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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 7, 2016 17:42:18 GMT 12
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Post by Mustang51 on Aug 9, 2016 17:20:16 GMT 12
Dave, Never heard of one before and in very nice company in that hangar.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 9, 2016 18:50:41 GMT 12
It is a one off, Ando, designed and built by Bruce himself. It's famous here on the forum from the early days when he was building it as we had regular updates, and also two early forum meets included a visit to it whilst being built and then seeing it taxi before the first flight. In case anyone hadn't twigged this is regular contributor and moderator "Bruce".  |
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Post by Mustang51 on Aug 10, 2016 15:13:38 GMT 12
Lovely looking machine. Bit like "Auster marries Technam" about it. Now I am sure I've opened a can of worms with the Auster reference........
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 10, 2016 15:15:04 GMT 12
No, I think that is exactly the concept Bruce was going for so you can put the lid back on the worms |
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Post by Bruce on Aug 10, 2016 15:26:52 GMT 12
No worms required! It does indeed have an Auster influence, along with Piper Cub, Cessna Bird Dog and the RANS S6. Not many Tecnams around when I started designing it though, so any similarity to any Tecnam is purely coincidental... |
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Post by suthg on Aug 11, 2016 12:03:14 GMT 12
I think the dark painted lower section halves the bulk of the plane which I think was there for spaciousness and pilot elevation for viewing. The flat four engine has a nice sound too Bruce!! Thanks to Dave as well for the video on Facebook! Oh and Bruce's in cabin video inflight view as well Glad to see her up where she belongs!! Graeme |
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Post by raymond on Aug 12, 2016 18:25:32 GMT 12
Bruce where did you get the windscreen made?
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Post by Bruce on Aug 12, 2016 19:15:39 GMT 12
Bruce where did you get the windscreen made? Its a flat sheet of 3mm Polycarbonate, this is actually the second screen, the first one was just cold bent into place but ended up cracking a few months into service since the curves at the wing root were too tight. The new one was pre-bent into the approximate shape using careful application of heat from heat guns, and bent over a large diameter steel pipe! the natural springiness of polycarbonate takes up the rest of the shape, and since the prebending has relieved most of the stresses, its behaved perfectly since. |
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Post by Bruce on Aug 12, 2016 19:32:41 GMT 12
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Post by Bruce on Aug 12, 2016 19:41:59 GMT 12
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