Re: [bolger] Re: airplanes and boats...OT
Sky Pup !!!
That is the one. Definitely a Michalak airplane :-)
Cheers/Step
That is the one. Definitely a Michalak airplane :-)
Cheers/Step
Hi,
I have the plans for the plane at home. I can't for the life of me remember
the name. I do recall however that it is covered with dacron, not mylar.
Another unusual feature was a zippered entry on the bottom of the plane. You
unzipped it, crawled in, then zipped it back up!
James Fuller
I have the plans for the plane at home. I can't for the life of me remember
the name. I do recall however that it is covered with dacron, not mylar.
Another unusual feature was a zippered entry on the bottom of the plane. You
unzipped it, crawled in, then zipped it back up!
James Fuller
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From: <StepHydro@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: [bolger] Re: airplanes and boats...OT
> In a message dated 10/24/2000 7:<BR58:<BR11 PM
> Eastern Daylight ,pesterle@...writes:
> > > Last time I looked, easily cut foam with mylar and epoxy was the route
> > > to an "Instant Plane."
>
> Well, there was one, whose plans are no longer being sold. It was foam and
> spruce, though.
>
> It was a single place ultralight high wing with an "open cabin". The wing
was
> a really long, thick cantilever structure, using 1" thick blue house foam
> with glued capstrips of 1/4" wood, with some glass cloth and 2" thick foam
> down near the root.
>
> Thing had 2-axis control and was very easy to fly...the 3-axis conversions
> didn't work nearly as well. The model was constantly derided by fans of
more
> "conventional" designs, but it did its job very well, never killing anyone
> last I heard, even though many dumb tricks were pulled with them. I know
one
> fellow in TX who appeared to be trying to kill himself, but he never
succeded.
>
> I wish I could remember the name of the design, but it escapes me right
now.
>
> Cheers/Step
>
>
> Bolger rules!!!
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> - stay on topic
> - use punctuation
> - add your comments at the TOP and SIGN your posts
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In a message dated 10/24/2000 7:<BR58:<BR11 PM
Eastern Daylight ,pesterle@...writes:
spruce, though.
It was a single place ultralight high wing with an "open cabin". The wing was
a really long, thick cantilever structure, using 1" thick blue house foam
with glued capstrips of 1/4" wood, with some glass cloth and 2" thick foam
down near the root.
Thing had 2-axis control and was very easy to fly...the 3-axis conversions
didn't work nearly as well. The model was constantly derided by fans of more
"conventional" designs, but it did its job very well, never killing anyone
last I heard, even though many dumb tricks were pulled with them. I know one
fellow in TX who appeared to be trying to kill himself, but he never succeded.
I wish I could remember the name of the design, but it escapes me right now.
Cheers/Step
Eastern Daylight ,pesterle@...writes:
> > Last time I looked, easily cut foam with mylar and epoxy was the routeWell, there was one, whose plans are no longer being sold. It was foam and
> > to an "Instant Plane."
spruce, though.
It was a single place ultralight high wing with an "open cabin". The wing was
a really long, thick cantilever structure, using 1" thick blue house foam
with glued capstrips of 1/4" wood, with some glass cloth and 2" thick foam
down near the root.
Thing had 2-axis control and was very easy to fly...the 3-axis conversions
didn't work nearly as well. The model was constantly derided by fans of more
"conventional" designs, but it did its job very well, never killing anyone
last I heard, even though many dumb tricks were pulled with them. I know one
fellow in TX who appeared to be trying to kill himself, but he never succeded.
I wish I could remember the name of the design, but it escapes me right now.
Cheers/Step