4000k range? 70 kilo’s? Tellim ees dreamin.

No he amn’t ! 😀

Well to do the new record in C-1A0 you have to have the plane at 55-60 kilos empty to be able to load it with 70-100 liters of fuel and a lite jockey to fly it. I am 105 kilos empty…and 108 loaded and I need food and drink too.

Seen the LW-02 distance record yet at FAI pages ?

RAL1T records are easy to brake;

Well, either way, good luck with it. I would advise that you stay away from any association with the spitfire during your design and prototype stages. Let the public decide if it looks like an icon….

I would also look further in depth at what you’re doing – where does the aircraft fit within the market? IS there a market? Will the LAA / CAA certify it? Is it certifiable in other countries? Is it a pure aerobatic fun toy, or can it convert to carry bags – does it have a usable range?

You are entering a very crowded market here…..

That is what my test pilot said..Spitfire II does not sound very original..

What you can do with it besides fly circles in the sky ? Well I’ll tell ya what it can do…it can fly you and your wallet + cellphone ( or computer ) and pair of underwear from point A to point B that are 5000 km apart in 40 hours nonstop..this is possibly not very impressive..but it can do it using 50£ on fuel/gas ! It can also do it electric and using solarpanels with slightly less speed but using 0 £ on fuel..if you live in a sunny country unlike I do. Plane might cost 4 000 quids more in electric version..how does that sound now ? The electric version is called Carmen Electra II ( don’t ask why..it is a long story ).

I was designing this and a girl asked me can it fly electric…then I saw this vid…and it hit me; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkFeLDK6V_M …maybe Carman Electra is better..then Carmen won’t sue me ?

The solarcells that produce electricity for one hp have 3 m2 area and weigh 2 lbs ( around a kilo ). After being airborne this kite can fly at 1,5-2 hp…not very fast around 45 kts….from dawn to sunset.

This can be certified..best thing about it in Finland is that it needs no lisence whatsover to fly or certify since it is under 70 kilos in weight. Stall is at under 65 km/h so it can be certified as microlite under FAI rules.

…and thanks for asking Cat herder !

Apart from the one’s suggested,just loogit the net, yool find lotsa machinery from Cri Cri’s to the Corby Starlet.

Well you a correct..there are lotsa airplanes in the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6iaiZE45gA&NR=1&feature=endscreen

Mustang II is a two seater.

Reinventing the wheel :dev2:

What do you mean ? There has never been this lite aerobatic aeroplane.

Surely you are re-inventing the Twister?

I find Twister a bit too big…and maybe more just like a Spitfire..my craft looks a bit into Nemesis NXT direction from it…and a homebuilt alternative…I might patent the building contruction that includes foam, plywood, glassfibre and carbon. The wing sorta gives similar impression as in a Spitfire..it looks like a bit too big for it.

This weighs only 60-70 kilos.

Northwood/London

I visited Northwood where my brother lived a year..and also visited London and Cambridge/Duxford and photographed the fighter collection there.

I was very surprised that the Dragon Rapide aeroplanes are still in regular use. What a fine ac that is.

1976 I visited the Farnborough air show when F-15 was a hot new aircraft. I had FAF ex-chief test pilot with us back then.