The Blown 100
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 7:28 pm
Here's a thought, fly the lightest, lowest power personal aircraft at treetop level or lower around the Isle of Man's Billown Southern 100 race course at tree top or a little lower in a 28 knot wind and spitting rain. Mind the skinny wings wanting to tap the edges of buildings and flagpoles. 
The Plane; an idea I had of a modern equivalent to the 1922 Lympe Economy Trials, a minimalist motor/glider aircraft, except made in modern materials of composite fiberglass/carbon with a small 150 cc engine powering a geared prop. Normally flies at 50 knots cruise but can be mushed along at about 33 knots.
I did attempt 3 laps, but only one relatively successfully. the blown part having a variable headwind with rain, made the NW direction bit a wee bit fast
The Plane; an idea I had of a modern equivalent to the 1922 Lympe Economy Trials, a minimalist motor/glider aircraft, except made in modern materials of composite fiberglass/carbon with a small 150 cc engine powering a geared prop. Normally flies at 50 knots cruise but can be mushed along at about 33 knots.
I did attempt 3 laps, but only one relatively successfully. the blown part having a variable headwind with rain, made the NW direction bit a wee bit fast