Ron: I like to hear the wires on my Fokker as well, knowing that the wings are still attached, but the simple truth is, that it's really a royal pain every time I have to rig the thing, when taking it off the trailer. If they had some tie down space available, here at Lee Field, where I fly from, I would gladly take them up on it. Forget hanger space - just does'nt exist around here, unless I want to travel an hour by car. Yes, flying wires, like suspenders do the job, but then someone invented the "belt". Irv Ron Wanttaja wrote: > FlyBaby > > Jill Rosenkrantz wrote: > > > > Does anyone know of any flybaby's built with full cantilever wings? While > > eliminating the > > ability for folding wings, it would certainly allow for a cleaner airframe, > > no flying wires etc. > > While I personally have not seen any, I suspect that somebody has > > constructed one this way? > > Well, there are a couple of "close" candidates. The Warner Revolution > is pretty similar to a Fly Baby, but with a steel-tube fuselage. The > Druine Turbi was an all-wood French design. > > A cantilever wing would be heavier, more involved to build, and probably > would require a considerable fuselage beefing-up around the wing-attach > points. On the plus side, it might reduce drag, but there's only so > much that can be done with an open-cockpit airplane. It would let one > install a shock-absorbing landing gear, at least. > > Personally, I *like* the wires. I like the whistle they make. My > buddies tell me that when they are working in their hangars, they can > tell it's me coming in just from the wires singing. It's nice, too, to > have the major structural element right out in the open so that it can > be easily inspected. > > Ron Wanttaja > (ikvamar@gte.net) >