Tuesday, September 15, 2026

HUGE #2


We must first dust off the archive amongst my patent filings...


...and beside marvelling at how much of my life was wasted in fruitless pursuits, appearing as a third entry is broadly speaking what we are aiming at.

Appearances however are deceptive, which is good because this looks fairly crap.

Nonetheless it will form the basis of what we shall use for building at a smaller scale altogether than of late.

It stems from the fact that the mono-ski version (featured at the top of the search list) literally wouldn't stand up without the support of out-riggers that I didn't want.

There have been ~ besides sail-planes ~ aircraft with out-riggers or stabilisers for support, but they have been few and far between. Which tells you something.

In fact I can think of only the U2 spy-plane that is most famous for being shot down and the Hawker Harrier that went on to more success altogether... though what we have to replace it invariably uses a conventional undercarriage.

And so now you know.