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> He has spent about $800,000 of his own, and his family's money, and has sold properties and pawned family jewellery to fund his dream. > "In India, innovation by commoners like me is not taken seriously. [...]"
Isn't it true that in the US a homemade airplane is relatively easily registered without much hassle? Just remember reading about airplane kits and whatnot. I don't understand the aviation minister's concern that "he'll crash". Is it fear of embarrassing the country or actual concern for protecting the guy's life? Or would the registration imply endorsement of safety and put others' lives at risk? One of the biggest…
Looks like it's $5.
The FAA's philosophy, in a phrase, is "it's your funeral". In other words, the FAA only regulates airborne activity that is likely to harm others.
Then I read the article:
> Incredulous friends and family members asked the young pilot how he planned to bring the plane down once it was complete.
Good to know I'm not alone!
Great article.
> He has spent about $800,000 of his own, and his family's money, and has sold properties and pawned family jewellery to fund his dream. > "In India, innovation by commoners like me is not taken seriously. [...]"
> Mr Yadav says he's now ready to commercially build India's first indigenous planes. Investors have shown interest. The local BJP-led government has promised him 157 acres of land to set up a factory to make 19-seater aeroplanes.
While your point is understood, he does seem to be being taken somewhat seriously.
Isn't it true that in the US a homemade airplane is relatively easily registered without much hassle? Just remember reading about airplane kits and whatnot. I don't understand the aviation minister's concern that "he'll crash". Is it fear of embarrassing the country or actual concern for protecting the guy's life? Or would the registration imply endorsement of safety and put others' lives at risk? One of the biggest…
You can get a registration, but you can't fly w/o passing an FAA inspection first.
> He has spent about $800,000 of his own, and his family's money, and has sold properties and pawned family jewellery to fund his dream. > "In India, innovation by commoners like me is not taken seriously. [...]"
Actually (I think I agree with you), my impression is that just like stories in the US and UK, it is taken all too seriously in India. That's not necessarily a bad thing... it's just art and not designing a safe airplane. It's not actually innovation, if it doesn't work, but I hope the publicity is worth it! "Mr Yadav is now back on the roof, working on a prototype for his next 19-seater plane", eeek! "You know, I th…
Well it's not going to be innovation even if it does work. The technological progress of a hundred years and hundreds of billions of dollars of continuous refinement in aviation is insane. He's not going to be able to improve on a single bolt, let alone a whole frame, for a million bucks. Probably not for a billion bucks.
I mean, kudos for the guy for doing his thing and I don't mean to be hard on him but geeze. It's entrepreneurship and can-do spirit, which is great, but it's not innovation.
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Not sure how you can tell the cofg just by looking at it. Looks to me like theyre in roughly the correct position. I wonder if the engine is watercooled.
It's also where the tail is compared to the main wheels. When you want to take off the pilot moves the elevator on the tail which pushes the tail down causing the nose to lift up pivoting on the rear wheels. If you look at a pic of a normal plane https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Cessna.f... you don't have to push down too hard on the tail to lift the nose. In the Indian guys design the tail is clos…
You simply can't guess the balance from a picture.
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Actually (I think I agree with you), my impression is that just like stories in the US and UK, it is taken all too seriously in India. That's not necessarily a bad thing... it's just art and not designing a safe airplane. It's not actually innovation, if it doesn't work, but I hope the publicity is worth it! "Mr Yadav is now back on the roof, working on a prototype for his next 19-seater plane", eeek! "You know, I th…
> It's not actually innovation, if it doesn't work Well it's not going to be innovation even if it does work. The technological progress of a hundred years and hundreds of billions of dollars of continuous refinement in aviation is insane . He's not going to be able to improve on a single bolt, let alone a whole frame, for a million bucks. Probably not for a billion bucks. I mean, kudos for the guy for doing his thin…
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It's also where the tail is compared to the main wheels. When you want to take off the pilot moves the elevator on the tail which pushes the tail down causing the nose to lift up pivoting on the rear wheels. If you look at a pic of a normal plane https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Cessna.f... you don't have to push down too hard on the tail to lift the nose. In the Indian guys design the tail is clos…
Have you ever seen a 150 in real life? There's nothing in the tailcone. If you had a battery and some avionics boxes in there, the you could probably move the tail a few feet towards the front to achieve the same moment. You simply can't guess the balance from a picture.
Edit: Pausing the video at 32s it seems he's pulled back on the stick and managed to lift the front wheel a few inches https://youtu.be/1dLAmhDWEE8
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> It's not actually innovation, if it doesn't work Well it's not going to be innovation even if it does work. The technological progress of a hundred years and hundreds of billions of dollars of continuous refinement in aviation is insane . He's not going to be able to improve on a single bolt, let alone a whole frame, for a million bucks. Probably not for a billion bucks. I mean, kudos for the guy for doing his thin…
If the dude refined a kit and is able to create a relatively safe DIY plane for under 100k in parts isn’t that an innovation?