help_outline Skip to main content
Add Me To Your Mailing List

General Discussion

Dave Hamann's Best windsock contest
Author Last Post

Hope it is securely attached, looks like it could actually fly! Very creative!

Three photos submitted by NMPA member Rik Reisenheimer, 23 Elaine Drive, Mid Valley Airpark, Los Lunas, 87031.


Wing made from kitchen countertop, 6-foot span; overall length, 9-feet.


Body made from Continental A65 engine case; solid aluminum prop spins on two rollerblade wheels; longerons made from aircraft push-pull tubes; tail feathers from scraps of aluminum sheet;


Entire unit rotates on Ford auto engine water pump, shrouded by stainless steel saucepan.

Return to Forum