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Griffo - 4/4/08 at 11:02 PM

Maybe build one of these after you finish your current build...?

Not exactly locost but seriously cool!

CLICK HERE!

Awesome

Griffo

[Edited on 4/4/08 by Griffo]

Mr Whippy - 4/4/08 at 11:16 PM

instrument panel is a bit of a let down, looks like something out an old Cessna

Hellfire - 4/4/08 at 11:37 PM

I must admit I quite like the idea...

Steve

Alan B - 5/4/08 at 12:35 AM

They are made 5 minutes down the road from me....test fly them above us regularly..

eznfrank - 5/4/08 at 06:39 AM

I bought myself an Indy for my 30th Birthday, and was already thinking ahead to something like an Ultima for my 40th but this kind of thing has to be on the wish list I reckon!

Guinness - 5/4/08 at 08:44 AM

Nice, but the "experimental" bit in the title would worrry me.

If I'm at 10,000 feet I don't want the plane I'm in to be "experimental", I want it to be a "proven" technology.

But then again maybes I'm just fussy.

Mike

iank - 5/4/08 at 10:33 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
Nice, but the "experimental" bit in the title would worrry me.

If I'm at 10,000 feet I don't want the plane I'm in to be "experimental", I want it to be a "proven" technology.

But then again maybes I'm just fussy.

Mike


Experimental is a US categorisation that basically means the type of airworthiness certificate for a homebuilt plane that's bigger than a microlight.

Getting an airworthiness certificate requires an inspection by a proper engineer at various points of the build IIRC and they tend to be a bit pickier than an SVA inspector. You also need a proper pilots license to fly one.

I'd assume UK regulations are similar, or even harder (we don't have the vast tracts of emptiness where people can 'safely' kill themselves)

http://exp-aircraft.com/library/alexande/rules.html

jlparsons - 5/4/08 at 01:50 PM

This is my life ambition - I'm going to build a car, a boat and a plane. I was thinking of something nice and tried-and-tested like a piper cub kit, but this does look nice.

Of course, this is all on the 30-year plan...

JonBowden - 5/4/08 at 02:29 PM

I once read a crash report for one of these. It was being flown by a test pilot. I think they were testing recovery from deep stalls.
In this case, the aircraft entered a deep stall. In an attempt to recover, the pilot got out and tried to hang out the front to move the centre of gravity forward. However he was not able to return to normal flight.
As it happened, the rate of descent was slow and the aircraft crashed slowly with no injury

MikeR - 5/4/08 at 02:51 PM

Sorry, i've read that twice and i'm still shaking my head.

The pilot got out to try and move the centre of gravity.

and

the rate of descent was slow and the aircraft crashed slowly with no injury

JonBowden - 6/4/08 at 06:36 PM

here's the accident report

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X27954&key=1

bear in mind that this aircraft is of a canard design that has unusual stall characteristics