Hi! I've spent the last hour looking over the FRED. I'm currently finishing up my plans built Sonex, which will leave my workshop barren. So I'm looking for a...
Really does fold in 15 mins with just one person and I've towed mine at 60+ mph with no problems. Very stable. Best to make up a rack for placing the...
I used to watch Eric towing the original FRED back in the sixties and can say that it towed very well indeed - his towcar at that time was a motorbike! Ian...
I wonder, what existing plans- or kit-built designs come closest to being a two-seat FRED: wood-and-fabric construction, affordable engine, quick-folding...
A Pietenpol would be good with FRED folding bits on the wings. The Escapade series of aircraft also have a nice folding mechanism and are 2 seaters, so, maybe...
Pietenpol Aircamper? ... From: Matthew Long <owlnmole@...> To: FlyingRunaboutExperimentalDesign@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 10:07 Subject:...
We've had quite a few new members join recently. Welcome! If you are one of them, please take a moment to post to the group to tell us about your interest in...
Hello I am new to this group and am interested in building a FRED. I own a Pietenpol which I built and is powered by a Subaru 1.6L engine but want a FRED so I...
Welcome, Joshua! I'm a Piet' fan too and I am sure I am not the only one who'd appreciate seeing some pics of your Air Camper. On your specific question,...
I do not mind posting pictures of my Pietenpol but I am sure there are plenty websites dedicated to the Pietenpol. On to my FRED question,some of you may...
Members: This group with world wide members and a strong European presence should have significant interest in this engine development... Please do a google...
Ian Pearson has finished the painting of his wings and is now working on his wheels. He might have the old wheels off of G-BMMF. Nice to recycle these bits....
Well, mine is a long wooden nose and long tubular mount but Ian, I believe, has short fuselage and a tubular mount of some sort. Both VW, obviously. Neither...
I have posted to my blog a photo and some notes from Eric on a new FRED modification. It's a small access door to make it easier to climb in and out of the...
This mod is only relatively new, in fact, since you can see it in the March 2010 photos of N9944Y in the "Original FRED" album in the photos section of this...
A bit of a suprise that the LAA might allow this mod to be carried out on UK airframes. Mine 'bottomed out' the suspension enough to crack the fuselage right...
I guess Eric would categorize that as a crash rather than a hard landing. ;-) His thought seems to be that the stock long-stroke, coil-spring gear absorbs the...
Why do you suppose that Brit's tend to be more of scratch builders and Americans? Why are there so many F.R.E.D.s built in the UK than in the USA? What do you...
The building class in the USA has been outsourced - resolution to be determined... Us old folk are not being replaced by people that have exposure to the...
I guess it depends how stiff your springs are. Looking at G-ORAS it seems that there is a vast variation in spring rates, hence the rubber doughnut spacers...
Back on topic for a second... Eric is using a Continental 65 hp engine after an exhaustive effort to get a Vw going with a re-drive which FRED really needs to...
Hi Everyone, I just joined the group to get more info on Fred airplanes. I was seriously thinking about building a Volksplane, but after finding out more about...
Dave. I have a cockpit photo of it flying with 26 kts showing on the ASI. The last flight test of mine (pre-crash) had no stall at all. It merely lost...
