12 Jan
2007
12 Jan
'07
11:27 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
No quibble there. BTW, my friend tackled the BeDe5
as his first-
ever construction project. I was appalled at some of the Homer
Simpson-ish construction techniques he used and really worried that
he was actually going try to get the thing airborne. In the end, he
lost his nerve and interest and sold the carcass for pennies on the
dollar.
I still say the best aircraft design other than Nausicaa's jet guilder
( from the movie Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind) is the human power machines.
OTOH, the harpsichord I built still sits in my living
room happily
tinkling away 32 years later... :)
Drat... I Can't hear it from here. :(
Cheers,
Chuck
PS: Many of Studio Ghibli's films have great flying machines.
http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/films/