I think you should bring back the Chipper 2 place. I was getting ready to order one when the fire happened. I had already transferred money to my checking account to mail the check for the deposit on the kit. That Honeycomb design was very impressive to me. I had already talked to the UL Power Rep about ordering a 130hp engine. That’s the perfect little Bushplane for STOL work. Right after the fire the LSA market got huge. I know you would of been back ordered on kits.
Yes ... I think the Belite UltraCub should definitely make a comeback. I'm interested in buying one. I like the idea of using an enclosed trailer as storage. You could park the trailer at your local grass airstrip for the duration of the flying season. Unfolding the wings and re-attaching the turtle deck takes about 10 minutes until ready to fly.
This is great, but the wooden aircraft like the USA built P-38 Lightning had a small radar signature and could get up over 400 mph in a pinch. We should be making lots of them out of cardboard and lightweight LP gas engines like indoor forklifts. It carries 2,000 lbs of bombs and 4 machine guns and 4 light cannons. What a drone they would make.. take 2 bombs off and put 4 mavericks or something else on for the air to air.
They send me a damaged unit, and theservice was TERRIBLE, i had a plane in grou d more than 20 days because their service. I do not recommend, find an alternative to RADIANT.
The joy on your face the moment you get airborne is priceless, but thinking you would have the same feelings if you jumped off a rock flapping you arms! lol
The drag tubes (here called sail/anti sail tubes) are terrible in design; look at the wing root and tip - they should intersect with the spar centerline. Instead they connect halfway down that small square tube. The loads in here can approach hundreds of pounds if not more, that tube is just going to bend. None of the joints really intersect with the spar; this will results in the attachments bending. But hey, since nobody got killed yet, it's fine, right? No. It's not.
Engineer here. Pure and beautiful simplicity! Sounds easy, it’s not. This is what the little boy in most of us need. Nice job to the team of people that put this together. You did a great job. Thanks. I might get to get to ride the thermals over the Lake Michigan Sleeping Bears Dunes yet.
As a former materials engineer for aircraft companies I have a comment about the fastening to honeycomb paneling which seems to be shown in this video. Sandwich paneling is selected for its superior strength to weight ratio but fastening to it requires unique techniques. Simple drilling holes and then pop riveting is not advised due to the danger of crushing the core. Special grommets ahve been developed for this purposes, some called Shur-Lok. See here:www.shur-lok.com/product_dls/Design_Manual.pdf These fasteners are designed to spread the local attachment load, and their use with adhesive makes a strong structural joint. Even stronger attachments can be made with routing the core and potting with epoxy, but this is too complicated.
38 hp at 87 pounds for this 1/2 VW 4-stroke engine shown, not bad, but todays standard in 2020 with EFI 4-stroke is 65hp at 90 pounds watercooled as well, V-twin 800CC, 1.6 gallons per hour
