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12-19-2013, 07:06 PM
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Welcome Robert,
There aren't enough of us airplane types here. I'm doing a rag & tube airplane but there are always sheet metal parts to be made. I'm going to try to avoid using any composite parts with the exception of the prop. Best of luck on your project, please post photos of your shaped parts if you can.
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12-19-2013, 07:23 PM
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Welcome Robert!
My size (6'3" 275") limited a lot of options, hence I'm building a Bearhawk.
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Tom It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without also helping himself. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
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12-19-2013, 07:24 PM
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My friend made the wingroot fairings for his hummel out of fibreglass. A great shame as the rest of his metal work was very nice. They would be tricky to make as reverse curves are the hardest. Depends how much you like a challenge.
Another guy in my area decided to go out and spin a hummel bird that his friend had bought. The designer never did it. This guy was a fairly big guy, so the cg was aft, and he decided that he did not need a parachute. Friends of mine heard his terrified distress call. He did not survive. So when you get yours done, don't try to spin it. Scott
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12-19-2013, 10:43 PM
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Have you cut your VW engine in half yet? One friend of mine in Houston got his HBird done and could not fit in it, skinny guy at only 6ft tall. I guess Morey Hummel was 5'6" but I know his son got to be about 5'10" so maybe they both could fly it.
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