I have a friend that built the GOAT in the photo on the airchair group website. He told me that it took between 300 and 400 man hours and about $4000. Then...
Thank you Bill Irv Culver was a gem. Way back when I was a clueless teen-ager, Irv designed me an airfoil. Shocking display of generosity. There are a couple...
I have a friend that worked on building the original Carbon Dragon prototype. He recently told me that the Carbon Dragon prototype took 7,000 man hours to...
Want to cut down on time invested? First, Don't design or redesign something. Designing is more work than building something proven, not to mention the...
Points well taken Riley One gets to design, gets to build, gets to fly, and is able to do it (build part) in less that 1500 hours. Thats part of the...
"Discussion groups are good but they seem to lack the power of real collaboration." The members of them are so far apart that any collaboration, other than...
... Yes, but people could design. Its true, design almost seems to be a one man job because of the integration required....yet, it might be really interesting...
I think the racing go karts such as the KT 100 offer the best deal in terms of performance per dollar if you can do the design. Yes of course a reduction...
Looking at a few vids, I'd say about 10 to 15+ degrees per second . ... On 12/1/2011 11:32 PM, Percy Wood wrote Does anyone know what the roll rate of the...
I'm going with a different approach using the PIG / Bloop as the base . My Goal is to insert a universal UL trike frame between the wings . The frame...
From: Malcolm Brubaker <brubakermal@...> Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 9:25 AM Scott,IÂ am using a Delker walking foot machine with a zig zag stich...
Interesting stuff, I too have thought that the Falcon 4 stroke would make a great power for this size/weight aircraft and have envisioned convertible craft. As...
Thanks Mark , Yes EAB would be the proper ruling for it. Heres Kind of an overview of it if you or anyone else in interested . I have A folder in the photos...
Very Nice Mal. A set of PIG sails would be grate ! I have a older Willis Wing hang glider with VG that had a mylar leading edge Its is in really good...
Hello folks. I built and fly the 23Hp 4 cycle unit. I say I built it as I built the airframe and controls etc., and purchased the motor, re-drive, and...
As a Mooney driver I would be interested in the kit or the plans. I also have full machine shop with manual and cnc mills and lathes. mig, tig, furnaces,...
Eric, Assuming that you want the BUG or GOAT drawings, you can download them for free: http://m-sandlin.info/technicaldrawings/td.htm http://m-sandlin.info If...
I wrote an article for my blog and put a nice airchair blurb in there. http://writingsofjon.blogspot.com/2011/12/when-will-we-fly-again.html Enjoy, Jon...
Eric!  I too have a full machine shop. Have been building injection mold tooling for the plastic industry. Moved from So. Cal. to Oklahoma several years...
Hey Jerry, good topic. Â I have finished the nose of my Goat 4 and am working on the tail surfaces. The biggest problem I have is finding a consistent and...
Hi Phil Or the dimentions of a flat plywood jig to bend the tubing around that would form the pieces in one shot, Would be wonderful! They would be be...
Hi, Can anyone show me a link where I can find the right size die for thread cutting on AN3 AN4 bolts. I want to fabricate the pins on Mike's G1A4 sheet. I am...
Threads on AN bolts are not cut they are rolled. This is done to prevent cracking of the bolt in between the threads. Take a hardware store bolt and an AN...
One thing my article is missing is a cool airchair photo. If you have an airchair photo that you took of any variety I sure could use it. I will post it...
