Isn't the more curved on top to produce lift to offset the additional
weight?


"Tedstriker" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 12:04:35 -0700, Richard Riley
wrote:

On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 15:24:02 -0400, Tedstriker
wrote:

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:On one of Mike Arnold's AR-5 tapes he makes one, and you can watch and
learn
:to make one for yourself. Matter of fact, Arnold's meticulous
techniques
:are the best I have ever seen. He is a master at it, having trained
with
:another master, Burt Rutan.
:
:IIRC, Arnold made a mold for baggage pod production for the RV series of
:aircraft.
:
:
:That's interesting, where can one obtain those tapes?

With the world's most obvious url - http://www.ar-5.com/tapes.html

I ended up ordering one of Gary Hunter's EZ pods. I'm goint to invert
it, so the more curved surface is on the bottom, and shortening the
pylon. With something like this, it's horribly inneffiencent to shape
a pod, glass it, then use it to make a mold, then finally make a
finished pod. He's already done all that, so all I'll have to do to
mount it, is a little fiberglass work. This must me a common issue
with tadem airplanes with two people in them. Side by side planes
really have a baggage space advantage. The RV-8 has the best baggage
space I've seen for a two-place tandem homebuilt.
Thanks to Richard Riley for the good tip on where to buy one, I should
have it installed for Oshkosh. All other advice and tips appreciated.