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  1. Litespeed
    Would love a home laser cutter, opens up so many project ideas. Note the one quoted is without the laser
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    I hope that means a lasercut kit then, not the crappy stamped stuff. I have a guillows Aeronca on the shelf but the quality is very poor from ancient equipment.
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    Go with a 100 inch version, bigger is better for a realistic flying experience. Electric would be easy but quality 2 strokes spark engines are cheap and economy is great. Or do a nice four stroke- love the sound. Could even do electric start if wanted. Add some pilots with a camera in the head on a servo gimble and get the real pilots view. Please build one- you know you want to....
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    I expect the lift was waiting to access the ferris wheel. . It beggars belief they could place it there, given the type of aircraft likely to use the grass. Safety is meant to accout for likely possible outcomes esp at a airshow. Reminds me of the Jules Bianchi death in F1. Yes pilot may be at fault for deviation of straight ahead, but this is stupidity, might as well have landmines to punish mistakes.
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    Leaning far to the right is what they do. If he did any banking to the left that would be a issue.
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    The AN2 in the background shouldn't be
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    Beware of the FAA, I hear they intend to do a flight check on Santa for Xmas Eve and this will include a engine failure on takeoff. Make sure to select your least likeable reindeer as one will be blasted with a shotgun. I also recommend ski face mask to protect from the debris.
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    Yes and mainly because they are ugly in the extreme esp the new models. The Camry is hugely popular as a cab in hybrid form even in country areas.
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    The age of the hybrid is well and truly already here. Porsche, BMW, Mercedes all make them as do Volvo to name a few. Most have committed to hybrid as the norm by 2020. A proper hybrid does fine outback as you still have a engine when needed.
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    The pouring blood/bombs or poppies is tone deaf at best. Any memorial must also account for the mass death and destruction it also represents. Not a comment on the brave crews but the reality of the missions. Hard to please everyone but this looks like what Boris Johnson's would give to Germany as a gift.
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    When you can buy a new Jabbawocky for a tenth of the price of a home in the boondocks of Sydney- it is housing costs and transport that are the big factors. If you don't buy you can rent but still pay a fortune and find it hard to get a deposit. The cost of living and poor wages are the big factors.
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    Cheap, cheerful and a proven design the Demoiselle is a good time machine. Aerodrome Airplanes do a kit and it can be under 10 grand flying. As for Rotax been old in tooth a rebuilt one by rotax Rick, In USA is cheap and have a great reputation. I won't comment on partners as I need all my blood inside my body.
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    I agree it would best for What's up back into the fold. More fun
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    Sure experiment with a new airframe design or motor, but only do one at a time. Sure you can be bold but few bold builders live to be old pilots. Pilots who fly new designs with new engines are called test pilots. And deserve the title if good enough, if not they are called the deceased more often than not.
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    If you want cheap, cheerful and reliable then do a Heath parasol or similar design and add a total two stroke. Shop around and $2,500 for a good rotax with redrive will provide plenty of thrust in which to trust. It's all about condition and managing your two stroke. The Texas parasol group is great and is very cheap to build, lots flying and not a huge amount of build hours. as it is built from angle alloy it is cheap. A tube frame in alloy of aircraft grade costs considerably more. The covering is up to you but can be cheap or very expensive eg. Oratex. The more you can do and make yourself the cheaper, go second hand when possible and enjoy. A used rotax or Kawasaki or Hirth two stroke will be fine and more reliable than a home cobbled motor/ box combo. Resist the temptation of a untried motor and untried airframe, too much to go wrong and you only have one life.
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    Bugger Why rip off the number? His name was Wayne maybe last name Kerr?
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    It would be a better deal with a Jabiru motor, then it is much more affordable. No redrive but light, and cheap.
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    As a side note the big Zeppelin fire was caused by the nitrate dope which is extremely flammable. Yes so is hydrogen but that flashes off, the nitrate made it a fireball waiting to happen. This is from a good documentary on the disaster.
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    Darwin award nominee. And he had a lot of runway(field) behind his start point. Just a complete idiot
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    The Jabbawocky is a kit, just a extremely advanced one that requires little time and also a lot cheaper than many others. But yes it requires a big box. I will find a pic
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    Lets not also forget the Jabiru has over 3000 aircraft flying and many were kit built. Besides the conservative thing, the metal kits suit the flat pack cargo cult of America. No comparison to Cessna is relevant at all, inferiors products at huge expense and are only GA.
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    I think you should look at all those Jabiru's treated like a work tool and always out and about. Lots have spent a lot of their 15-20 years out in the beautiful Sunshine's rays. Are frosted on, shat on by birds, peed on by work dogs, and hailed on sometimes. And a clean of the screen, plus washing off of large bird or flying fox poo, preflight is all that's needed. They are one tough bird and always weapon of choice for crash ability. You have to really try to kill yourself in one. And that is proven worldwide. With the exception of the wonderful locally built Ferris wheel fighter, A tin plane is far less forgiving of crashes unless really special, like another Aussie the Hornet. A metal aircraft can be a write off from just a hail storm, and it sure hates bird poo.
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    . In which case, your choice of a metal airframe, can be a major pisser. Dog urine is especially active as a corrosive dead man's curve if special care is not taken. If you want pee adventures with mutts, the plastic truly is fantastic.
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    If they had no understanding of aero then how come it is a airfoil and does its intended role perfectly? Two sticks would not. Credit due to the indigenous inventers
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    I do love how you get so many up in the Drifter. But,.............your pushing up the price for me when I get one.
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