airplane hangars

http://monolithicdome.com/gallery/co...s03/index.html
Monolithic Dome Airplane Hangars

Fantastic concept, however as a homebuilder I think that my little pile of
unfinished aluminium and cloth is probably going to be a tad out of place in
this. (I will have to stick to dismantling it and storing it in my garage
at home.)



"geo" wrote in message
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http://monolithicdome.com/gallery/co...s03/index.html
Monolithic Dome Airplane Hangars

In article , geo
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http://monolithicdome.com/gallery/co...s03/index.html
Monolithic Dome Airplane Hangars

Pffft!
We built our hangar from $20 plans.
No door, total cost was a little less than $3000.
This includes the crushed limestone apron and hangar floor.

Why build at all? Just encase your kit or raw materials inside a solid mound
of concrete for eternity and *say* there's an airplane within.
Who could prove you wrong?

Eric

A problem I can see is given that hangar plots at airports are usually
rectangular-shaped, you usually try to maximixe use of the land and
squeeze in as many hangars in as you can, with walls adjoining one
another. Round hangars will waste a lot of ground surface area around
them.

I'd rather see a standard rectangular-shaped hangar, but perhaps built
with this stuff for the exterior walls and roof:

http://www.agriboard.com/brochure.html
http://www.agriboard.com/pdfs/tornado.pdf
http://www.agriboard.com/fires.html

Well, you could combine the dome hangar with this idea:
http://www.carouselhangars.com/

Bill Daniels

"Neal" wrote in message
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A problem I can see is given that hangar plots at airports are usually
rectangular-shaped, you usually try to maximixe use of the land and
squeeze in as many hangars in as you can, with walls adjoining one
another. Round hangars will waste a lot of ground surface area around
them.

I'd rather see a standard rectangular-shaped hangar, but perhaps built
with this stuff for the exterior walls and roof:

http://www.agriboard.com/brochure.html
http://www.agriboard.com/pdfs/tornado.pdf
http://www.agriboard.com/fires.html

But round hangars can be configured to be much more efficient than square
hangars. Just add one of these.

http://www.carouselhangars.com/

Juan

"Neal" wrote in message
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A problem I can see is given that hangar plots at airports are usually
rectangular-shaped, you usually try to maximixe use of the land and
squeeze in as many hangars in as you can, with walls adjoining one
another. Round hangars will waste a lot of ground surface area around
them.

I'd rather see a standard rectangular-shaped hangar, but perhaps built
with this stuff for the exterior walls and roof:

http://www.agriboard.com/brochure.html
http://www.agriboard.com/pdfs/tornado.pdf
http://www.agriboard.com/fires.html

Argh! Beat me to it!

"Bill Daniels" wrote in message
k.net...
Well, you could combine the dome hangar with this idea:
http://www.carouselhangars.com/

Bill Daniels

"Neal" wrote in message
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A problem I can see is given that hangar plots at airports are usually
rectangular-shaped, you usually try to maximixe use of the land and
squeeze in as many hangars in as you can, with walls adjoining one
another. Round hangars will waste a lot of ground surface area around
them.

I'd rather see a standard rectangular-shaped hangar, but perhaps built
with this stuff for the exterior walls and roof:

http://www.agriboard.com/brochure.html
http://www.agriboard.com/pdfs/tornado.pdf
http://www.agriboard.com/fires.html

My partner and I pay $45/mo for our "tie down space" and on it we placed a
concrete pad plus a COVERIT hangar.
Awesome.
Took about a month to do but it sure beats keeping our bird out in the rain
and hail.
pics at www.myplaneonline.com/N9230S.html
Bill

My partner and I pay $45/mo for our "tie down space" and on it we placed a
concrete pad plus a COVERIT hangar.
Awesome.

Wow -- that's BIG. How did the airport feel about you constructing a hangar
like this on your tie-down space?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"