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Oct 26, 2015 · Plans for the various models of wood-constructed Ultralight, LSA, and Experimental aircraft from Team Minimax (such as the 1100R Mini-Max,Hi-Max, etc) are now free, downloadable off their site. I assume this is to garner more interest from builders that will buy subkits/kits when they see how easy they are to build- though you can still build ...

Mar 22, 2016 · I just received the May issue of Kitplanes. Article on page 18 about a simple auto pilot. Looks like someone decided to design a simple autopilot using RC giant scale servos powering large trim tabs on the control surfaces like I did. I built an autopilot in 2008 using giant scale RC servos...

Jan 4, 2024 · Over the course of recent years, and over the course of having designed several engines and gearboxes for various applications (PSRU, helicopter, NASCAR, INDYCAR, industrial, etc) , several clients and a number of friends have asked me to make available my thoughts on "How to Design a PSRU"...

Jul 5, 2005 · Hi all is there any other amphibious aircraft you can build from plans besides the vj-22 ,osprey 1 and 2 and kingfisher ,i would be interested in single seat or light sport two seat plans Also years ago someone was offering plans for all wood floats ,which were used on minimax in Canada but looks like they are no longer available ,thank you

Jan 24, 2021 · For anyone not familiar with the J series aircraft I have written a brief history of the designs. I have also now spent over 25 to complete and verifying my translation of the Janowski J2 Polenez plans set. I've done this with the benefit of google translate, reference to the J1B plans and 30 plus years experience working in aviation.

Jan 4, 2013 · I don't have the luxury of a heated hangar(or a hangar at all for that matter) so was looking for ways to preheat my Cessna's 0-200 before I attempt an engine start in below 40 deg weather. I have one of those little torpedo heaters from back when I owned an old army truck, and used to crank it...

Jun 18, 2023 · This is a pick-up from the X-66A thread. I would like to hear ideas and discussion on how to make a Lifting Strut (LS) work aerodynamically, and the possible benefits/drawbacks of using struts as a Lifting Surface (Ls). We all understand that any excrescence on …

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