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wahubna wrote: http://www.examiner.com/article/arnold- ... the-making

The full EAA Sport Aviation article:
http://www.sportaviationonline.org/spor ... pg=51#pg51

Now if an 82 yr old can do it, I am thinking a 20 something year old can and I am working hard on making that happen

Designing a small all-composite aircraft to fly around 2,500miles with an MTOW of 1100lbs non-stop to beat Arnold's mark.
General configuration is designed & modelled, dozens of rounds of sizing calculations done and a few more to go before stability & control and structural design

Pushing very hard with a growing amount of support to start bringing the aircraft, named SandPiper (after the small bird), into reality....and for some reason my wife is on board! I must have her fooled

Fozzer wrote:

wahubna wrote: http://www.examiner.com/article/arnold- ... the-making

The full EAA Sport Aviation article:
http://www.sportaviationonline.org/spor ... pg=51#pg51

Now if an 82 yr old can do it, I am thinking a 20 something year old can and I am working hard on making that happen

Designing a small all-composite aircraft to fly around 2,500miles with an MTOW of 1100lbs non-stop to beat Arnold's mark.
General configuration is designed & modelled, dozens of rounds of sizing calculations done and a few more to go before stability & control and structural design

Pushing very hard with a growing amount of support to start bringing the aircraft, named SandPiper (after the small bird), into reality....and for some reason my wife is on board! I must have her fooled

18 hours 20 minutes!.... ...!
....Also beat the record for the longest non-stop solo flight without having a Pee?.... ....!
For an 82-year-old, his Prostate Gland is obviously in a better condition than mine!.... ...!

Paul..... ....!

wahubna wrote:
Not so Paul

Relief tubes are standard equipment in any long distance flight in a small plane

Just do NOT cut your tube flush with the exterior of the aircraft or the boundary layer and static pressure will cause a back up

Fozzer wrote:

wahubna wrote:
Not so Paul

Relief tubes are standard equipment in any long distance flight in a small plane

Just do NOT cut your tube flush with the exterior of the aircraft or the boundary layer and static pressure will cause a back up

I'd take an empty plastic pop bottle, (or two), with me, and hope that "nothing" got stuck in the neck during the "exercise"!

Paul.... ... ...!