Q: HI IV'E ALWAYS HAVE HAD A GREAT INTREST IN AVIATION. WHEN FINDING THIS SITE ON EBAY I MONITOR IT THROUGH OUT THE DAY TO SEE IF YOU SUPPLIED US THE BIDDERS WITH NEW PHOTOS OF YOUR SUCCESFUL FLIGHT TO PROVE TO US THE BIDDERS THAT YOU ARN'T OFF YOUR ROCKER!!!!. OH THE OTHER THING I WAS WONDERING WAS WHEN YOU PUBLISHED THAT ALL 8 ENGINES AT FULL CAPACITY WOULD DELIVER 360LBS OF THRUST, AND THE WEIGHT OF YOU THE PIOLIT WAS 200 LBS + ultimate flight machine weight of 105 lbs total weight of 305 lbs. NOW WE HAVE A MERE 55LBS OF POSITTIVE THRUST TO DO THE LIFTING INTO THE AIR . ALL KIDDING ASIDE IS THAT REALLY ENOUGH THRUST TO GET YOU OFF THE GROUND . THANKS FOR A REPLY JOE MD
Jan-08-06

A: The amount of positive weight will determine you rate of accent. For example, if I only had 1 oz of positive lift I would rise very slowly. If I had twenty pound of positive weight it would be a much more rapid accent. I haven’t done a study on this as far as physics go so I don't know if it would be linear or a nonlinear correlation in the rate of assent. Thanks for the question planeguy1128.