A backyard plane

[Rouleur]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujU1DjaYfs4&fea...

Apparently the "tails and wings are made of aluminium sts"

I can't see what could possibly go wrong, he did his research on the internet...

[dr_gn]

Rouleur said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujU1DjaYfs4&fea...

Apparently the "tails and wings are made of aluminium sts"

I can't see what could possibly go wrong, he did his research on the internet...

"Surprisingly though, he is no engineer, and has no background in aviation engineering..."

[Eric Mc]

Hmm - I presume the Kenyan media is preparing his obituary.

[Waynester]

RIP

[dr_gn]

I wonder if he really intends to fly it, or is it one of those daft projects that just got a little bit out of control and everyone was too polite to say anything. Like Vulcan to the sky for example.

[Boozy]

Built for TWO people, I'm retarded but even I wouldn't get in that thing!!!

Can't wait to see if it (a) flys (b) lands safely (c) isn't a fancy coffin. Not even fancy really to be fair.

[eharding]

dr_gn said:

I wonder if he really intends to fly it, or is it one of those daft projects that just got a little bit out of control and everyone was too polite to say anything. Like Vulcan to the sky for example.

Or the London Olympics. For example.

Olympus good - a million or so for maximum noise and rock and roll (ain't noise pollution).

Olympics bad - billions for sporty amateur running types to run away from a bloke with a gun we know fires blanks; sporting amateur swimmy types to swim to the end of the pool..and back; sporting amateur athletic types to throw pointy/heavy things at a field, or fill the field with sand and jump into it, or put some scaffolding next to the field, and jump over it; or professional racket/ball/horse/bicycle people to pretend they're amateurs..and in the case of the UK team, perform like rank amateurs: all of whom are roundly trounced by Americans/Russians/Chinese who have access to the latest undetectable horse drugs that enable a Dutchman to do a 100m sprint in 5.6 seconds..in clogs.

[Flintstone]

IF he ever tries it'll shake itself apart at taxi speed.

[juan king]

[juan king]

damn iphone

Edited by juan king on Saturday 16th October 07:10

[bob1179]

Awesome.

I see that film was added last week, this must mean (according to the chaps schedule) that he has taken his first flight now.

Any news? Is he still alive? Did he make it?

[bluesatin]

I could not stop laughing- the front wheel is classic and I am not sure what shock absorbers would do to stop it falling off!

[dilbert]

Damned thing looks like it's made out of steel angle.

It's too strong, and too heavy... At least that's the way it looks to me.

[Flintstone]

bluesatin said:

I could not stop laughing- the front wheel is classic and I am not sure what shock absorbers would do to stop it falling off!

Maybe he meant shimmy dampers, will make fkall difference though. The only place that thing's taking him is straight to the scene of the crash.

Edited by Flintstone on Saturday 16th October 22:00

[williamssam]

Looks like he may not be able to test it, probably for the best...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPsjlwjU39U&fea...

[dr_gn]

williamssam said:

Looks like he may not be able to test it, probably for the best...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPsjlwjU39U&fea...

Having watched it again, I think it's safe to say he never intended to fly it, it was more a way of getting attention - which it has done, so good on him. Trouble is, the aircraft doesn't demonstrate anything other that a complete lack of engineering aptitude (in terms of both design and execution) and as for "innovation"? I can't see any at all TBH.

If he was really serious about building a flying machine, he should have gone down the microlight route, rather thay trying to replicate a Cessna.

[Tallbut Buxomly]

williamssam said:

Looks like he may not be able to test it, probably for the best...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPsjlwjU39U&fea...

You dont know africa very well do you??

In africa there may be laws but you are kidding yourself if you think anyone will take them seriously.

[williamssam]

Tallbut Buxomly said:

williamssam said:

Looks like he may not be able to test it, probably for the best...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPsjlwjU39U&fea...

You dont know africa very well do you??

In africa there may be laws but you are kidding yourself if you think anyone will take them seriously.

I'll be honest, no I don't, but to say the whole of the African Continent is effectively lawless seems like quite a generalisation to me. But who am
I to say, you're obviously a much more
well travelled man than I.

Rant over, there may well be something in what you're saying, but I was merely trying to summarise what's in the video I linked.

[Tallbut Buxomly]

williamssam said:

Tallbut Buxomly said:

williamssam said:

Looks like he may not be able to test it, probably for the best...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPsjlwjU39U&fea...

You dont know africa very well do you??

In africa there may be laws but you are kidding yourself if you think anyone will take them seriously.

I'll be honest, no I don't, but to say the whole of the African Continent is effectively lawless seems like quite a generalisation to me. But who am
I to say, you're obviously a much more
well travelled man than I.

Rant over, there may well be something in what you're saying, but I was merely trying to summarise what's in the video I linked.

Post post smiley...

No need to go on a rant. I grew up in south africa and travelled around a bit so have a fair feel for the way africa works and it is fairly lawless. Yes the caa etc said he wont be able to fly it without xyz licensing and the news article implied it would never fly but then they were never going to say "well he is going to fly it anyway"

[thatone1967]

two minutes in... he appears to be starting to try a take off run across a ploughed field....



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-_dsNTZch0&fea...