RE: Glascat
Ok,
Here's an idea. Why don't I send you the wing skins, control surface halves, tail section with outer boom skins not joined, fuselage halves not joined, and a lightweight canopy, and all internal parts and let YOU do the internal engineering. That way you can brag about how you did it right and made it able to fly at 160 MPH. When you come up with a workable turbine model, with changes and improvements documented, I will pay you $500 for your work. That means I ship you a free kit, and you take it from there. Does that sound reasonable. And you can keep the airplane after it is done, I would just want you to do the demo flights and tell other people that the previous engineering flaws have been corrected. Also, as far as the rough surface of the canopy goes, when you use prepreg there is no satisfactory gel coat that I know of. Even the guys who build the full-size Lancairs have to fill the minor weave in the surface. A little extra work, but not a big deal. I have discovered a method that solves this problem. I used some half ounce cloth in the mold first and then put the prepreg in, and the resin flowed into the lightweight cloth and made a very smooth surface, so that is the way I will do it from now on. Let me know if you are interested. And by the way, obviously the hair came from a person's head (very curly). To think otherwise is ridiculous, and Rob Hilburger from Playboy DID contact me yesterday concerning the Starjet. You probably have not seen the design, but I can E-mail photos to anyone interested.