What to do with old lawnmowers........?

[HiFlyer 9,360]

You make one of these, apparently.........😜

 

[Bob Scott 7,721]

One can only imagine what an engine failure on departure would look like in that thing!

 

[188AHC 2,138]

Cricris have been around for  good while. There were a couple that used to fly at SunNFun. I wouldn't fit in one but they were crowd pleasers. 

[Iceman2 110]

I’ll wait for the gas turbine model.

My only concern is the MAX X-wind component is probably only 1 knot.

Awesome.. thx for posting.

[188AHC 2,138]

I seem to remember they had chainsaw engines early on. 

Not me. Even if I could fit I wouldn't think of flying one. 😁

[Skywolf 992]

Wow - Kudos to these guys.  The pilot is brave and can take risk on this craft. 

There is no way in hell, I will ever chose this option to fly, the risk factor is 100% high on this endeavor.  Yah, when you have to use chord to hand crank engines, that is it for me....omg.  Are we back in early 1900s...today we have electrical ignition controls.

Edited September 18, 2019 by Skywolf

[Paraffin 2,197]

On 9/17/2019 at 5:57 PM, w6kd said:

One can only imagine what an engine failure on departure would look like in that thing!

Maybe not so bad. The engines are mounted close together on the fuselage (such as it is), not spread apart on the wings. And not a huge amount of thrust either. You might not have a critical engine yaw issue like with an engine failure on a conventional twin.

I'd be more concerned about having basically zero impact protection inside that eggshell in a crash. Not even room for wearing a helmet.

[HiFlyer 9,360]

27 minutes ago, Paraffin said:

Maybe not so bad. The engines are mounted close together on the fuselage (such as it is), not spread apart on the wings. And not a huge amount of thrust either. You might not have a critical engine yaw issue like with an engine failure on a conventional twin.

I'd be more concerned about having basically zero impact protection inside that eggshell in a crash. Not even room for wearing a helmet.

Well, there seems to be a sort of attempt at a roll bar, but I wouldn't put much faith in it.