Unusual Sighting (What was that?)

On Nov 11, 9:09 am, "Kyle Boatright" wrote:
Yesterday, we departed Falcon Field, South of Atlanta (also the home of
Aircraft Spruce East) and noticed traffic at about 10 O'clock high. At
first, I thought it was one of the Diamond Eclipse trainers that routinely
fly out of Falcon. Low wings with a high aspect ratio, skinny aft fuselage,
trigear... As we got closer, it was obvious that it wasn't an Eclipse..

Why? Well, it was slower than the Diamonds, was relatively small, and had a
V-tail.

What was that thing?

I am going to guess:

http://www.corvaircruiser.com/

Rick Pellicciotti
EZrg N818KD

I actually think it was the Robin, as linked in a note from "Scott".

I've seen the corvair cruiser in person, and the aircraft I saw on Saturday
had a longer, narrower wing.


"Paul Hastings" wrote in message
...
Perhaps this http://corvaircruiser.com/ ?


"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
. ..
Yesterday, we departed Falcon Field, South of Atlanta (also the home of
Aircraft Spruce East) and noticed traffic at about 10 O'clock high. At
first, I thought it was one of the Diamond Eclipse trainers that
routinely fly out of Falcon. Low wings with a high aspect ratio, skinny
aft fuselage, trigear... As we got closer, it was obvious that it wasn't
an Eclipse..

Why? Well, it was slower than the Diamonds, was relatively small, and had
a V-tail.

What was that thing?

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:23:23 -0800, wright1902glider
wrote:

Why? Well, it was slower than the Diamonds, was relatively small, and had a
V-tail.

What was that thing?


Probably some sort of motorglider. I've seen both pusher and tractor

With a 16:1 glide ratio? My 3100 # Deb is well better than that.

prop motorgliders with a V-tail with an aft fuselage that looks like
the Diamond series.

It looks like a fast ultralight that would quallify for sport plane.

Roger (K8RI)


http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3Den%26sa%3DN

Harry Frey

I concur with Roger. I don't believe the J-5 Marco
(http://tinyurl.com/38qamk) was ever intended to be considered a
motor-glider. (I believe the official US term is "self-launched glider".)
The wings would need to be extended to 13+ meters.

In order to make the J-5 as efficient as possible, many sailplane design
characteristics were employed. (full span flaperons, single retractable gear
option, spoilers, molded composite construction, etc)

The Flight Design CT is also a very clean aircraft. If your landing
approach is a bit fast, you will float the full length of the runway. I
have often thought that adding spoilers to the CT would solve the this.

"V" tail sailplane designs were common in the 1960s.
(http://tinyurl.com/27esfn and http://tinyurl.com/2w6fuk) I was surprised
to see the design reappear in UAVs.

Wayne
HP-14 N990
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder
W7ADK




"Roger (K8RI)" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:23:23 -0800, wright1902glider
wrote:

Why? Well, it was slower than the Diamonds, was relatively small, and
had a
V-tail.

What was that thing?


Probably some sort of motorglider. I've seen both pusher and tractor

With a 16:1 glide ratio? My 3100 # Deb is well better than that.

prop motorgliders with a V-tail with an aft fuselage that looks like
the Diamond series.

It looks like a fast ultralight that would quallify for sport plane.

Roger (K8RI)


http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3Den%26sa%3DN

Harry Frey

Davis DA 5?

http://www.airbum.com/photos/DavisDA-2AandDA-5.jpg


Tom C