I was delighted to see in the latest LAA magazine that the engine 2 category of the competition has been extended to include engines of not less than 28 bhp and not more than 1 kg/hp, in my view just right for the SSDR.

I am still scanning the horizon for the entry forms, have I missed them?

Yes Dave and Ian, you are both right. That's a two way street though, so watch your six o'clock!!

Thanks Brian I will look forward to seeing the entry forms. I used to be a biggie - as a Shackleton pilot sitting in the middle of four Griffons and holding 10,000 bhp in one hand. After that everything else has to be a bit of an anticlimax.

Surely 30 hp will be enough for an SSDR where the take ...

Thanks Brian and Nick for your comments which highlight the choice availble to the SSDR designer and builder. It seems to me that there are two routes I can follow.

Firstly I can take the e-go route and use high tech materials and advanced design and building techniques to produce a beautiful sleek ...

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This site has links a number of interesting yahoo groups. The Texas Parasol is worth a look

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb/parasol.htm

but as always the problem is the engine. A pity that the LAA has ignored the SSDR in the engine ...

Thanks Rod, I get the picture - SSDR BMAA

I have started construction of an SSDR of my own design. Is there anybody out there who is interested in SSDR? Can anyone give links to areas where they are discussed?