Double trouble?

[Guest ozzie]

maybe 2 jabirus would work.

 

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/351/language/en-CA/Double-Double--The-Story-of-the-Zwillingsbiber-Beaver.aspx

 

 

[RKW]

Think I will give it a go, but I'll wait till 01/04/2013!! Good one Ozzie!

 

 

[farri]

After reading the story of the Zwillingsbiber brothers, I realy didn`t know just what to think as I wasn`t aware of these types of aircraft.

 

Today I was taking another look through an old issues of Sport Pilot, October 2011 in fact, and this picture caught my attention! It appears that the concept isn`t so silly, after all.

 

 

Frank.

 

 

[petetheprinta]

maybe 2 jabirus would work.

If you joined two Jabs, would they be twice as good... or twice as bad

 

 

[farri]

If you joined two Jabs, would they be twice as good... or twice as bad

... You`d be getting 2 for the price one!

 

Frank.

 

 

[facthunter]

Generally silly idea. Has to be a monstrous compromise,hardly likely to be efficient. Think of the control runs, and the assy situation doesn't bear thinking about Nev.

 

 

[Guest Howard Hughes]

Rutan's Boomerang uses a similar concept.

 

 

[facthunter]

Probably a matter of using what is available , more than developing a design from basics. They tend to be a bit "rubbery" as a structure also. Nev

 

 

[eightyknots]

Pipestel, the makers of the Virus, Sinus and Taurus recently won a $USD1,350,000 prize for a "double-trouble" version with electric motors:

 

 

The prize was won for flying 200 miles with an electric aircraft under two hours flying time.

 

 

[eightyknots]

This set-up was made using two Taurus motor gliders ...with extensive modifications, of course.