Homebuilt C130? !

[Meatservo]

This is Bob Diemert's submission in the contest to find Canada's next S.A.R. aircraft.

[Bones]

This is Bob Diemert's submission in the contest to find Canada's next S.A.R. aircraft.

LAUGHING MY ASS OFF!

[AllClutch]

Any update on this thing?

[AirFrame]

It's the cover story in the November/December 2012 Recreational Flyer.

http://raa.ca/magazine_pdf/Nov-Dec-12Lowres.pdf

[Beefitarian]

Thanks for linking that AirFrame. Interesting read.

[xchox]

Has this thing actually flown? Any videos? Any update?

Hate it or love it... You gotta commend the guy on the blood sweat and tears to make that thing.

I love it.

[Longtimer]

I want one too, but...

C-GFES does not come up on the on-line Canadian Civil Aircraft Register. Why?

In actual fact:

Mark: C-GFES
Common Name: Aviacija Model Name: LAK-17B FES
Serial No.: 214
Basis for Eligibility for Registration: CAR Standard 507.04(3) - Specific Purpose
Category: Glider
Max Take-Off Weight: 599.65 kg
24 Bit Address: Bin=110000000101001001010111, Octal=60051127, Hex=C05257
Regional Office: Vancouver Year Imported: 2015
Base of Operations: Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, CANADA
Manufacturer Information
Manufacturer: SPORTINE AVIACIJA IR KO
Country of Manufacture: LITHUANIA Year of Manufacture: 2012
Registration Information
Type of Registration: Private
Owner Registered Since: 2015-07-09
Latest Certificate of Registration Issued: 2015-07-09

[GyvAir]

Has this thing actually flown? Any videos? Any update?

Hate it or love it... You gotta commend the guy on the blood sweat and tears to make that thing.

I love it.

It is a pretty awesome creation!

The Recreational Flyer article linked earlier talks about it having been test flown:

D-RA’s Bob Buchanan did the inspections and found only a few
minor snags during his rigorous eleven hour final inspection. First
flight showed a control problem but Ross got the plane safely down
on the ground and made the corrections. He has since been doing
circuits and his preliminary performance numbers are:
Performance:
Takeoff roll
...................................................................................
1000 ft
Rotate at 70 kt and climb at 75-80 kt at 500 fpm climb rate
90 kt on the downwind with landing gear and flaps down. Ross has
not retracted them yet so speed when clean is yet to be determined.
Approach at 80 kt and put the wheels on the pavement at 70 kt.
Landing roll
...............................................................................
500 feet.
Dimensions
Wingspan
.......................................................................................
36.5 ft
Wing area
......................................................................
197 square feet.
Tailspan
.............................................................................................
18 ft
Length
............................................................................................
27.5 ft.
The planned empty weight was 2600 pounds and the plane came out
at 2458 pounds.
Gross weight
......................................................................
3400 pounds
so even with two 200 pound crew and 200 litres of fuel there is still
over 200 pounds of payload.
CG empty with one 200 pound pilot is right at 25% MAC and filling
the tanks does not make any difference. A passenger moves the CG
forward but not markedly. The engines are right on the CG so any
changes there will not have a CG effect. Clearly Ross put a lot of
thought into designing his Hercules replica

I want one too, but...

C-GFES does not come up on the on-line Canadian Civil Aircraft Register. Why?

Historical reg search shows it was registered in in late 2011 (Just after the above post was made) and deregistered/delete aircraft in 2014.
I hope he had some fun with it in the meanwhile!

[Confliction]

Looks like an Islander on steroids!

[JasonE]

It no longer shows up anywhere in the registration data base, so it is either sitting somewhere or sold out of country.

[Sharklasers]

I wonder whatever happened to this beast?

[schnitzel2k3]

I saw that about 10 years ago. Can't believe it's still sitting there.

Such a cool little bird. Would love to see it fly.

[Sharklasers]

Homebuilt from scratch with 4 engines and a tiny rudder, I’d love to see it fly but I wouldn’t want to be in it...

[co-joe]

It totally needs a Jato kit.