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2213 Patrick Panzera
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Apr 20, 2012
3:21 pm
Since you consider this to be a blog, there's nothing to be concerned with. That's the nature of a blog. You've got 270+ readers, assume we're content. :) ...
2214 WilliamRich
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Apr 20, 2012
4:39 pm
Thank you Pat. I looked up the definition of "blog" and you are spot on, this is a blog and I am a blogger: Definition of "blog:" A blog is a journal (online...
2215 WilliamRich
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Apr 20, 2012
5:26 pm
Uh oh, the title on our home page says we are a study group; we just morphed into a blog against my will. So let it be known that I am very ok with being an...
2216 Dean Sigler
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Apr 20, 2012
6:16 pm
I use your input in the CAFE Foundation blog, so it must be good.  (insert appropriate smiley here).  You produce an excellent clearing house of...
2217 Mikey
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Apr 20, 2012
6:40 pm
Its a GOOD thing that a [despicable word] blog is an online journal. Otherwise, because I have no idea where you live, it would be impossible to sneak in your...
2218 jack.nelson@...
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Apr 20, 2012
8:49 pm
William, I enjoy reading the blog and get a lot of information from it. Continue on as you are and I will be happy.   I am still trying to get the new engine...
2219 WilliamRich
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Apr 21, 2012
5:31 am
With the receipt of major investor funding, the e-Go team is transitioning from R&D to commercial production. They recently received major cnc machined...
2220 WilliamRich
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Apr 21, 2012
5:39 pm
Sorry, the BD-5 era was the earlyseventies, not the sixties (refund checks are in the mail). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BD-5...
2221 WilliamRich
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Apr 21, 2012
7:28 pm
The Silent motor glider from A.I.R has much appeal with its elegant minimalist pod and use of the ubiquitous flexible-wing hang glider. What mars the craft in...
2222 WilliamRich
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Apr 21, 2012
7:54 pm
Still trying to decide what to do with the nose and tail wires! ... What ... control ... the...
2223 WilliamRich
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Apr 21, 2012
8:01 pm
Perhaps the keel could be sufficiently rigid to eliminate the need for the nose and tail wires? The idea is to produce a lifting plate similar the a gyrocopter...
2225 WilliamRich
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Apr 21, 2012
8:30 pm
The under-fuselage wing-wire pulley would enable pitch movement in the sense that it provides a freedom of movement to accommodate masthead initiated pitch...
2226 jack.nelson@...
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Apr 22, 2012
12:25 am
William, I have been flying hang gliders and trikes for some time and the under wire pulley system is intriguing . The pendulum concept is the basics for the...
2227 James
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Apr 22, 2012
5:17 pm
In addition to the positive things of the typical blog this group has the advantage that we can all post additions or opinions that differ. That isn't always...
2228 WilliamRich
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Apr 22, 2012
5:28 pm
Whether weight shift control, aerodynamic control, or a hybrid of the two, the notion is of an overhead flying wing (possibly with a canard or minimal tail...
2229 WilliamRich
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Apr 22, 2012
5:29 pm
Thank you, James. ... me. ... ;-) ... I'll...
2231 WilliamRich
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Apr 22, 2012
5:49 pm
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1909/1909%20-%200071.html <http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1909/1909%20-%200071.html>...
2232 WilliamRich
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Apr 22, 2012
6:30 pm
The wing(s) could be monolithic and easily 'plugged-in' rather than constantly assembled and disassembled as with tube-and-fabric (a hang glider), though a...
2233 WilliamRich
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Apr 22, 2012
6:56 pm
Note the webbing as an addtional snot barrier: http://www.google.com/patents?id=380ZAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v\ =onepage&q&f=false ...
2234 WilliamRich
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Apr 22, 2012
7:16 pm
Now this genius: http://www.google.com/patents?id=wWgFAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v\ =onepage&q&f=false ...
2235 WilliamRich
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Apr 22, 2012
8:10 pm
Course, when you lower the wings because they are too hard to install you have the e-Go ... and so it goes. ... a ... from ... the ... canard ... This ... ...
2236 Tony Fairbridge
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Apr 23, 2012
12:53 am
You obviously have too much spare time!!! Tony F. From: MinimalistAirplaneStudyGroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MinimalistAirplaneStudyGroup@yahoogroups.com] On...
2237 WilliamRich
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Apr 23, 2012
2:08 pm
The 1976-era EZ Riser appears to be back from Larry Mauro (it is often hard to date web pages). The EZ-R airframe is elegant and magical: the ...
2238 WilliamRich
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Apr 23, 2012
2:57 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7naUgGc9OI&feature=youtu.be <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7naUgGc9OI&feature=youtu.be>...
2239 William
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Apr 24, 2012
1:56 am
I'd look closely at the Hummel UltraCruiser or UltraCruiser Plus http://www.flyhummel.com/store/catalog/ . They offer plans, Mylar layout sheets, and a...
2244 WilliamRich
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Apr 28, 2012
6:35 am
Mr. Rich, Thank you for your interest in the CX4 and CX5. The CX5 is a good ways out from first flight. The CX4 has always been a plans built plane, but...
2247 WilliamRich
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Apr 30, 2012
3:28 pm
http://www.eaa.org/experimenter/articles/2010-02_powerplants.asp <http://www.eaa.org/experimenter/articles/2010-02_powerplants.asp>...
2248 Patrick P
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May 1, 2012
6:10 pm
Well maybe there is... Here's a short list of a few things that are free to homebuilders, experimental aviators. To view this very same message at an...
2250 Patrick Panzera
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May 3, 2012
9:15 pm
It was requested of me to re-post this here. ... 2300cc $10k 2600cc $12k After looking at the display engine they had there this and last year, I'd be ...
2251 WilliamRich
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May 8, 2012
6:24 pm
http://www.kitplanes.com/issues/29_1/exploring/Alternative_Energies_Ligh\ t_Sport_electrified_20337-1.html ...
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