Afordaplane

[BLA82]

Hi All,

 

I recently purchased plans for an affordaplane from www.afordaplane.com.

 

The purchase price was so small I couldn't resist as it would make a great plan to scale down to remote controlled anyway but I was wondering if anone has heard of these or know of one flying. They look simple to build and have a reasonable resemblence to something that might fly ,I say reasonable :laugh:but I have never seen one.

 

Let us know

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BLA82]

come on guys there must be someone who has heard of them or even has a comment

 

 

[icebob]

Hi,

 

Sorry i have not got back to you had issues here at home to deal with/am dealing with.

 

In 1998 in San Diego(USA) I saw two of them, one landing and one taking-off. The one taking off had the much smaller motor and just can i say to get to 1000 feet, i could have made four ham sandwiches and maybe even sliced up some block cheese to go in them too- it -- was --- s-l-o-w.

 

The machine that I watched landing had a bigger motor and he eventually took off and he climbed quite well, both guys looked like they were having fun and i was a bit green with envy they were flying and i wasn't.

 

Both aircraft had the same fuselage although the second aircraft had a better constructed nose/cockpit and bigger diameter wheels. The guy that drove me out there(he has flown both of them) told me the first one only had the three 4 inch wheels and the second had ten inch wheelbarrow wheels as mains and the original 4 inch main as the tail wheel, he had used Dacron to cover the wings and tail instead of the original material stated on the plans but the first aircraft followed the plans exactly and will be installing the bigger motor.

 

It was about 35 degrees and a wind of about four knots and gusting to 6, both aircraft looked like they were fairly responsive in roll and pitch and I guess you could liken the take off and landing to very much like the volksplane, that is shallow climb/ decent angles both under power. I was told their good landing speed is around 38-44 knots giving V1+ 9knots, both aircraft did not have brakes.The maximum cross wind recommended in the plans was a bit of wishful thinking, I was told they struggle with 8 knots crosswind. Duration with the recommended fuel tank is just over two and a half hours but i feel you would need a freezer suit any longer than that, the nose construction gives little protection from the wind. I reckon this aircraft would make a magic beach fun flyer or the like as both aircraft had arrived at the strip in a modified box trailer the wing only took a few minutes to put on as it was fitted with the fuselage still on the trailer and the whole lot rolled off and away you go.

 

Don't know if anyone else has seen them or flown one as i am fairly new to this forum but I wonder is there a web site in the USA for them?

 

Bob

 

 

[BLA82]

Thanks Icebob,

 

Well it's good to hear of some actually flying it gives me alot more confidence in attempting to build one.

 

 

[icebob]

Hi,

 

Not a problem however if it was me(my 2cents worth) I would still try to contact someone who has flown one for some guidance, I have only looked at them and talked briefly to someone who has only a few hours on them but I have not flown them myself.

 

Bob

 

 

[icebob]

Hi,

 

sorry forgot to add the photo

 

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The original plans used 1.7 once dacron but this aircraft used another product from France, the same strength as 3 oz but lighter and had UV protection inbuilt, he spary painted over the fabric with house paint. He made the wings 8 inches longer and has a 45HP motor.

 

Bob.

 

 

[old man emu]

BLA82,

 

I know someone who was going to build one with the local Air League unit at Camden. So far, it's still in the idea stage.

 

Old Man Emu

 

 

[Guest rocketman]

I picked up some Team Airbike plans recently. Certainly a lot stronger than the Affordaplane and considerably longer to build. Oh yeah, and I have some Affordaplane plans lying around somewhere.

 

 

[nik]

Rocketman,

 

do you still have the plans? I'd like to build a Tandem version. Email me on [email protected] if you can help.

 

Nik

 

 

[Neil]

On 05/09/2008 at 4:55 PM, BLA82 said:

Hi All,

 

I recently purchased plans for an affordaplane from www.afordaplane.com.

 

The purchase price was so small I couldn't resist as it would make a great plan to scale down to remote controlled anyway but I was wondering if anone has heard of these or know of one flying. They look simple to build and have a reasonable resemblence to something that might fly ,I say reasonable :laugh:but I have never seen one.

 

Let us know

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi 

 

How did you go with the build, I have just purchased a set of plans

 

Regards

Neil

 

[jackc]

On 24/05/2021 at 9:49 AM, Neil said:

Hi 

 

How did you go with the build, I have just purchased a set of plans

 

Regards

Neil

 

I just bought the same plans 3 days ago 🙂