Yes. One of those... Is that one yours? I always peruse the short wing Pipers, to see what all's out there. I used to have a PA22/20-150 many moons ago. Fast, comfortable, and fun to fly aircraft. Mine: Circa 1994...
Very pretty little machine Mr Flylow. We had the yellow one till a year or so ago. A very under rated machine, carry 2 more people 25 knots quicker and $50,000 cheaper than a Supercub. There's some really cheap buys around North America these days, you can get a flying Tripacer/Pacer for just over $20,000. Not much else that has a load capacity of 850lbs and cruises at an honest 100 knots for that sort of money.
I've been pondering Onexes... It looks like it would get similar Pacer-like speed, and handling, in a fairly easy to build package. Anyone have, or had one before? Likes/dislikes? How about the Areovee engine? experience with that?
160hp but there's not much difference between that and the 150hp. You could buy another Pacer/Tripacer and fly it for 20 years for the price it would cost you to build a kit machine.
I doubt it, everyone knows the "My wheels are bigger than your wheels will ever be" mob's aircraft will fly backwards at 37 knots into a 32 knot tailwind. Always wondered what use a stripped out Supercub is beside short landing completion's. Rumour has it they have to empty their pockets of change and evacuate their bowls prior to starting those comps
Sometimes an aircraft just looks right. This guy does powerline patrol and and stops in from time to time. I'm not certain why he's got the tricycle gear. Anyway, here it is...a Found FBA-2C3 Expedition. Powered by a Lycoming IO-580, according to Wikipedia Yes...it's a four-door! I don't know enought about aerodynamics to comment on the wing's why's and wherefore's, but it is somehow very pretty, with vortex generators across the top and a sharp taper at the ends. The shadows in all the pictures give you an idea as to it's overall shape.
http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...oachlanding/&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13755464495176 Here's a really cool video of an A380 landing at SFO
The hardware on the top of the leading edge are also known as turbulators, designed to disrupt the top surface's boundary layer.
A380 - ungainly. (and selling very poorly!) 747 - elegant, or a BBA, big beautiful plane. I try not to be biased about transport planes, all are capable and marvels of engineering, but one does have some favorites...757? The A320-330 are fine and but the keyboard thing (as seen on the A380), well, it seems like you're a drone in a cube with a view.
If you want to build a one seater, you want a Panther. http://flywithspa.com/panther.html The Aerovee is a miserable bag of vomit. I built one, then sold it. Vibey, chuggy, box of Chinese parts with a ridiculous "carburetor".