#kitplane

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Looking into the cockpit of a home built Glasair I on display during the Manitowoc Airport Airshow

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why she angey??who hurt her?? :o

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Currently in love with this completely brand new and modernized 1920s lookin kit plane called the A50 Junior which was recently revealed by Junkers:

I'm a simple aviator, I see a pretty airplane with corrugated aluminum skin and bike wheels and I just feel like I would die if I can't take it up.

They say it's got all modern avionics and a Rotax engine

Tho I personally would much rather have old school style steam gauges in a steam punk lookin airplane, it's still a nice plane. c:

Fantasy or Fantastic? Futuristic Retro? Junkers Introduces Distinctive A50 Junior - ByDanJohnson.com

Talk about being ahead of its time, Junkers’ A50 Junior was designed to 600 kilograms / 1,320 pounds …93 years ago! “In 1928,” said the comp

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Finally found a paint stripper that's cheap and works on taking off the ancient polyurethane paint this plane was coated in. And luckily the rust I was concerned with before is cleaning up to good clean metal with no effort.

There maybe hope for this airplane to return to the skies after all :D

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1992 Denney Kitfox Mk3 seen at the Duxford airshow

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Here's the other lil guy who was waiting their tirn to take off after the Cessna. The Vans RV kitplane are a very fun and well mannered species. Decently fast and very efficient with their all modern Rotax engine too. They're currently all the rage in the world of small planes. I'd definitely fly one again

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Here's an interesting new plane I found at the plane festival

It's called Bush Cat, I think in the ultralight category. What caught my eye was the fabric on this bird, it's not something I've ever seen before on a plane. Almost like a tarp like material that's been stitched together via traditional fabric plane methods and

Some extremely traditional methods, I recall seeing this shoe laced method of attaching fabric to an aircraft frame before, I just can't remember where rn. Very neat

Also the cargo door is zippered!

I love this type of oddball thing in aviation. :]

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just want tot talk about more planes that are just little guys :)

the itty bitty planes are my favorite breed of plane. And although available as easy to build at home kits and the fact small and cute; many agile breeds with the smaller wingspans like the miniature Corsair, Sonex jet, BD-5, and Pitts biplane especially, can be temperamental and are best for a plane caretaker who has more experience with high performance and fighter aircraft. 

The CriCri and Aerosport, although similar in shape and size, are more docile breeds of small kit airplane. If you decide to care for one of these little guys, make sure you have some spare chainsaw engine and VW motor parts on hand as these are the more hybrid breeds of plane. If your Cricri does not have the micro jet trait, a standard blend of non-ethanol and 2 stroke motor oil is the preferred diet of this plane. If it does have the micro jet trait, standard JetA will keep them healthy. However, if your Cricri has the electric motor trait, do not feed them either liquid fuels, electricity is their preferred diet. :)

The Aerosport, if bred with the VW trait, may feed on a diet of standard premium non-ethanol MoGas with octane rating of 100. If it seems to run too hot on 100 octane, lower try a blend with an octane rating in the 90s. 

Reminder, for proper plane care; never allow a plane to share fuel with a car unless you know it is ethanol free. Planes cannot metabolize the alcohol additive like cars, and they will not only burn through it rapidly at high altitudes, but it can make them sick and at worst destroy their fuel lines and gaskets. :( If a plane is seen sharing a snack with your car, take them to your local mechanic right away!