I'll edit the subject line again, to make it a but more general.

Note also that Google handles the copy to yahoogroups differently
from your newsreader.

On Aug 12, 8:23 am, cavelamb himself wrote:
Ok Fred. I guess I may owe you an apology for being a wee but
suspicious of your motives.

The one thing a man can never defend himself from is the mongrels
snapping at his heals.

But you kinda skipped over _MY_ questions:

Of course. I was staying on-topic.


What are YOU building?
What have you BUILT?

I'd still like to know.


Cool. I had always had a casual interest in aviation. Back
a few years ago a cow-orker who is a pilot and a member
of a local flying club mentioned to me that they were working
on a replica of the Wright Flyer. The project was actually
building two wings for display purposes only at Kitty Hawk.
Being a woodworker, I found the construction techniques
to be quite interesting and, from my engineering background
had a minor epiphany, a wing is a beam.

Since then I have been studying homebuilts, primarily in regard
to construction technology. It is fascinating that so many diverse
technologies can be used to produce airframes, given the
rather extreme demands on the design. As to overall design,
aircraft may be second only to spacecraft design in terms
of multidisciplinary demands on the designer.

Aircraft design is also fascinating from the aspect of
optimization. There is no one design that does all things
well, which leads to a wonderful variety of approaches.

The TP fuselage is of interest as it appears to be one of the
easiest/quickest/cheapest to build, and the basic technique
can be adapted to other designs.

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FF