Inspiration
This page was last updated Saturday April 21, 2007
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This page contains a collection of pictures and information that other
Volksplane builders have sent me. The intent is to provide inspiration, both
for me, and those of you visiting this site who are building (or contemplating
building) a Volksplane. All photos are used with permission of their owners.
Please do not use these elsewhere without contacting the owner for permission.
2005-12-02: These two photos were sent to me by Matthias Glutz of
Switzerland, who happened across this site while looking for centre-of-gravity
information. Mr. Glutz just finished his Volksplane HB-YLZ after ten years of
building (if that's not an inspiration to never give up, I don't know what is).
The aircraft is finished using the Polyfiber System, with three coats
of Polybrush, three coats of silver Polyspray, and a single coat of
Poly-Urethane. Mr. Glutz wrote that it works great, and that he was very
satisfied with the results (his first attempt). That is the understatement
of the year.
The engine is an 1800cc VW with dual electronic ignition. If you have
any questions about HB-YLZ, you can
e-mail Matthias Glutz.
2006-04-30: Matthias wrote to tell me that HB-YLZ is flying! And, he
sent along some of the most stunning Volksplane photos I have ever seen, some
of which are reproduced below with his kind permission.
Matthias writes, "The plane performs exactly as described in the plans.
Cruise 75 mph, stall 40 mph, rate of climb 600 ft/min". You may notice that
he's wearing a parachute. Since I am intending to do the same when I first
fly my VP, I asked him about this. He replied that he thought it would be a
good idea for the first few flights, even though he tested the wings by loading
them down with 3100 lbs of lead.
2006-05-21: When I first set out to build an airplane, I had to convince
my wife that it was a good idea. At that time (almost two years ago now), Fritz
Wagoner e-mailed me some beautiful photos of his Volksplane and its
construction to help me illustrate the scope of the project. Here are a few of
my favorites. These were all taken by Fritz' friend Morry Drexler from his
Citabria, which appears in the last picture.
I was really struck by the differences in scenery between these photos, and
the ones above from Matthias Glutz. The wide open spaces of the New Mexico
desert are a sharp contrast to the rolling green hills of the Swiss country
side. These two builder/pilots live half a world apart yet share the experience
of having built and flown Mr. Evans' little airplane.
Fritz has his own
Volksplane page,
with many construction photos, which I often refer to if I'm at all in doubt as
to how something should fit together.
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