Hi Scott, Most of your questions can be answered at www.homebuilt.org. Look under Miscellaneous. Joe scott sangfroid wrote: > FlyBaby > > I don't think that it will surprise anyone that the FlyBaby will be my first > attempt at building a (real) airplane, so this question is more on the > general side. > > How does "licensing" work? I have read things that allude to each set of > plans being serialized and that is your plane's serial number and you have > to purchase extra sets of plans if you want to build more than one. Am I > reading that correctly ? (not that I have a problem with that, for the $65 > "license" the FlyBaby is well worth it, and when I design my plane I will of > course want some sort of royalty for the trouble) > > One more; How does the FlyBaby perform on the A-65? I have done a little > digging and it seems that I could get a Lyc O-235 (100-110 HP) for about the > same price. I can't seem to find any 85-90 HP engines in any condition, > should I infer that they are more popular? Any recommendations? (price is a > factor of course, I have been looking at engines in the $2000-$4000 range > that require various amounts of work) > > Ok, sorry this is long but one more ;| > The Lyc O-235 weighs in at 213-218 lbs (according to Textron Lycoming home > page) how much does the A-65 weigh? Will my CG be ok as-is? > > Sorry for the long questions, > Thanks, > Scott S >