Two takeaways from the webinar for me, as I listened to it.
- 140 knots (!) is freaking incredible.
- Vans, as perhaps they have done with all their models, is truly setting the gold standard for homebuilt mfg’s. Research, research, research, look at the best ideas of all available aircraft, compile and sort what makes the most sense, then go back and design some more, create a flying test bed to essentially do nothing but research more of the ideas and potential, then start signing off on parts of the design until the whole thing is ready to build. And then… go back to the beginning and start creating a build manual for it.
Only downfall is they stopped pilots from buying in 2021 by announcing it. Then the test bed showed up in 2022 so more pilots held off, and it probably wont be finalised for 2023 osh so production may begin in….2024.
But it should prove to be a performance machine.
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