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Richard Isakson wrote:
> "Richard Riley" wrote ...
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>> Well, do check with them for your own peace of mind, but there ain't
>> nothin - and I do mean nothin - that he can do. It's faintly
>> theoretically possible that if you include his name in the registered
>> name type of your airplane he could have grounds to sue you, but it's
>> never happened and probably never will.
>>
>> Just to be on the safe side, call it something else when you register
>> it.
>>
>> Frankly, the big change that needs to be done to your airplane is it
>> needs fixed main gear and a lower ground attitude. One man's opinion,
>
> Yet, as Lieutenant Edwards found out a great deal of care must be taken when
> you're dealing with changes in the center of gravity of flying wings.
>
> Rich
>
>
I have taken painstaking care not to move the CG or change the airfoil,
sweep or angles of the wings. I've made the nosegear fixed. That
saved me 10lbs, lots of complication, and several failure modes. It may
cost me a couple kts, but I consider them kts well spent. If I knew
then what I know now, the main gear would be aluminum leaf springs.
There's lots of weight in the gear retract mechanism, but its fairly
evenly spread forward and aft of the CG.
As for changing the ground attitude...you've got to get it high enough
to put a prop on there. I do have less than 9 degrees nose-up, which is
the limit. It's just under 8, if I recall correctly.
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Re: Whose airplane is it anyway?
