Kit of parts from Slovakia for £62,000 and just under a year to build

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...ntral-47415760

http://www.aerospacekinross.com/kinr...build-a-plane/

Certainly beats the plantpot stand I took home from woodwork at the end of term

Owain

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Kit of parts from Slovakia for £62,000 and just under a year to build

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...ntral-47415760

http://www.aerospacekinross.com/kinr...build-a-plane/

Certainly beats the plantpot stand I took home from woodwork at the end of term

Quite.

My wife's junior school class built a model big enough for a child to
sit in! They had lots of help from apprentices at what was then Hawker
aviation at Hatfield.

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Kit of parts from Slovakia for £62,000 and just under a year to build

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...ntral-47415760

http://www.aerospacekinross.com/kinr...build-a-plane/

Certainly beats the plantpot stand I took home from woodwork at the end of
term

But a tad more downsides if someone has ****ed up.

On 01/03/2019 16:28, wrote:
Kit of parts from Slovakia for £62,000 and just under a year to build

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...ntral-47415760

http://www.aerospacekinross.com/kinr...build-a-plane/

Certainly beats the plantpot stand I took home from woodwork at the end of term

Brilliant!

Mind you, I remember in the sixties, a chap (it nearly always was a
chap) would go into his shed with a few bits of spruce, some plywood and
some aerolite glue, nick the engine out of a VW Beetle and finish up
with one of these:

https://tinyurl.com/y5hvzbr4

I used to go and watch the Tiger Club at play with them when they used
to fly out of Fairoaks Aerodrome.

Nick

Yes but who gets to fly it?
Brian

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Kit of parts from Slovakia for £62,000 and just under a year to build

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...ntral-47415760

http://www.aerospacekinross.com/kinr...build-a-plane/

Certainly beats the plantpot stand I took home from woodwork at the end of
term

Owain

I believe the Schools around Guildford University build parts fro satellites
and get them launched. These are the cubesats we hear about, Short lived but
interesting extra payloads riding on commercial launches.
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Kit of parts from Slovakia for £62,000 and just under a year to build

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...ntral-47415760

http://www.aerospacekinross.com/kinr...build-a-plane/

Certainly beats the plantpot stand I took home from woodwork at the end of
term

Quite.

My wife's junior school class built a model big enough for a child to sit
in! They had lots of help from apprentices at what was then Hawker
aviation at Hatfield.

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I can see it now, one piece missing and the company ceased trading last
week.
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Kit of parts from Slovakia for £62,000 and just under a year to build

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...ntral-47415760

http://www.aerospacekinross.com/kinr...build-a-plane/

Certainly beats the plantpot stand I took home from woodwork at the end
of term

But a tad more downsides if someone has ****ed up.

There were some talented people at my old school in the 60s. One young chap
built a Violin. I was not paying attention at the time, but it looked good
at the end, maybe it was a kit or something.
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On 01/03/2019 16:28, wrote:
Kit of parts from Slovakia for £62,000 and just under a year to build

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...ntral-47415760

http://www.aerospacekinross.com/kinr...build-a-plane/

Certainly beats the plantpot stand I took home from woodwork at the end
of term

Brilliant!

Mind you, I remember in the sixties, a chap (it nearly always was a chap)
would go into his shed with a few bits of spruce, some plywood and some
aerolite glue, nick the engine out of a VW Beetle and finish up with one
of these:

https://tinyurl.com/y5hvzbr4

I used to go and watch the Tiger Club at play with them when they used to
fly out of Fairoaks Aerodrome.

Nick

On Sat, 2 Mar 2019 13:08:53 +1100, cantankerous trolling senile geezer Rot
Speed blabbered, again:

FLUSH more troll****

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There were some talented people at my old school in the 60s. One young chap
built a Violin. I was not paying attention at the time, but it looked good
at the end, maybe it was a kit or something.

Huh! My fiddle playing cousin makes them. More of a lifestyle than a
hobby as selecting each piece of wood seems to take months.
My involvement is providing the deep throat bandsaw needed for splitting
the soundboard. The angle of cut needed to produce two exactly matched
paired bits of wood apparently requires weeks of agonised consideration!

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On Saturday, 2 March 2019 02:09:05 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
Kit of parts from Slovakia for £62,000 and just under a year to build
But a tad more downsides if someone has ****ed up.

I would have thought such projects would be popular in Aus - lots of space to fly in, and a robust attitude to health-n-safety.

