OT but way cool!

[david beazley]

Here is a link to a guy building something remarkable.

http://theballybomber.com/index.html

I wonder if this would qualify for semi-scale stunt?

[John Park]

I bet that'll be fun to fly!  Reminds me of the 1938 Short S31, a half-scale model of the projected Short Stirling bomber: it had four Pobjoy Niagara radials, spanned about fifty feet and was, as far as I can tell, a single-seater.  By all accounts it flew beautifully but had too long a take-off run, which is why the Stirling ended up with such a weird, ungainly undercarriage - the only way they could think of to increase the angle of attack when it was on the ground.

[john e. holliday]

I've seen this before courtesy of Tom Wilk and Clancy Arnold.   It is quite an undertaking.  Now my question will be put on the debate forum.