Pre-Covid I was really excited for this airplane, but the world de-railed the project. I'm glad the Ruckus is available, although it is far more expensive now than the original $19k pre-covid price.
Regarding minimal planes like this, I get the idea of the truss structure, you can buy inexpensive stock and make many shapes BUT you just end up with a great number of elements which decisively undermines the principle. It's no longer inexpensive although still fairly light. Why not a single tube (like carbon fiber) from tail to engine where the seat and wing is also mounted. And rather than wing struts that suffer the same flaw of being fairly light but ends up complex, just do a straight simple wing because the right material is plenty strong without struts. Imagine how quickly you could manufacture a plane that's mainly just a wing on a tube. A 'low' wing can also have landing gear so those arms don't have to be so long. So wing on a single tube has to be the simplest design for a minimal plane. And if you are willing to put a bit more effort into it then a single piece teardrop composite fuselage is just unbeatable for weight and enclosure. It wont look WW1 like most stol planes do because the design isn't questioned, it will look much like a glider and that's not an arbitrary aesthetic, that's good engineering. the profound thing is that you could imagine a plane like the swiss Risen falling under part 103 and being a fantastic aircraft capable of a lot of travel virtually for free. because it only takes a little polini motor to make it go a decent speed.
Pre-Covid I was really excited for this airplane, but the world de-railed the project. I'm glad the Ruckus is available, although it is far more expensive now than the original $19k pre-covid price.
Glad you did the Upgrades...
A 912 on this would be phenomenal. I am following this with lots of interest. For buzzing around the local area this looks awesome.
Regarding minimal planes like this, I get the idea of the truss structure, you can buy inexpensive stock and make many shapes BUT you just end up with a great number of elements which decisively undermines the principle. It's no longer inexpensive although still fairly light. Why not a single tube (like carbon fiber) from tail to engine where the seat and wing is also mounted. And rather than wing struts that suffer the same flaw of being fairly light but ends up complex, just do a straight simple wing because the right material is plenty strong without struts. Imagine how quickly you could manufacture a plane that's mainly just a wing on a tube. A 'low' wing can also have landing gear so those arms don't have to be so long.
So wing on a single tube has to be the simplest design for a minimal plane. And if you are willing to put a bit more effort into it then a single piece teardrop composite fuselage is just unbeatable for weight and enclosure. It wont look WW1 like most stol planes do because the design isn't questioned, it will look much like a glider and that's not an arbitrary aesthetic, that's good engineering.
the profound thing is that you could imagine a plane like the swiss Risen falling under part 103 and being a fantastic aircraft capable of a lot of travel virtually for free. because it only takes a little polini motor to make it go a decent speed.
This plane is like a flying version of scrambler motorbike 🛩️
very nice
Awesome!
Hopefully the kit price is more affordable!
I am curious to find out how hard is to get an insurance Co. That insure it, when you find how expensive it will be. I Love the concept
Where do I find regulations about aircraft weight limits
www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_103-7.pdf
6:00 there’s no WAY
The FAR 103 version doesn’t appear to exist. Have any been sold?
Good question, I'd also like to know about 103....
A lot of promises for many years and never seems to get anywhere