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Uploaded by on Nov 30, 2008

There is no greater joy than seeing an aeroplane you have built yourself take to the sky.

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  • @JVLigon Nice aeroplane but a bit up league from the Escapade Microlight. Zenair seem to specialise in aluminium construction for their microlight as well. I was looking at Zenair's web site and they are fitting Jab 3300 engines. That should give an exciting ride.

  • @gcdev well on the one i built which was the stol ch750 it was all rivets

  • @JVLigon Actually there is quite a lot of glue. Most of the wing structure is glued together using an epoxy glue. The rib are wooden and the spars are aluminium tubes and these are glued together. The lift strut brackets are glued and riveted and the trim longerons on the fuselage are glued in place.

  • @JVLigon i know..

  • @ValleHermoso20 you really think they use glue on these? no they use screws, and bolts

  • @Ashitaka255 The biggest problem with London is Gatwick and Heathrow take up all the air space forcing private airfields further out. Having said that there are plenty of sites within about half to three quarters of an hour out. Most training centres sell a share in an aeroplane so you don't have to own one outright to fly. It is not all that cheap unfortunately and you would expect to pay out about 5/6K before you had a license, then it depends on what you fly and how often you fly after that.

  • @gcdev Do you have any advice for a Londoner like me? It takes at least an hour to get to some sort of countryside, I can't build or maintain a plane since I'm in London.

    Is there any way for me to get into microlight flying cheaply?

  • Up In the Air... Oopss Forgot to Glue it!!!!

  • @1984gmc33 The kit is available from Reality Aircraft at Old Sarum airfield Terry is the guy to talk to. Just tell him Mike and Charlie DEV sent you. Google reality Aircraft

  • how do i buy a kit or where do i get a kit?

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