Recent content by Ken gps

Thats the one I was referring to who was a hired pilot to fly off the 40 hour restrictions for the owner. French pilot. It put the nose almost straight up when he applied power.

I forgot to mention.....I had a conversation with an engineer who was involved with a lawsuit concerning a Compair8 that had separated from it's floats. He did say the airframe was very strong. But had seen one where the builder had attached the trailing spar pickups with large wood screws to...

I Have one that I built in 2002. Have over 1300 hours on it now. Avoid it. In my opinion it is a really dangerous airplane. I use it for my business, but will be chopping it up with a chainsaw when I'm finished for liability reasons. First off...the kit is a piece of crap. I threw away most all...