Interesting reads

[Henni]

Found these interesting reads today:

http://www.airtrikes.net/propellers.shtml
http://www.ultralightnews.ca/articles/u ... arison.htm

http://www.paraflite.net/muffler.htm
http://www.800-airwolf.com/pdffiles/ART ... cision.htm
http://www.challengers101.com/IntakeTuning.html
http://curedcomposites.netfirms.com/twostroke.html
http://www.greenskyadventures.com/Engin ... ompare.htm
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/ ... 2tips.html
http://www.hgfa.asn.au/skysailor/Issues ... ebuild.htm
http://www.questiongravity.com/airbike/ ... r_sale.htm

http://www.ultralightnews.ca/heaters/rotaxcarbheat.htm

Henni

[Hot Stuff]

Hennie

This is excellent reading, dont be shy to post more info like this

[Henni]

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/10 ... el_cel.php
http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070408 ... ing-fancy/
http://www.fluent.com/about/news/newsle ... 1i2/s6.htm
http://homofaber.epfl.ch/page66772.html

A consortium of European designers and companies are working on a radical redefinition of what a general aviation aircraft is. Modeled after a tuna, the SmartFish flies without slats, spoilers or flaps.

The SmartFish project intends to create a totally new kind of airplane type that can be used for everything from light sport aircraft to business jets to commercial puddle jumpers that carry up to 20 passengers. The goals include fuel economy, safety, visual beauty and a minimization of moving parts. Who's involved? According to the SmartFish web site:


The SmartFish proof of concept will be realized in collaboration with following companies: Extra (world leader in aerobatic aircraft) for system integration and test flights, Leichtwerk for interpretation statics and dynamics, LTB Borowski for composite manufacturing, Liebherr Aerospace for Landing Gear System development, DLR (German Aerospace Center) for flutter analysis and inlet optimization, RUAG Aerospace for wind tunnel testing, and EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (they did a great job for Alinghi) for overall design optimization.
The group even has a working prototype. They're also working on a fuel-cell version.

[Henni]

Diesel engines:

http://www.airtalk.org/diesel-engines-vt80010.html

and also

http://www.wingsforum.com/

Find this site extremely interesting! Will visit it as much as I visit here.

Henni

[Henni]

World's smallest aeroplane:

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/design/q0214.shtml

I like the tuned pipes

Henni

[Andre]

With those SMALL wings I doubt it very much that it could actually fly
I think it was for a kids mery-go-round, but then again I might be wrong
It sure took a very bold or stupid pilot to fly it

[Henni]

With those SMALL wings I doubt it very much that it could actually fly I think it was for a kids mery-go-round, but then again I might be wrong It sure took a very bold or stupid pilot to fly it

Not to be outdone, Ray Stits' son Donald set out to recapture the title by building an even smaller monoplane called the Baby Bird. At 11 ft (3.4 m) in length, the Baby Bird was longer than the Bumble Bee but had a smaller wingspan of 6.25 ft (1.9 m) and weighed less at only 250 lb (115 kg) empty. Its 55-hp piston engine gave the Baby Bird a maximum speed of 110 mph (175 km/h) when it first flew at Camarillo, California, on 4 August 1984. Pilot Harold Nemer completed 35 flights aboard the Baby Bird by the time it was retired in 1989.

[Andre]

AND THEY SAY WE ARE NUTS TO FLY WITH A GARDEN CHAIR ATTACHED TO A WING (TRIKE)

[Andre]

The smallest twin must be the KRI KRI. It flys with two 40 cc radio control single piston engines and is fully aerobatic