Matchless,

I would rather this not be in public, but Bill called me a thief and a liar in public, and I'm not going to sit back and take it.

Funny you should mention Jimmy Katz. Jimmy Katz learned how to make fiberglass fuselages from my father and myself. He spent many hours in our shop. He was there when I explained the theory behind the fillets on the Stegall Super Minnow (aka the Boney Toni), and fillet theory in general. Jimmy Katz and Greg Doe (who lived in NC, then Smyrna) went on to do many great things in racing. They introduced high aspect ratio wings to FAI pylon. Guess what? In the mid 70's Jimmy saw the high aspect ratio wings I was using on my X-15 powered FAI speed planes, and we talked about the usefulness of them on pylon planes. The problem was that materials weren't available to make the wings strong enough.

And last year, Jimmy, who is a captain for US Air now and lives less than 20 minutes from me, and I had discussions about what the perfect Q-500 fuselage would be like. That was my starting point. I've done my own research and simulations, to the point of modeling the engine and muffler. Which, BTW, is why my design has the nose drooped slightly. An extra 1/8" was needed to reduce the venturi effect between the fuselage and the muffler.

The proof will be in the performance.

I don't appreciate Bill claiming I stole his design. I too, hope this conversation is over. I split it out of the 424 Unification thread because it was disrupting that thread. I left the backup of the original thread so that all can see how we got here. Let me give you a hint: I didn't start it. All I did was mention an all molded composite plane that I am working on.