My First Time

[EA82H5]

Hi All my name is Peter , well where do I start , I have been an aeroplane since .... well birth I guess haha , I am 57 years young and have decieded to start a project I should have started 25 years ago ( got married had kids , life, you know the story ) . I have started to build a single seat all aluminium aeroplane from plans and parts supplied , this aircraft is normally powered with a modified VW engine ,I am giong to use a subaru EA82T engine , I would love to hear from anyone who is building one or simmilar or anyone for that matter ,

 

 

[dazza 38]

:welcome:Peter

 

 

[eightyknots]

Hi Peter, is it a USA-based plan that you are building from?

 

 

[EA82H5]

Hi Peter, is it a USA-based plan that you are building from?

Hi eightyknots , Yes it is a US based , its a H5 Hummel ,wwwflyhummel.com

 

 

[farri]

I would love to hear from anyone who is building one or simmilar or anyone for that matter ,

Hello Peter and .

 

A little bit about myself!

 

It`s a while since I built the aircraft that started me flying , in fact it was in the early eighties of the last century...( How that seems such a long time ago when put that way. )

 

Roughly the same old story, Wife, three children, property to pay off, never enough money, realised I was just getting older not richer so it looked like I was never going to fly, then one day fate steped in.

 

I met a guy who had built a copy of a Chinook WT 2... I had a good look at it and thought, " I can do that" so I did, from scratch, no plans just went over his aircraft with a tape measure and a burning desire to fly.

 

At that time, twin seat Ultralight aircraft were not legal in Australia, so there was no such thing as twin seat instruction, instructors were very few and far between and to top it off, I couldn`t see how some instructor standing on the ground would be of any value to me up there, so , when I finished building, I simply hoped in and learnt to fly it.

 

A lot of water under bridge or a lot of air over the wings since then, so to speak, but I can still say, "There`s nothing like sitting up there in the aircraft you`ve built yourself and learnt to fly"

 

I later went on to obtain an instructors rating and ran my own school for 12 years. I retired from instructing a couple of years ago...My WB Drifter was the first legal twin seat aircraft to be used for training, in the Cairns area of north Queensland.

 

Frank.

 

Ps, I`m not recommending that anyone teach themselves to fly the aircraft they`ve built. There have been many fatalities in attempting to do so.

 

 

[EA82H5]

Hello Peter and .A little bit about myself!

 

It`s a while since I built the aircraft that started me flying , in fact it was in the early eighties of the last century...( How that seems such a long time ago when put that way. )

 

Roughly the same old story, Wife, three children, property to pay off, never enough money, realised I was just getting older not richer so it looked like I was never going to fly, then one day fate steped in.

 

I met a guy who had built a copy of a Chinook WT 2... I had a good look at it and thought, " I can do that" so I did, from scratch, no plans just went over his aircraft with a tape measure and a burning desire to fly.

 

At that time, twin seat Ultralight aircraft were not legal in Australia, so there was no such thing as twin seat instruction, instructors were very few and far between and to top it off, I couldn`t see how some instructor standing on the ground would be of any value to me up there, so , when I finished building, I simply hoped in and learnt to fly it.

 

A lot of water under bridge or a lot of air over the wings since then, so to speak, but I can still say, "There`s nothing like sitting up there in the aircraft you`ve built yourself and learnt to fly"

 

I later went on to obtain an instructors rating and ran my own school for 12 years. I retired from instructing a couple of years ago...My WB Drifter was the first legal twin seat aircraft to be used for training, in the Cairns area of north Queensland.

 

Frank.

 

Ps, I`m not recommending that anyone teach themselves to fly the aircraft they`ve built. There have been many fatalities in attempting to do so.

Hi frank I don't have an RA-Aus liscence yet but I was fortunate enough to have flown with a few members for a sport avation club back in the early eighties and I have missed it ever since ( at that time I had 2 near fatal car accidents both a year apart and I was unable to follow my dream )

Peter

 

 

[farri]

Peter, sorry about your car accidents!...Then there are those who think flying Ultralight aircraft is too dangerous.

 

I was a speed freak in cars and motor bikes when I was young and you would find it hard to believe the true stories I could tell, fortunately, I was never hurt nor did I ever hurt anyone else.

 

I can honestly say that nothing I`ve ever done in my flying has been anywhere near as dangerous as the things I did back then.

 

Cheers,

 

Frank.

 

 

[geoffreywh]

Be careful before commiting yourself to an EA82 it may be a bit too big physically for the Hummel....

 

 

[EA82H5]

Hi Geoff ,fair comment I haven't actually got the engine yet , I have been given a Subaru Vortec EA82 T MPFI complete car weigth wise they ars similar to VW but with the advantage of having an ECU to control air /fuel ,etc

 

Peter

 

 

[Mark11]

Frank,

 

It's an incredible effort to have built your first plane the way you say... There are so many little things that can affect the way it would or wouldn't fly!

 

I'm a civil engineer and build buildings, houses, etc... I thought about trying to build a kit plane (SeaRey) but lack a bit of confidence.... Looking at importing from the US instead.

 

I would love to see how the build goes!

 

Good luck.

 

Regards

 

Mark