914Driver wrote:
Burt Rutan's tombstone will say "Symmetry is highly overrated"
I lifted two wheels at two rallycross events in a row. The first time was worse, and scared me a little. I don't like it, though I am wondering if I'll get used to it or if I'm switching back to the smaller swaybars.
I've developed an obsession with convertibles that take up the same amount of real estate as my long bed truck.
In reply to Chadeux:
Come to my garage
Can my barge join the party?
My BIL has been looking for a yacht convertible for a while now. Saw this one recently. The guy selling would not even tell him the asking price!
75 years ago today
242 Years ago tonight.
"Twas the 18th of April, in '75
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year."
And tomorrow ...
"By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world."
etifosi wrote:
-Rob
The proportions are actually not bad.
https://appleton.craigslist.org/cto/6088145740.html
NMNA, but good on the challenge budget!
rob_lewis wrote:
I do that all the time.
In fact, I just did that when I tied up the hose for the dishwasher drain when I replaced the broken trash compactor.
Works great for wire or hose separation.
Stefan wrote:rob_lewis wrote:
HappyAndy wrote:914Driver wrote:Burt Rutan's tombstone will say "Symmetry is highly overrated"
Left engine moved outboard to improve symmetry at low speeds and to reduce cabin noise.
Both engines moved inboard to reduce MCS. Right engine moved forward to clear fuselage. Left engine moved aft to balance.
Wing skewed to support engines and to reduce left engine interference.
Composite construction allows smaller, higher aspect ratio wing. but configuration is now nose-heavy, thus left wing is swept forward. This helps, but configuration is still nose-heavy.
The weight savings allows smaller engines and tail area can be reduced.
Higher aspect ratio tail flutter problem is fixed with nacelle boom. This allows additional baggage room in boom.
Right engine is moved to the fuselage to reduce weight, cost and drag. Lateral balance is restored by moving entire wing to the left. MCS is now well below stall.
Left engine is moved outboard to reduce cabin noise and to eliminate prop interference. Entire wing is moved left to restore lateral balance
Twin small vertical tails improve low speed handling, reduce weight and allow low-drag pressure-recovery aft fuselage.
You guys are pretty smart about flying machines. This is all I know about them:
Sometimes I just like to google images of Burt Rutan's designs and drool for hours at the beautiful awesomeness. If I ever won the lottery I'd have to devote a significant portion of my existence to building a Long-EZ...
but there's something about open cockpit, wood and cloth that makes me think this would be the most fun possible...
Staaken Flitzer (vw powered plans built)
Fly Baby
Pietenpol Air Camper
I have always liked Burt's first homebuilt design, the Variviggen
A cost effective "wind tunnel"
RFloyd wrote: Sometimes I just like to google images of Burt Rutan's designs and drool for hours at the beautiful awesomeness. If I ever won the lottery I'd have to devote a significant portion of my existence to building a Long-EZ...
Friend of mine had one, want too visit your kids in another State? This is the way to go!
Specs say it only climbs at 400 fpm.
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