Light Aircraft Association

I am thinking over recovering the ailerons on my aircraft due to hangar rash but the rest of the airframe is covered in Diatex. Can I use ceconite or poly fiber instead of diatex for the ailerons? Will it look any different?

Will I need to submit a mod request?

Gary

Ian, I took that from the Aircraft Spruce Website as that is the maximum you can select so I assumed that was the longest they supplied. I was looking at 3/4x3/4x1/8 6061 T6 angle on Aircraft Spruce and LAS it appears to be only £1+VAT per foot and so could be a very cheaper way of building a fusela...

I have been mulling over this some more and started to sketch a concept design with the following: Single seat 40hp Parasol 12ft spar per wing 12 ft longerons (longest length Aircraft Spruce sell on their website) Wingloading 10kgm-2 Stall 40mph Wing constructed of tube spar and crack cut ribs Fusel...

My mistake, I thought someone was accidentally replying to a 2 year thread!

Nigel, The DW-1 group is pretty open and welcoming but I think a sheer lack of activity meant your request to join went unnoticed. I too like the look of the radial Renegade as it is personal objective of mine to own a radial engine aircraft before I die- likely a Hatz or Kitfox. Someone may correct...

I would hope that in two years, he has established contact!!

I too like the look of the airdrome aircraft and would like an eindekker but cannot stomach the 250% markup on the kit buying through GSAL . In the US it is $5000 (£3800) yet GSAL charge £9500+VAT! the D18 is a great recommendation as it offers some of the best performance on a VW. I have only owned...

Ian, not I hadn't but I am sure I can swing it as CPD at work and get release to attend!

The luciole is also a very nice design but difficult to build. I also like the look of the belite aircraft and CM microlights. The debreyer pelican is an interesting design that could possibly be done as SSDR but aerodynamically complex. Also the nestofdragons bird glider is an interesting project. ...

Colin, apologies for resurrecting such an old thread but I would like to voice my opinions on the matter. Firstly I think that any aircraft designed by an LAA group should not be built to the specification that all of it members want but rather the specification that the non-members want!! So I thin...

Thanks for the replies. I have an aeronautical degree and I am practicing mechanical engineer so the design side doesn't concern me too much. My bigger concern the LAA side of things and getting calcs signed off and testing. I see lots of cases of home designs being flown in the US but I guess their...

I would like to slowly design an ultralight but wonder why we don't see more home designs flying in the UK?

PM sent.

I haven't used SolidWorks for many years but it is a very powerful engineering tool. I have heard some people using Google Sketch-Up for aircraft design but it does create 2D drawings as well. ProEngineer could be another option. I would also like to see the LAA get a subscription for one of these p...

I am looking to start a folkplane. Does anyone have a surplus set of plans?

Regards,

Gary