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Old 16th June 2008, 12:16 AM   #48 (permalink)
Le Chaud Lapin
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Default Mechanics of Elevator Trim. In Detail.

On Jun 15, 6:34 pm, "Ken S. Tucker" <dynam...@vianet.on.ca> wrote:
> I concur with Dan on his last two posts, yeah that's
> rare, but anyway...
> I designed and tested (models) of a fantastic plane,
> but when I chose between putting my wife and kids
> in my fantastic plane or into a proven (safe) C172,
> I chose the C172.
> Here's why: If my machine cracked up due to a fault
> in my design, and killed my family except for me, I'd
> feel obligated to shoot myself, though I wouldn't.
>
> That said, build your machine, put it threw it's paces
> then take on a passenger, who knows what the tag
> "EXPERMENTAL" means on the side of the A/C,
> and have fun.
> Ken-


Perhaps there will not be time in my life to see a design realized,
but if I were so fortunate, I would probably do just that...get in it
myself first.

But before doing that, I would let it fly itself over a desert, since
controls would be software anyway.

-Le Chaud Lapin-
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