go back in time and ask TEX....I've seen photos of that plane before. How would you like to be the test pilot of that thing?
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rv-rick
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V-173 Flying Pancake
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Punkinhead
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I'd like to see the takeoff.
I'd like to see the takeoff.
I watched a CH-701 do a vertical take off and landing on a windy day. The take off was brakes on, run the engine up to 100% and raise the nose until it lifted off.
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YMF-5 is certainly a head turner. The build quality is impeccable.
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rv-rick
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Punkinhead
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If it has a C85 in it I want to the engine for my J3. Believe it or not, people are buying those for the engines and turning the rest into beer cans. I've never flown one but people who have still have fond memories.
There is one for sale not 15 min from my place with a C85 engine in it. It actually looks very nice for its age. If you have access to faceplant, here s the ad: https://www.facebook.com/marketplac...place_top_picks&referral_story_type=top_picks
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I know a guy who built one of those, R/C, in about 1/3 scale or so. Beautiful plane... great work. He looked fairly weak kneed and sweaty after the maiden... which was successfull, btw. Apparently determining the CG location wasn't quite as straighfoward as he thought... next couple of flights went better, but it still always looked dicey when flying. He was going to build the military version of it, in F/G, but the prototype disauded him...
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Soggy Biscuit
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I went to this at the end of last summer. It was a nice sunny day with super low humidity. I'm going to try to make it to the big air show and WWII re-enactment in Reading, PA this year.
I went to this at the end of last summer. It was a nice sunny day with super low humidity. I'm going to try to make it to the big air show and WWII re-enactment in Reading, PA this year.
rv-rick
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OK, a little off topic...
rv-rick
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rv-rick
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Especially the way pilots are having "medical emergancies" in the cockpit.
The second low time pilot is there as much to learn and gain experience as reduce the work load for the PIC. If the industry wants competent pilots they must keep two pilot crews for no other reason than training and experience. I can't see any way around that.
Soggy Biscuit
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It's only a matter of time before Skynet becomes self-aware.