Location: Herrin Ill USA
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Don't you dare tell me what I wa... Hey! that's kinda cool!
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01-05-2010, 04:33 PM
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A local pilot I know built a VW powered Sonex. Sonex kits are fairly popular and the company is located up at Oshkosh IIRC. They are not idiots.... I don't know how succesful this thing will be, but these guys are pretty good kit plane designers/manufacturers.
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01-05-2010, 05:15 PM
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I'd strap one on. For sure.
I've always dreamed of doing a kit plane some day - preferably a hotrod like a Glassair or something. This might be a perfect way to "scratch that itch". +1 to the comments wondering why that's not a twinjet. Seems like it would be very easy/simple to do - either fuselage or wing mounted. I'm assuming that $60k is for a bare bones kit without any avionics or anything like that... Even so, figure if the price is really double that ($120k) you're still in it for less $$$ than a new 172. Insurance is gonna' be a beyatch though - that's probably the deal breaker.
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01-05-2010, 08:14 PM
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The BD-5J jets, used a Sermel TRS-18-046 turbojet producing only 225 lbs of thrust.
They flew at ~300 mph. You have seen them as the Bud Light Jet, the Coors Light Silver Bullet, and in the opening sequence of Octopussy. ... and I see rouxroux beat me to the BD5J mention.
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01-06-2010, 05:41 AM
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"YOU CANT RACE A CAB."
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heres a lil interesting FACTOID........... a couple of enterprising individuals decided it would be cool to build a bunch of 1/4 scale i think F-15's. they did all the R&D, mfg., painting,building machining mostly in house in minden nevada.
they are both DEAD NOW! |
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01-06-2010, 06:33 AM
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You know you want juan!
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01-06-2010, 06:53 AM
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"YOU CANT RACE A CAB."
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"son.............DYING ain't NO WAY OF LIVING!" life is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy TOO SHORT FOR KIT PLANES/VINTAGE PLANES for me. yeah what the hell do i know? i only werk at an aeropuerto so my views are TOTALLY SKEWED! i'll take my chances with "shoe bombers" and "underwear bombers" if i really want to hang my ass out into space. |
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01-06-2010, 07:01 AM
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THe engine does look tiny - why not put one under each wing? I guess that would double the price?
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01-06-2010, 07:06 AM
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"YOU CANT RACE A CAB."
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or rip the wings off, due to overthrust ability! OH BOY! we are having PFFHUN NOW!
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01-06-2010, 07:13 AM
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 Whats next? Are you going to quit riding dirt bikes? I know of a few people who have died in airplanes, but I know of and hear about MANY MANY more dying in car accidents.
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01-06-2010, 08:29 AM
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Too big to fail
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01-06-2010, 08:59 AM
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watching (2) men burn to death in an experimental and me being 1st on scene will DO THAT TO YOU! also crashing in an experimental WILL DO THAT TO YOU when you read the NTSB report re: maintenance. why did the experimental crash. a plethora of reasons, 1st and foremost he was cheap as far as maint, (fuel control needed rebuild), used up 1/2 the downslope runway,came in hot, etc etc. everybody goes off 1/2 cocked with the best of intentions. then reality sets in. costs assoc., where can we cut corners? "nobody will notice" etc. pretty soon a freight train of reasons cause the crash, not just (1) reason. the deck is already stacked against you because of being a kit or vintage. why cut corners, why be cheap? and those questions are always asked at the end. i would ser-i-ass-ly consider a parachute in ANY kit or vintage plane after my experiences. remember................i'll be the juan taking pictures! |
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1972 Porsche 911T 2.4
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