"WISEGUY" Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 I'm a complete nugget when it comes to this stuff. I LOVE the homebuilt canard aircraft designs and am very interested in obtaining one of these aircraft someday. Currently, I'm in school studying aircraft maintenance. Around a year or so from now, I'll be FAA certified and I should have a pretty decent job by the time I finish up. When I'm done with school and fully licensed, I plan on getting earning my wings. When I do... I'm gonna be in the market for a Berkut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Matcho Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 When I was 26 I was dreaming of a Berkut, but then they want out of business. I don't know what exactly I did for the next 10 years, but at 36 I decided to buy Cozy IV plans (I was no longer single, so a 4-place made sense). In hindsight, I wish I would have known how to start something back then. In my next life, I'll start when I'm 16. Welcome aboard. The Piaggio is a beautiful airplane. I saw one fly overhead in my back yard. Very exciting. Quote Jon Matcho Builder & Canard Zone Admin Now: Rebuilding Quickie Tri-Q200 N479E Next: Resume building a Cozy Mark IV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"WISEGUY" Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 Yeah, I was very disappointed to hear Berkut went out of business. But I'm hell-bent on owning one some day. Hopefully while I'm still "young". I've only got four years left. Are there any other single/tandem-seat canard-wing aircraft in production? If I can't ever get a hold of a Berkut, I'll just pick up a Velocity or something similar. With retractable gear, of course. I dream, however, of owning a Bede BD-5J. I know it's not a canard-craft, but I'd love a James Bond plane. The ultimate movie prop. I managed to check out an Avanti (the aircraft in my signature) while touring an FBO, here, at Corpus Christi's airport with my ground operations class. We were walking down the ramp, checking out a couple of private aircraft. I think they were mostly Gulfstreams. Then... I saw the Piaggio Avanti. Man, that was one sexy airplane! Ever since I saw it, I vowed to buy one if I ever one the lottery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Matcho Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Are there any other single/tandem-seat canard-wing aircraft in production?You have the Bateleur kit and the IBIS plans. Quote Jon Matcho Builder & Canard Zone Admin Now: Rebuilding Quickie Tri-Q200 N479E Next: Resume building a Cozy Mark IV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"WISEGUY" Posted December 9, 2006 Author Share Posted December 9, 2006 Awesome! Thanks, Jon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Matcho Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 I just remembered there is one more manufacturer of a tandem canard kit... YOU! Grab a TERF CD and Open-EZ drawings and get busy. Quote Jon Matcho Builder & Canard Zone Admin Now: Rebuilding Quickie Tri-Q200 N479E Next: Resume building a Cozy Mark IV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"WISEGUY" Posted December 9, 2006 Author Share Posted December 9, 2006 It's funny you mentioned that... I've been drawing my own canard-wings ever since I saw the Velocity, which was the first CW I saw (apart from the Piaggio Avanti, of course). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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