craigsaxon
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Great forum you have going here. found it when I googled 'Pitts LSA', very informative thread. I recognise many of the guys here from the HBA forum. Nice to see that you have kept the advertising to a minimum and appropriate . I had at one stage considered building a replica YMF5 have all the original Waco drawings, an engine mount and ailerons, but a light weight pitts S1 is probably more achievable. Don't know whether you saw it but there was an S1c on ebay recently with extended wings and nose. I think the guy was in Savanah Georgia. Tried to contact the guy to find out what the weight and stall was but he never got back to me. I reckon with extended wings, basic instruments and something like a C85 with no starter you'd be getting close to LSA territory. If you were close you could rig the Ailerons to droop a little with back stick. Restored an old German glider that did that, a Schlieker ASK 7. Would out thermal almost anything you could get it so slow and tight. Lots of people seem to think that the light S1 pitts is a nice little airplane. I don't need 300 hp and smoke to burn holes in the sky. Anyway, looking forward to reading more.
Craig
Craig
