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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die  Posted: 09 Sep 2021, 19:40 |
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Username Protected wrote: I just watched most of the NG video. What's the consensus?
It'll be a website full of promises only?
An RC prototype? Will the RC fly?
A full-sized mockup?
A flying prototype? Will it kill someone?
A rip-roaring success that does what Peter hopes it'll do?
Or. . .my vote. . . .we've heard the last of it all. Whatever happens, hopefully it adds another 250 pages and 6 years of free entertainment...
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 09 Sep 2021, 19:43 |
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Username Protected wrote: Whatever happens, hopefully it adds another 250 pages and 6 years of free entertainment... Good heavens, I don't think I'd noticed the time going by let alone done the math!
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 09 Sep 2021, 22:21 |
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Username Protected wrote: Why isn't this thread DEAD?  Because when you put together all the BS claims, believers, non-believers, trolls, build execution hilarity and the so called flight testing it's too unbelievable to have been fiction. Yet here we are and it's been very entertaining! I hope Peter carries on, I can always use a few more chuckles. Phil
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 09 Sep 2021, 22:37 |
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Username Protected wrote: I just watched most of the NG video. What's the consensus?
It'll be a website full of promises only?
An RC prototype? Will the RC fly?
A full-sized mockup?
A flying prototype? Will it kill someone?
A rip-roaring success that does what Peter hopes it'll do?
Or. . .my vote. . . .we've heard the last of it all. Whatever happens, hopefully it adds another 250 pages and 6 years of free entertainment...
Maybe the thread for the next over-promised aircraft will heat up. The builder showed up today to defend his design. https://www.beechtalk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=199402&view=unread#unread
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 03 Oct 2021, 00:23 |
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His best bet to make money with the Raptor is to pitch it to the discovery channel as a reality show. The more odd the characters, the better the ratings. Who would have thought 2 idiots building sub par custom motorcycles were worth 12 seasons? And the ratings would have been thru the roof for the maiden flight episode. The them bank roll the “idea”.
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 03 Oct 2021, 08:22 |
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I haven’t looked at this thread in awhile
My first thought was that if you want to total an airframe with the best chance of walking away from it, mature corn is a pretty good choice.
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 03 Oct 2021, 13:24 |
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Username Protected wrote: I haven’t looked at this thread in awhile
My first thought was that if you want to total an airframe with the best chance of walking away from it, mature corn is a pretty good choice. We have a former (and apparently reincarnated) BT member that would disagree. Ditching in the Gulf of Mexico takes the cake here 
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 04 Oct 2021, 16:06 |
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Give this thing a rest. Not now not ever.
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Indecision is the key to flexibility
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 04 Oct 2021, 19:08 |
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Well the real question is will he choose a cornfield again, and if so will he put the gear down.
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 04 Oct 2021, 20:37 |
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Building a new aircraft from the ground up is not for the faint of heart or budget. I purchased my airplane from the estate of an aeronautical engineer, Bill Husa that worked on a nice turboprop amphib the Privateer. His work was pretty much complete and the aircraft project was moved to Florida where progressed and flew. It was supposed to be at Sun N Fun in 2019 but had a landing incident during test and needed some gear repair. 2020 was quiet and the website has not been update in over a year, not a good sign. Project was well along and looked to have some promise although composite aircraft are notorious for getting overweight during build, not sure if that was an issue here or not. https://www.privateerindustries.com/
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