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So, I’m back

About a year and a half ago, I asked a question here about Murphy aircraft. The responses to that question were a little good, and a little bad, but not bad enough to stop me from putting down a deposit on a Radical. I’ve spent the time between now and that fateful day a year and half ago waiting through misleading promises, multiple disappointments, and learning how credit card chargebacks work. Now that my money and I have been reunited, I am back in the market for a kit plane and am having a really hard time settling on a specific brand or model. I want something easy to build, that is moderate STOL capable, has a decent cruise speed, has a decent useful load and could be put on floats someday. I think I’ve settled on the following models, but am open to opinions

- zenith super duty or new super cruzer
- rans s-21
- bearhawk 4 or companion

The struggle is this; the zeniths are tricycle gear planes and are kind of um… ugly, the rans doesn’t appear float friendly, and the bearhawks are too expensive and on the longer end of build times. I’m sure someone will mention the RV-15, which may be a great option but I don’t like that they don’t have a fuselage kit out yet

Thanks for reading through my ramble, I know this question gets asked constantly, but I want to feel special and get my own unique responses. Any help is appreciated.

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u/anotheralaskanguy — 8 days ago
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Weedhopper Build and Conversion

1981 original build Weedhopper Model B with a Cuyuna 2si 460 F35.

Converting it to a Model C. Conversion parts should arrive in a few weeks.

u/Waste_Indication_153 — 8 days ago
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The First Wing Rib

Two spars do not make a wing. Now we need some ribs – and quite a lot of them. The very first wing rib has just been positioned between the spars.

Unlike the wing ribs of the N-20.1, which were cut from 10 mm thick Okoumé plywood sheets, the ribs of the N-20.2 are made from a plywood web with laminated spruce caps.

The first step is to make the spruce caps. For this, a stack of 5 mm thick spruce boards is glued together with Aerodux and then cut to the required dimensions.

Meanwhile, the 3D printer is already busy in the background, producing the templates for the inner contour of the ribs. These templates are used to position and glue the prepared spruce caps onto the plywood web.

The outer contour of the rib is then machined. Once again, my friend's ingenious CNC router comes into play. It has already proved itself to be an indispensable aid on this project on several occasions.

u/Arbalete_rebuilt — 11 days ago