anonymous coward wrote in message e...

I feel more and more drawn towards the idea of building a wooden 3-axis
microlight - some of them seem to have quite short build times, and as you
say, slow landing speeds have got to be a good thing.

Have a look at the Evans VP-1 "Volkplane" or the Bowers "FlyBaby".
The VP is simpler, but the FB has a better look IMO. Both designs
date from the 60's and have scores of examples flying with thousands
of hours accumulated. Both have active builder/pilot groups on Yahoo.
Ron Wanntaja maintains an excellent website at www.bowersflybaby.com

Ditto the other comments in this thread - in any aircraft the
component most susceptible to catastrophic failure is the nut behind
the stick.

Good luck to you!

--Corrie, gettin' ready to cut wood for a FlyBaby