On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:35:24 -0400, David O
wrote:



There have been many posts in recent months by people contemplating
their own complicated and even radical designs. Reading between the
lines, it appears that many of those people have yet to build their
first plane. May I kindly suggest that one's first plane should be a
time-proved kit or plans-built plane with no major builder
modifications. Build it, fly it, and maintain it for several hundred
hours. After you've accomplished this, revisit your fancy schmancy
dream machine. I expect that by that time, for most people anyway,
reality will have dawned.

I look at what I fly...A Debonair (cheap version of the straight
tailed Bonanza)

I look at what I've been building for a couple of years... glasair-III
and I've accumulated almost a whole hour flying one :-))

Were I going to try to utilize all the features I've seen listed, I'd
build *at least* two planes.

So my go faster, high performance plane lands closer to a hundred than
fourty...I don't mind that.

So, the STOL will only cruise at 160 to 180 knots...That's a pretty
good range even if it does take a pretty good sized engine and drink
gas like crazy.

So, it takes two planes to do it. That ain't bad. It could take 3 or
4.

and...by the time I finish the G-III I'll be too old to build another
any way.

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)


David O -- http://www.AirplaneZone.com -- Oshkosh Bound!!!