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Hmmm a BD5J with zero hours FS
("Dan" wrote)
http://www.flight.cz/cricri/english/ GREAT Cri-Cri site. Check out the (new) NZ video. What is it about the design that makes it so unsafe? It looks a bit short coupled, but that's the only thing that jumps out at me. Dan is asking this of the BD-5J http://home.regent.edu/ruthven/bd-5.html ....not the Cri-Cri :-) Montblack |
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Deaf2u wrote:
I think to qualify for a Guinnes record you have to actually apply. In any case I'd likely give it to the Cri-Cri on the basis of non-flight, but here is a yet smaller craft. Perhaps it is too small to qualify as an aircraft, I'd give him any record he wants, this guy truly is the real thing. http://www.jet-man.com/actuel_eng.html I saw that on the news. It has to be one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Tony |
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Hmmm a BD5J with zero hours FS
Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
If the plane never leaves the ground it isn't an airplane as far as I'm concerned. Think how easy it would be to just put together some cardboard and a light jet engine and call it the lightest jet airplane. Couldn't someone toss a couple of those model plane jet engines on an ultralight and take the record for smallest jet? It would take some research to select the right plane but I'd go with one of Chuck's planes... Tony |
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"Anthony W" wrote in message news:seWih.49$kD4.34@trndny06... Gig 601XL Builder wrote: If the plane never leaves the ground it isn't an airplane as far as I'm concerned. Think how easy it would be to just put together some cardboard and a light jet engine and call it the lightest jet airplane. Couldn't someone toss a couple of those model plane jet engines on an ultralight and take the record for smallest jet? It would take some research to select the right plane but I'd go with one of Chuck's planes... Tony Add a couple model plane jet engines to an ultralight and you would have developed a jet airplane with the slowest max speed. You can file your new world record with "Ripley's Believe It or Not." Wayne HP-14 "6F" http://www.soaridaho.com |
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In a previous article, "Montblack" said:
The Cri-Cri weighs half as much. It does? That page you linked for the jet Cri-Cri says it weighs 170kg. The Guiness certificate for Wan's BD5J says it weighs 162kg. -- Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/ "Why are we hiding from the police, mommy?" "Because we use vi, dear, and they use emacs." |
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In article , Wayne Paul says...
"Anthony W" wrote in message news:seWih.49$kD4.34@trndny06... Gig 601XL Builder wrote: If the plane never leaves the ground it isn't an airplane as far as I'm concerned. Think how easy it would be to just put together some cardboard and a light jet engine and call it the lightest jet airplane. Couldn't someone toss a couple of those model plane jet engines on an ultralight and take the record for smallest jet? It would take some research to select the right plane but I'd go with one of Chuck's planes... Tony Add a couple model plane jet engines to an ultralight and you would have developed a jet airplane with the slowest max speed. You can file your new world record with "Ripley's Believe It or Not." Actually it's been done twice.Once on a Mitchell wing that flew I think at SnF about 10 years ago and a couple years ago with a twin jet on a Pteredactyl flown by Jack Mc Cornack. I saw them both. They were slow alright :-0 Chuck S |
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Paul Tomblin wrote:
In a previous article, "Montblack" said: The Cri-Cri weighs half as much. It does? That page you linked for the jet Cri-Cri says it weighs 170kg. The Guiness certificate for Wan's BD5J says it weighs 162kg. But the Cri Cri flies and it would take at least another 10 Kg of stuff to get the juanatross off the ground. That would probably include a better jet engine and a fly-by-wire system to overcome the instability. Tony |
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ChuckSlusarczyk wrote:
Add a couple model plane jet engines to an ultralight and you would have developed a jet airplane with the slowest max speed. You can file your new world record with "Ripley's Believe It or Not." Actually it's been done twice.Once on a Mitchell wing that flew I think at SnF about 10 years ago and a couple years ago with a twin jet on a Pteredactyl flown by Jack McCornack. I saw them both. They were slow alright :-0 Chuck S The Mitchell Wing was my first thought but the name escaped me at the moment. Weren't those pulse jets on the Wing rather than mini-turbines? In my not so humble opinion a Mitchell U2 with mini-turbine engines would be the coolest ultralight ever. If I weren't built like a linebacker, I'd already be into ultralights... The record is for the smallest jet, it didn't say anything about how fast it was or if it even got off the ground (as we know juanatross never did.) Tony |
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"Wayne Paul" wrote in message
... "Anthony W" wrote in message news:seWih.49$kD4.34@trndny06... Gig 601XL Builder wrote: If the plane never leaves the ground it isn't an airplane as far as I'm concerned. Think how easy it would be to just put together some cardboard and a light jet engine and call it the lightest jet airplane. Couldn't someone toss a couple of those model plane jet engines on an ultralight and take the record for smallest jet? It would take some research to select the right plane but I'd go with one of Chuck's planes... Tony Add a couple model plane jet engines to an ultralight and you would have developed a jet airplane with the slowest max speed. You can file your new world record with "Ripley's Believe It or Not." Wayne HP-14 "6F" http://www.soaridaho.com It's been done as a single engine jet, and was reported in Experimenter (since changed to Sport Pilot) a couple of years ago. I not longer have, nor recall, the issue. Peter |
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Hmmm a BD5J with zero hours FS
"Deaf2u" wrote in message ... http://www.global-air.com/global/g05229.htm Could it be?? You'd think he'd at least fly it once. Or watch it fly. What's the story here Juan? The plan has been to sell it for some time now. It flies first or it gets sold first. Now, what's the story behind anonymous posts? You afraid of someone? Something? Boogeyman? -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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