Wouldn't this be a heck of a project to try out!
 

I saw this site and wondered if anyone had seen or read about the possibilities of future aerobatic aerocraft? I wonder if the day will come when we will see these instead of the good 'ol caps and extra?!

here's the link http://www.esotec.co.nz/hb/HTML/HomePage2_F.html

Wouldn't this be a heck of a project to try out!
 

That looks pretty cool, but I would hate to see something like that replace extras, caps and edges. That takes the fun out of aerobatics. To me, doing aerobatics is taking a regular (conventional) airplane, and making it do things that look impossible. Something like that just seems to take the fun out of aerobatics.

Wouldn't this be a heck of a project to try out!
 

by the way, that looks stupid as crap

Wouldn't this be a heck of a project to try out!
 

I just made a salad with something that looked exactly like that.

But seriously, there is only one guy in our club who designs, scratch builds, and flys experimental RC aircraft. You've got to admire the few people that do this.

I'll believe it when I see it!!!
 

This has to be a joke. I have been around full-scale aerobatics for a while and can say those weights have to be a dream. I don't belive for a minute that it can weigh 850 lbs.

I couldn't find any info on a Hirth 150hp but the 110hp weighs 129lbs with gear box. Multiply that by 2 and you have 258. That leaves you with 592 lbs. Those props are going to weigh at least 50 lbs so now you are at 542.

Also it says 250 useful aerobatic load. take away 48 lbs for 8 gallons of fuel and what do you have left, 202lbs. That means by the time you figure clothes and parachute the pilot can only weigh 170.

I think it will be a while before the hummingbird becomes IMAC legal.

Dan

Re: I'll believe it when I see it!!!
 

Which just happens to be the weight of a standard person as defined by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and quite possibly the JAR too. Which may be the authority in New Zealand...

I would say that was pretty good figur'in Dan... :D

Cheers!

Galen

Standard person
 

Your right! I didn't even think of that. It is one thing to use the standard person weight for averages on an airliner and limiting who can fly/buy your aircraft. Obviously if this is going to change the aerobatic world they plan on making a few not just for the STANDARD test pilot. :D

Later,

Dan

PS I wish I was standard!

Re: Standard person
 

Ditto! :D

Cheers!

Galen

Wouldn't this be a heck of a project to try out!
 

Well with me in there that leaves 70 pounds of extra weight to use!

Wouldn't this be a heck of a project to try out!
 

But I would also hate to see those weird funky looking things take over the nice planes of today.

Wouldn't this be a heck of a project to try out!
 

I would like to have an R/C plane like that b/c i would be the only one.

Wouldn't this be a heck of a project to try out!
 

Want to stand out in other words

Wouldn't this be a heck of a project to try out!
 

I guess so, I like that weird stuff that know one knows what the heck it is.