court Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Burt said that he encourages the publication and distribution of all of his work at RAF from 1968 to 2002. That had me thinking about all of the different planes he built during that time, and there are some really cool models. Obviously there are the well known plans available for free or for purchase, but what about for some of his lesser known planes? I personally would have loved to fly in / build the Catbird and the Pond Racer. Unfortunately, both were one-off designs and no plans were ever released (to my knowledge). --- I've only recently dipped my toes into aviation / building and there is so much awesome involved, especially in the community itself. Can't wait to get started on my Open EZ in January! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Matcho Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 The Catbird is nice, and still flying AFAIK. You are correct, no plans. I'd be happy with a Long-EZ but will settle for an Open-EZ 🙂 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...
zolotiyeruki Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 I want a Catbird, too. Anyone here have an "in" at Scaled? I heard a story a while back that new hires get to paw through all of their old records, and that includes plans for all of Burt's unpublished designs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Zeitlin Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 1 hour ago, zolotiyeruki said: I want a Catbird, too. Anyone here have an "in" at Scaled? I heard a story a while back that new hires get to paw through all of their old records, and that includes plans for all of Burt's unpublished designs. Hahaha. It's cute that you think that Burt had "plans" for any plane that didn't become an RAF product... There were no "plans" for SS1, for Cthulhu's sake. 1 Quote Marc J. Zeitlin Burnside Aerospace marc_zeitlin@alum.mit.edu www.cozybuilders.org copyright © 2024 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolotiyeruki Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 9 hours ago, Marc Zeitlin said: Hahaha. It's cute that you think that Burt had "plans" for any plane that didn't become an RAF product... There were no "plans" for SS1, for Cthulhu's sake. You're right, "plans" isn't the right word. Perhaps "designs" would be more apt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixfivelrp Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Boomerang! Saw it up close. That is the machine. 2 Quote FZ Long eze , # 712 On Chapter 11 and 14 Chapter 13 and 16 done. Cozy Mark 4 # 1777 Chapter 5, build on hold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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