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I would swear he went backwards a couple of times. Well done, now he can change those undies.

I went to school with two notable young fellows Constantine Dominico ie Condom And Wayne Cockburn naturally he insisted it was said Coburn

Hey for my money- If Bex can do a 10 grand kit- good on him. I could then add some cheap instruments, grab a BMW motor for 2 grand add redrive and bingo I would have a sub 20 grand aircraft. Not everyone wants or demands a new rotax up front or Jabiru. Damn give they guy some credit for what his is doing. Not everyone has $100k to splash around nor should they.

I can only comment about in bike use. They are bloody tough motors but the early ones had box and drive unit problems. But that is irrelevant for a aircraft. I would happily have one in a aircraft and given a choice between a rotax and a BMW even at the same price- (they are far ,far cheaper). Would go the BMW.

Close Red but no cigar. The Fugly Mk1 is actually quite a bit different to the Burnelli. Have a look at the tail, and the engine nacelles. You may be thinking of the Buutt Fugly Mk11

Yes the Fugly Mk1 is a interesting design.If you look carefully you will notice it does not have engines just props. After testing it was decided engines were not needed. The looks been sufficient that the Earth repelled it from the ground. It was only when employing attractive stewardesses who could flash out the window were the looks improved enough to allow mother Earth to permit landing. Sadly chaining the girls to the aircraft to keep it ground bound between flights was considered poor form. Alas it did not prove a commercial success. This caused the end to the promising career of chief designer Dr Rectum Ring Spitter. Although rumours abounded that he was noticed by Stalin for his undoubted genius and was whisked away in the middle of the night. It is thought he headed Russian Car Design team for 40 years.

I expect the Rotax 915is will be easily in the $35-40,000 range when landed and has the FWF bits added. But could well be a lot more.

That would be a twin engined Fugly Mk1

Well it is quite simple really (cynic alert) Avmed specialists and sleep specialists love to send their mates work and it is the same from most specialties in medicine. They and some in CASA also probably have shares in RESMED which makes billions out of this new area of medicine- ie sleep, snoring and aponea. And to top it all the (I assume) private hospital you had to do the sleep study in also makes a packet of dollars and probably gives some kickbacks to the referrer. Then there is the bloke you bought the machine from- could be any of the above. It is a great way of boosting economic growth for medicine and buck passing and everyone above wins but you and the taxpayer.

It matters not if climbing or level it is the difference in lift between the tail and wing is what does it. The attitude of the aircraft is to a degree irrelevant- as long as the tailplane is still generating a greater amount of lift than the mainplane (wing) which is naturally not providing any lift at all in the stall. The ability of the tailplane to overcome the lift of the tail and provide a pitch down movement by applying the elevator full stick back when in a stall a) is overcome by the complete loss of lift from the wing b)and the fact the angle of attack of the tailplane obscures the elevator when in a nose high attitude. The greater the angle of attack the greater the loss of effectiveness of the elevator. That is the way I think about it- but could be wrong

Well said . Essentially the tail is still creating lift and the wing is not. Wing tips down as tail continues to lift. Like a seesaw. Which is just as it should be. If the tail failed first to provide lift then recovery could be a huge problem and you could plummet tail first to the ground.

Certainly is eyecatching. Looks like the love child of a aircraft and Mork from Ork's spaceship. But is cool.

Contis did sound nice but the best was always a good open reverse cone pipe. On the Guzzi it was explosive fire farts for starting and volcanic when riding. Pure heaven But the neighbours really bloody hated it. Such sweet music

Finally a easy one Harman Rocket Radial RG:cheers:

My memories of the Z1 and GT550 were you only had to turn the key for that to happen. We always joked how great a machine they would be if they didn't put a hinge in the middle.

Ah ? Yes there is nothing like a old Duck motor, they were lovely sounding and looked great. But .................they were terribly short lived if run hard or poorly tuned. A lot of mates had them and I always manged to show em on my R100cs ( mine had 40mm Delorto's and trick forks and flywheel from the factory) on anything but a billiard table smooth road. They rarely lasted beyond 40,000 km without a expensive trip to Ian Gowanloch, My R had 200,000 km and only cost a rotor for the alternator and valve guides at 120,000km. All that complicated Desmo gear in the head and it revved no harder but made Ian a rich man. Later I got a Guzzi Lemans Mk3 which revved higher, had more power and was as bulletproof as the BMW. I made the near fatal mistake once of riding my mates Ducati Pantah 600 to Philip Island. Thinking it would be okay as a newer generation motor and having been rebuilt only 3,000km earlier by Ian. The bastard machine had a conrod let go mid corner near Braidwood, which naturally stopped the motor dead and spewed chunks into the box and locked everything up. No clutch pull was going to help. And my sin was riding at a mere 130kmh. I somehow managed to stay upright and slide to a stop. I laid in a paddock, watched the stars, smoked several special ciggies. And slowly thanked the stars for not letting a F..kin Ducati Kill me. I am sure glad they don't make aircraft engines.

Here is a link I just found SonexBuilders.net View topic - BMW R1200: 115HP, 176 lbs. Are any in a Sonex? Market leader for this is German naturally Take Off But there are others such as Silent Hektik in Germany PSRU with BMW 1100 - 1200 engine assembly - short instruction in Poland and some others as well. this one is good BMW - Engine And a pdf on installing a engine and all mods for 1100-1150 model It is not a huge deal converting one and they are excellent engines. Basically add PSRU and remove all BMW electronics and add a standalone ECU to run the existing ignition and injection system. On the 100 and 1150 you can use the original electronics with a modded loom .They run best with a airbox- BMW really did a great job and can only be bettered by the 1200 version which has more power. Depending on which version of the r1150 you have as the different versions have different power settings from memory. Welcome to the forum. What do you intend to put it in?

looks a lot like a Globe Swift- maybe a early prototype? Tail is wrong shape and cowl a bit weird but?

That is actually a documentary

The electric airplane is not science fiction but the range is not great yet- but given the big weight diff for the engine it does mean quite a few batteries. And they can be placed for perfect weight balance. Next 5-10 years will see great strides in battery weight and capacity and solar cells on the wings.

If you are after a 4 cylinder in line then the BMW k 100-1200 rs motors would be the go. The big ass flywheel and car type clutch weighs a lot so bin that for reasonable weight. The have very big torque down low and are not a high revving motor for their power 100-130hp. The 1200 is best. All are bosch injected and very, very bloody hard to kill. They are nick named the brick, they are horizontal ie cylinders lay on side. Very compact. A 100,oookm on one is considered run in, many have 300,000 plus and still strong as a "brick Shitehouse". Yes they are watercooled. The 1200 motor can be had for $1000-2000 with everything needed bar a redrive. The lario is a sweet little motor but it would be quite expensive to get one, quite underpowered even the brand new version at 750cc is considered gutless. Older models command stupid money due to cafe racer crowd and L plate legal.

That would obviously be Jedi Knight

Yes we should have a dedicated export program as Aussie birds are the world's most sort after. Budgie is most popular, still can talk but cheap and legal. A Gang Gang can be up too $100k on black market. The cruelty in smuggling is awful.

That video is great. Love a bird that can tell you off by swearing like a trooper and it even made sense to a degree. We actually are really lucky for the shear variety of birds we have and most are complete smartarses. Birds are proven to be far smarter than most realise. The Raven is the smartest and a incredible problem solver. As smart as any monkey including many hominids

Ole at AAK taree makes a similar aircraft and aimed at training, commuting duties. In kit or built form. Wasp full metal nose tricycle aircraft Check it out