To: JoeProBono
2 posted on
05/11/2010 10:47:37 AM PDT by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
He should have used gorilla glue.
4 posted on
05/11/2010 10:54:25 AM PDT by
bgill
(how could a young man born here in Kenya, who is not even a native American, become the POTUS)
To: JoeProBono
This was a pretty advanced plane for a kit. Swept forward wings offer MANY advantages, but they need to be built VERY carefully or they break off.
The Russians tried this for some time (ultimate plane being the Sukhoi 47), but I think went with a more conventional swept back design.
With a not very huge engine, these small wings would probably let a plane hit MACh easily.
The problem always was getting up into modern-fighter combat territory (Mach 2 and up) as the wings would compress and snap off.
Be a hell of a private plane, though.
5 posted on
05/11/2010 10:54:56 AM PDT by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
To: JoeProBono
The Berkut spoke of in the article does not look like the SU 37 or SU 47. It is a nice looking canard.
Good looking aircraft. Wonder what kind of engine?
To: JoeProBono
9 posted on
05/11/2010 10:57:55 AM PDT by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
To: JoeProBono
The plane may be registered in the Homebuilt-Experimental category but it is no kit plane.
11 posted on
05/11/2010 11:00:39 AM PDT by
kik5150
To: JoeProBono
hehe. I think THIS one was a derivative of the Long-EZ.
12 posted on
05/11/2010 11:01:18 AM PDT by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur)
To: JoeProBono
Ha!
Ya put the wings on backwards!
14 posted on
05/11/2010 11:02:16 AM PDT by
G Larry
(DNC is comprised of REGRESSIVES!)
To: JoeProBono
Helluva homebuilt.
15 posted on
05/11/2010 11:02:59 AM PDT by
Lazamataz
("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
To: JoeProBono
TOTALLY diggin' the Mach 1 vapor trails!
16 posted on
05/11/2010 11:04:08 AM PDT by
Lazamataz
("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
To: JoeProBono
And in COMBAT, this homebuilt ultralight is UNPARALLELED!Look at a pair of them take out that F22 Raptor!
19 posted on
05/11/2010 11:05:40 AM PDT by
Lazamataz
("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
To: JoeProBono
I say poo pooh on this. The UPI cannot be trusted to know the difference between a wing and a canard. I say it wasn’t a wing until I see a photo.
22 posted on
05/11/2010 11:10:05 AM PDT by
MarineBrat
(Better dead than red!)
To: JoeProBono
23 posted on
05/11/2010 11:10:49 AM PDT by
newnhdad
(The longest of journeys begins with one step.)
To: JoeProBono
despite the small plane's engine exploding and ripping off its wing...Don't you just hate when that happens?
25 posted on
05/11/2010 11:12:52 AM PDT by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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