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Podcast with Burt Rutan about his Skigull. |
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Peter Brown - Nov 25,2015
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The man is an aeronautical genius, as we know. But in addition to his humor, Listen to the numbers he refers to throughout the podcast.
http://youtu.be/CatlUfYcG9Y
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Carr, Frank - Nov 26,2015
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Thanks Paul, I listened to the entire podcast. There's always a reason behind his designs, and he's truly one of a kind. How about
those model airplane engines!?
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Peter Brown - Nov 27,2015
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My thoughts exactly Frank. It caused me to go looking at exactly which outrunner motors he was referring to, as I thought he said
something equivalent to 12 hp each. I didn't spend the time to convert the RC output specs to hp, but what a great idea. Just need
to make sure you can hang a couple pounds out on the tips, and be safe throughout the entire flight envelope. On the experimental
side I'd be leery of a couple lbs hanging off each wingtip, adding flex, twist, flutter or work loading to the frames. I wish I could find
any discussions he has given on the previous 46 airplanes he designed.
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Bruce McGregor - Nov 27,2015
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Engineering design always involves compromise between benefits and costs. Against the negatives you point out, wingtip weight
contributes positively to spanwise loading and reduces stresses in the wing root area, especially in turbuence. Note that airplanes like
the Cessna 310 carry their main fuel in wing tip tanks.
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Carr, Frank - Nov 27,2015
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Would it be feasible to mount port and starboard RC motors on the struts instead of say, the landing light, with folding props. Of
course the battery to power them would have to be integrated somehow.
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Peter Brown - Nov 29,2015
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My guess is if the right person proposed the idea to Kerry at PA, he'd throw a set on and find out! ðŸ‘
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Bruce MacInnes - Nov 28,2015
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At the end of Burt's YouTube podcast there was an Incredible presentation by Burt regarding the fallacy of Global Warming. It's amazing
that he has the time to compile such compelling statistics. Believe-it-or-not, Weather is his hobby: His presentation can be found on
YouTube if you search "Burt Rutan: The Real Climate Change Data". It's an Eye Opener...
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Eric Batterman - Nov 29,2015
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In the interest of all things airplanes and fun, I respectfully suggest we not discuss Rutan's climate beliefs on S&D (he's never met a denier argument he didn’t like, and has produced some very poor "science" to prove it - a shame for someone so good with airplanes). Oops, violated my own suggestion.
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Nickens, Dan - Nov 30,2015
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Ha! If this had been a technical issue the Admin Police would be all over it. These political issues are insidious, however, lying low in the dirt like poisonous snakes just waiting to spread doom, gloom, dissention and despair. A curse upon them all! Let them henceforth be banished to Fox and CNN and MSNBC where no one will see or care.
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Don Maxwell - Nov 30,2015
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As long as you guys are staying off the technical and political issues, I'll be careful not to say, "NPR forever!"
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Steve Kessinger - Nov 30,2015
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"If you're dumb, hire smart people. If you're already smart, hire smart people who disagree with you."
Isaac Jaffe
I don't mind people who disagree with me politically. What bothers me is if I can tell they're just regurgitating whatever they heard from a talking head and aren't thinking for themselves.
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