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OT: DIY Fokker Eindecker
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:58 pm
by Wolfe1759
Built by a chap in Sussex and can take off from his back garden.
http://home.bt.com/news/oddnews/pilot-b ... 3922318000
RE: OT: DIY Fokker Eindecker
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 6:39 pm
by Hellfirejet
Thanks for posting this very interesting video cheers![&o]
RE: OT: DIY Fokker Eindecker
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 7:08 pm
by Wolfe1759
I think the [&o] go to Mr Clark and [&o][&o] to his very understanding wife Esther [:)]
RE: OT: DIY Fokker Eindecker
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 7:21 pm
by Gilmer
That is definitely amazing. Is it smaller than the real Eindeckers or were they really that small. I thought they might be longer. Either way, that is an amazing feat to engineer it and make it work, if you ask me.
RE: OT: DIY Fokker Eindecker
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 6:13 pm
by Tomokatu
Nope that's what it was.
I had always heard that flying those early aircraft was like balancing a unicycle on a fence post while patting your head, rubbing your stomach and eating a sandwich, but he made it look so easy and smooth.