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Hi Mark,

have you seen a super galaxy airlifter yet?

(if&when) you consider an aluminum hull again, this looks neat for vibrations and reflections. likely human friendly fibres in a diamond stitch.

2cents,
rahul

http://www.travis.af.mil/News/Article/1 ... m-upgrades

Hi Mark,

have you seen a super galaxy airlifter yet?

(if&when) you consider an aluminum hull again, this looks neat for vibrations and reflections. likely human friendly fibres in a diamond stitch.

2cents,
rahul

http://www.travis.af.mil/News/Article/1 ... m-upgrades

But aluminum round noses are soo hard to build. The fiberglas is so easy and fast to work with. The hull of the Gull 2000, with fiberglass over a steel frame is the best yet. Even the Titan crowd hasn’t stepped up to a a super smooth fiberglass hull around the steel frame. I love mine, and it is quite fast and fun to fly.

Kess, how much does your BRS weigh? How is it mounted? Could you send me some photos????
It looks like you have some kind of blow out cover on the nose for the rocket, how is it held in place???

Im thinking about ordering a BRS 750 from Mark at Earthstar, sorta like having a security blanket for me.


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Yes, you do love your Gull, Kess. very much. is'nt an aluminum hull lighter? i'll weigh the nose option until the Masters of their fields have a talk, Mark and Ron Covell & and i see (even images of) Mr. Greenwood's silver gull.

Mark locates the BRS in the nose for w&b reasons i guess. pretty strong about it in a ~2013 forum conversation about it. and then there's the Kolb that puts it uptop (maybe a softpack instead of canister), which is the location i'd prefer if it's possible, with a few seconds after switching off engine.

btw, their nose is likely inspired by Edgar J. Lesher's Teal lightplane, which held many speed records in it's day. The family had four! pairs of twins would you believe. the teal has a 3-4" air intake right at the tip of it's long aluminum nose, the function of which i am yet to learn about.. something to do with pressure recovery, but it's all still words for me; would you know?
2cents,
rahul

Yes, you do love your Gull, Kess. very much. is'nt an aluminum hull lighter? i'll weigh the nose option until the Masters of their fields have a talk, Mark and Ron Covell & and i see (even images of) Mr. Greenwood's silver gull.

Mark locates the BRS in the nose for w&b reasons i guess. pretty strong about it in a ~2013 forum conversation about it. and then there's the Kolb that puts it uptop (maybe a softpack instead of canister), which is the location i'd prefer if it's possible, with a few seconds after switching off engine.

btw, their nose is likely inspired by Edgar J. Lesher's Teal lightplane, which held many speed records in it's day. The family had four! pairs of twins would you believe. the teal has a 3-4" air intake right at the tip of it's long aluminum nose, the function of which i am yet to learn about.. something to do with pressure recovery, but it's all still words for me; would you know?
2cents,
rahul

It weighs 23 lbs, and the cover was held on by clips that just allow a quick easy blow away. I’ve since removed it and smoothed over the cover patch and re-painted. Yes, and new w&b, and a heavier battery for my toys, and a few more lbs of lead.

Hi Kess, A gull 2000 that I looked at in Houston weighs 400# empty wt. I was originally aluminum wings and yellow body (2008)but has ben totally repainted with heavy coat of white poly urethane paint. Probably really hard to strip that paint I think.
No extras at all, has a 503 DCDI with a ôCö box 3to1 ratio turning a 3 blade warp drive prop. I paid $8500 for it and another $2000 an 18ft trailer that was set up to haul it and then another $2800 to have the whole works shipped to me in Washington. It does have ôblack maxö hydraulic brakes. The shipper said it will be here in about 6 weeksà.he loads onto a 40ft flatbed. I went down and took the wing off and loaded it onto the 18ft trailer I bought. Then the shipper came and towed it to his yard.

Regular trucking companies wanted $5500 t0$6000 to ship it upà.

Mark in Davenport.
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Hey Kess, how do you think this nose was built? has like permanent laughter lines. how much does the wing weigh?
rc


http://www.afcent.af.mil/News/tabid/476 ... craft.aspx

Hey Kess, how do you think this nose was built? has like permanent laughter lines. how much does the wing weigh?
rc


http://www.afcent.af.mil/News/tabid/476 ... craft.aspx