
Here is the video from our member Joe Caravella about the Prototype CaraVellair as configured for the 45 mph test drive.
You can read up more on his website at http://www.Caravella.aero
http://www.Caravella.aero

Who remembers this design ? Check out our forum and join the discussion under “Design Group”, “What would happen when the CriCri and the Boomerang had a baby ?”

For all you small airplane guys trying to fly efficient and dreaming about retractable gears . This new 4 gram indoor flier. For all the non metric guys, thats the same as “very super light ”. Custom servos...
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The BD-Micro Technologies, Inc. (BMT) FLS Microjet completed Phase I flight testing on May 5th 2011. All performance expectations were either met or exceeded. Better known as the “James Bond jet”, the BD-5J for the first...
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Cool Tool Tip!
I picked up this tip from Vansairforce.net and I’m really impressed.
These are measuring rules that make fast work on marking stuff for cutting and drilling. They have holes where the Sharpie can pass through...
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For those of you who missed Paul Lamar’s talk about the Wankel Rotary engine, here is a video explaining it from his site, and a great article.
Why the Rotary Engine ?
One of the things that bothered me most about building...
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Dream It, Build It, Fly It
The world of homebuilt aircraft — officially known in the United States as Experimental Amateur-Built Aircraft — has existed as long as powered flight. One could say, in fact, that the Wright...
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Part 1: Of Enormity and Conformity
Some of you may know that getting anything FAA approved can be a big job. Some of you know only that anything and everything in aviation is expensive and can’t figure out why. Well, your intrepid newsletter editor knows why, first hand.
Several years ago, sitting in an older Cessna owned by a friend at Whiteman, I had an idea...
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