remove wings on quicksilver? (SLSA)
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Re: remove wings on quicksilver? (SLSA)
German high-wing composite SLSA, Rotax 912ULS powered. http://www.my-remos.deCharlieTango wrote:What's a Remos?
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Re: remove wings on quicksilver? (SLSA)
The accident happened at the Sebring expo.
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Re: remove wings on quicksilver? (SLSA)
drseti wrote:German high-wing composite SLSA, Rotax 912ULS powered. http://www.my-remos.deCharlieTango wrote:What's a Remos?
I was being sarcastic. I remember when you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting a Remos ad proclaiming them to be the 'be all and end all' in LSA, now - not so much.
Re: remove wings on quicksilver? (SLSA)
They did die pretty quickly, I don't think they have sold an airplane in the last three years. But they are not bad from what I've seen, before the accident at Sebring Remos and FD were neck-and-neck in sales and popularity. I only picked them as an example because I knew off the top of my head they have folding wings.CharlieTango wrote:drseti wrote:German high-wing composite SLSA, Rotax 912ULS powered. http://www.my-remos.deCharlieTango wrote:What's a Remos?
I was being sarcastic. I remember when you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting a Remos ad proclaiming them to be the 'be all and end all' in LSA, now - not so much.
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Re: remove wings on quicksilver? (SLSA)
I don't think they were ever neck-and-neck. When we flew formation for a long cross-country the Remos couldn't hold up, or keep up, or carry enough. I think they successfully marketed as equivalent but in real world use it wasn't there as far as I could see.MrMorden wrote:They did die pretty quickly, I don't think they have sold an airplane in the last three years. But they are not bad from what I've seen, before the accident at Sebring Remos and FD were neck-and-neck in sales and popularity. I only picked them as an example because I knew off the top of my head they have folding wings.
Re: remove wings on quicksilver? (SLSA)
The useful load on a Remos is generally higher than a CTSW (often around 650lb), but they really have nowhere to store anything.CharlieTango wrote:I don't think they were ever neck-and-neck. When we flew formation for a long cross-country the Remos couldn't hold up, or keep up, or carry enough. I think they successfully marketed as equivalent but in real world use it wasn't there as far as I could see.MrMorden wrote:They did die pretty quickly, I don't think they have sold an airplane in the last three years. But they are not bad from what I've seen, before the accident at Sebring Remos and FD were neck-and-neck in sales and popularity. I only picked them as an example because I knew off the top of my head they have folding wings.
A mechanic once showed me the aileron interconnect for the wing folding mechanism on a Remos, as an example of how NOT to design such a thing. It's really flimsy.
Andy Walker
Athens, GA
Sport Pilot ASEL, LSRI
2007 Flight Design CTSW E-LSA
Athens, GA
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2007 Flight Design CTSW E-LSA
Re: remove wings on quicksilver? (SLSA)
Now we have a good example of what sarcasm is and isn't in this thread.