All Things Aviation Related

[svandamme]

well it worked on the Morane Saulnier as well , even on the one they built.
But it wasn't built to any kind of modern standards, by high school kids and their teacher.

So who wants to take the chance of flying it. Never mind insuring it...

[KNS]

[Hawkeye's-911T]

^^^That's cool^^^

[rsrguy]

And unfortunately probably a thing of the past..

[rsrguy]

Originally Posted by oldE

Mike Patey has been building Draco's replacement. Based upon a Carbon Cub frame, he has been building a modified version with long travel suspension, carbon fibre skin and a four bladed air boat prop driven by an 800hp racing engine he happened to have lying around. Additional goodies include multiple Garmin panels in the dash (and on the back of the pilot's seat) enlarged tail surfaces and a rocket launched parachute for the whole plane.
No word on the wings yet.
It took me a while to handle the guy's manner in the videos, but there's no denying he knows what he is doing putting an airplane together.

Best
Les

PS C. Jenner haters might want to skip episode #31.

He’s actually building an improved Draco ... scrappy is a different build.. Jenner was hard to watch..

[Tobra]

Bob Hoover, doing Bob Hoover stuff

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by KNS

I remember, sometime back in the late 90s, early 2000s they were interviewing the mechanic for Rare Bear and he was mentioning they lost around 750 horsepower somewhere and were trying to figure out what happened.

How many race vehicles can still be competitive while down 750hp?

[Tobra]

Naval aviation documentary 75 minutes, probably should not start it if you do not have an hour

[svandamme]

Thanks for that Tobra, very cool

[billybek]

That was awesome. Thanks for posting that, Tobra.

[pwd72s]

Tobra? Just...wow!

[Tobra]

I know right. Seriously, I am sorry if you don't have an hour and click on that. I could not turn it off

Grandson of one of the dive bomber crewmembers made it

[Captain Ahab Jr]

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a35193710/air-force-secret-new-fighter-jet-digital-engineering/

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a35193710/air-force-secret-new-fighter-jet-digital-engineering/

Cool, and cool sub-links too.

[rsrguy]

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[Tobra]

This is a story I never heard, and reminded me of how great the 747 is

[Heel n Toe]

This made me wonder until I dug a little deeper...



...and found out it was on DeviantArt.

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

This made me wonder

wonder ? totally obvious photoshop?
it's not even that well done . the colors are way to clean and even for it to be real. the shading is all wrong
airplane way to bright compared to the rest of the picture


and the simple fact that the navy will never, ever allow anybody to land on their carrier , that isn't military and navy.
it's too dangerous and even a minor slip up on a landing can cost lives and million dollars in hardware damages.

There isn't an insurance company on the planet that will even think about insuring that.

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by Tobra

This is a story I never heard, and reminded me of how great the 747 is

damn he has an annoying high pitch voice.
story is good, but it just annoys me to listen to him

[Heel n Toe]

Originally Posted by svandamme

wonder ? totally obvious photoshop?
it's not even that well done . the colors are way to clean and even for it to be real. the shading is all wrong
airplane way to bright compared to the rest of the picture

Calm down, sir. The image when I first saw it was only about 1.75 inches wide.