Owain

On Saturday, 2 March 2019 09:16:17 UTC, Brian Gaff wrote:
Yes but who gets to fly it?

I bet this is one project that Sir lets the kids try first time

Owain

On Saturday, 2 March 2019 09:18:51 UTC, Brian Gaff wrote:
I believe the Schools around Guildford University build parts fro satellites
and get them launched.

I hope they do a pupil headcount before pressing the red button or that could be a really awkward phonecall to explain why little Tarquin is going to be late home from school

Owain

On 02/03/2019 10:52, wrote:
On Saturday, 2 March 2019 02:09:05 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
Kit of parts from Slovakia for £62,000 and just under a year to build
But a tad more downsides if someone has ****ed up.

I would have thought such projects would be popular in Aus - lots of space to fly in, and a robust attitude to health-n-safety.

Do they? I thought cycle helmets are compulsory.

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On 02/03/2019 10:52, wrote:
On Saturday, 2 March 2019 02:09:05 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
Kit of parts from Slovakia for £62,000 and just under a year to build
But a tad more downsides if someone has ****ed up.

I would have thought such projects would be popular in Aus - lots of space to fly in, and a robust attitude to health-n-safety.


robust indeed given it's illegal to replace a plug, a light switch...

(I know there are strong unions but AIUI it's H&S they use to justify it)


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On 02/03/2019 11:36, Max Demian wrote:
On 02/03/2019 10:52, wrote:
On Saturday, 2 March 2019 02:09:05 UTC, Rod SpeedÂ* wrote:
Kit of parts from Slovakia for £62,000 and just under a year to build
But a tad more downsides if someone has ****ed up.

I would have thought such projects would be popular in Aus - lots of
space to fly in, and a robust attitude to health-n-safety.

Do they? I thought cycle helmets are compulsory.


Restrictions on what you can DIY in case you get wet.

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Rod Speed wrote

Kit of parts from Slovakia for £62,000 and just under a year to build

But a tad more downsides if someone has ****ed up.

I would have thought such projects would be popular in Aus

Never noticed any school going that route.

- lots of space to fly in,

Most of our schools have no more space to fly in than your schools.

and a robust attitude to health-n-safety.

Not with home made aircraft.

Max Demian wrote
wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Kit of parts from Slovakia for £62,000 and just under a year to build

But a tad more downsides if someone has ****ed up.

I would have thought such projects would be popular in Aus - lots of
space to fly in, and a robust attitude to health-n-safety.

Do they? I thought cycle helmets are compulsory.

Yes they are, and wearing seat belts too.

And only a licensed electrician is allowed to do fixed mains wiring.
And in one state you arent even allowed to repair a plug in appliance.
Or even change a tap washer, tho everyone ignores that one.

"Robin" wrote in message
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On 02/03/2019 10:52, wrote:
On Saturday, 2 March 2019 02:09:05 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
Kit of parts from Slovakia for £62,000 and just under a year to build
But a tad more downsides if someone has ****ed up.

I would have thought such projects would be popular in Aus - lots of
space to fly in, and a robust attitude to health-n-safety.

robust indeed given it's illegal to replace a plug,

Not the plug on a plug in appliance in all but one state.

a light switch...

Yes. And a tap washer.

(I know there are strong unions

Not anymore.

but AIUI it's H&S they use to justify it)

In reality its to protect electrical contractors, closed shop.

On Sun, 3 Mar 2019 00:01:36 +1100, cantankerous trolling senile geezer Rot
Speed blabbered, again:

00:1 am in Australia, Australian asshole? Are you about to go to bed or did
you GET UP already, you abnormal sleepless senile troll? I guess this is a
new record for you. Usually you "sleep in" until between 01:00 and 04:00 am!
LOL

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On Sun, 3 Mar 2019 00:04:12 +1100, cantankerous trolling senile geezer Rot
Speed blabbered, again:

00:04 am in Australia, and you are up and trolling already? This must be a
new record for you, you abnormal senile sleepless Ozzie pest! tsk

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On Sat, 2 Mar 2019 23:56:11 +1100, cantankerous trolling senile geezer Rot
Speed blabbered, again:


Most of our schools have no more space to fly in than your schools.

Let's just hope that they also don't have more psychopaths of your kind,
senile Rot.

BTW, 23:56 in Australia? Are you about to go to bed ...or did you GET UP
already to continue with your usual insipid trolling, you obnoxious senile
pest?

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"This is like having a conversation with someone with brain damage."
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