[aus-soaring] Still more on home-builts

2002-09-17 Thread anthony smith
Hi all, Colin C is eerily close to some details of Redmond's Rocket: especially the fibreglass panels over a steel tube fuselage, but also with the removeable engine and extendable wings and _possibly_ aero tow capability. His e-mail prompted a different line of thought today at lunchtime. That

RE: [aus-soaring] Still more on home-builts

2002-09-17 Thread Kittel, Stephen W (ETSA)
> -Original Message- > From: anthony smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Hi all, > > > A new steel tube fuselage could be very easily designed for > side by side seating. > Providing you keep the tail boom length the same, the > fuselage weight the same > and manage the pilot CoG

RE: [aus-soaring] Still more on home-builts

2002-09-18 Thread Anthony Smith
To answer Steve K: I picked on Bergfalke 4s because I know a lot about them and used it as an example. I avoided Blaniks because I don't know a lot about them (Like Mark Newton, I consider this a good thing actually). I don't know where the critical fatigue areas are in the Blaniks. Having

RE: [aus-soaring] Still more on home-builts

2002-09-18 Thread Kittel, Stephen W (ETSA)
> -Original Message- > From: Anthony Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > I picked on Bergfalke 4s because I know a lot about them and > used it as an > example. I avoided Blaniks because I don't know a lot about > them (Like > Mark Newton, I consider this a good thing actually).