I've been known to do some off the wall things in my day. Swinging off a rope from a tree over an 80 foot cliff, drag racing at 150 miles per hour on the strip
,and racing boats at over 100 miles and hour at APBA races.
In the late '80's, I built a Fisher Ultralite "Koala" , a Piper Cub look-alike, with half a Volkswagen engine. That clinched it- there was no doubt left in their minds that I was the village idiot.
Some 33 years later, it's still flying,although sold, and I'm embarking on a newer adventure.-Another ultralite, this time a "Rascal" clone, the Sig Rascal 110, enlarged 350 %....I'll use the Fisher procedures, just adapted to my outlines.
I took the fin and rudder to the Old Fart's Breakfast yesterday, and you may have thought I was one of the Wright Brothers, saying I was going to FLY !
The modelers assume it's another crazy attempt to kill myself, and the PILOTS think it's a great idea..
100 years after the boys flew for the first time, and modelers still don't believe......With the information available currently, what can go wrong?
Stall speed-26 mph, top speed 62, cruise 55, 23 HP Briggs and Stratton v-twin,4 cycle, with a belt drive reduction.Total weight (dry) 254 lbs.
Later, Earl