All, I will post some pictures I took of FRED as well as an R/C model of FRED Eric Clutton built some time this week so bear with me until then. I do have some...
Thanks, Joe, and you know we are all looking forward to hearing more about your visit and seeing your photos. I agree completely that FRED is neither the...
Woo hoo! This past month we've seen a real uptick in interest in Eric Clutton's FRED--eight new members and more posts in the month of February than in the...
I just ordered the plans & both books and would like to know if there is someone near Atlanta, Georgia that is building or has built a FRED that I could look...
I don't know of any FREDs currently flying in the USA, Lee, except one. Your best bet is likely a trip to meet Eric and see the original FRED just up the road...
Now that's a great ideal Matthew, I think I'll work up an order for the same items as its a great starting point. Eric Clutton used spruce in most of the...
Like I said, I am planning to put together a step-by-step walk-through and to ask Eric for permission to reproduce those two supplemental letter-sized pages....
I agree with Mathew Lee, go and visit the original FRED and his designer builder Eric Clutton, you won't be disappointed and will enjoy the visit. I intend to...
At my request Jacques Brault of Montreal, one of the amateur virtual engineer/artists of X-Plane.org, the X-Plane flight simulator community, has created a...
Caution to those that don't have the supplimental (2) 8 1/2 x 11" drawings of a tail fin... Eric has improved flying qualities with this change (BUT) the plans...
Steve, After Matt Naiva created that folder and you posted your note, I expanded that file to describe all three supplemental sheets in my set of plans (fixed...
I have redone my FRED page <http://www.cluttonfred.info/site/FRED.html> to put all the links, articles, etc. in one place. Please take a look and shoot me an...
FRED has joined the ranks of plans and kits on the Aircraft Spruce web site! Check it out at: <http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/kitspages/fredplan.php> ...
If anyone in the group, or anyone you know, is currently building or restoring a FRED or has done so in the past, please let us know. It would be a great help...
Would installing either a Jabiru 2200 4-cyl, or an HKS-700E (or a 2-cycle) engine instead of a VW converaion or Continental 65HP be a good substitution as a...
Short answer: No, I don't of anyone who has fitted a Jabiru 2200 or HKS-700 to a FRED. Most other engines that have flown on FREDs (small Franklin, Subaru,...
Hello, everyone. I'm Rob Thomas and I live near Cardiff in Wales, UK. I own and have been restoring a FRED for a few years. If this post goes through then...
The only person I have met who fitted an HKS engine to anything said that it didn't make the rated power. Lighter, but you might struggle to get into the air?...
I hope this message gets through. (My second attempt at posting) :o) My FRED has the long fuselage, the longest option for the steel tubular engine frame, a...
Steve Kiblinger here, I have the Leburg Dual EI on a 1/2 Vw and did find the CBR600 coils in a recycle yard here in the USA - the Leburg system is just the...
The empty weights I've come across range from a 522lb to a 574lb. I'd recommend lightweigh materials, a fanatical devotion to weight saving and the most...
I'm 5 foot 10 inches (Tall for a Welshie) and have no trouble getting in. My knees get a bit close to the panel but I have thick foam padding on the seats....
Pilot weight (225) - LSA airports far apart (would like 15 gallons of fuel) and climbing to 7,500 feet for terrain clearance east and north departures from San...
I live in Wales. The entire country is smaller (at 8012 sq miles) than New Jersey so there has never been a need to have a huge fuel tank and so there wasn't...
Hello, all! I have been on the road for over a week, but I have been getting dribs and drabs of the discussion via the tiny screen of my BlackBerry. I am...
Thanks everyone sharing info. on FRED. Every day I look forward to reading the new posts and looking at the photos. I have plans #486; Summer is the building...
