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Every time I see this plane I just want one. Even more now I've seen the factory. That folding wing is a great setup.

Brought down the wings and hung them from ratchet straps. All my toys together 😊

From a mile high? You've got good aim.

Pilot dies in light plane crash in Malabaine near Northam, north-east of Perth - ABC News WWW.ABC.NET.AU Police say a light plane crashed in Malabaine on Wednesday morning, with the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft... Condolences to the family.

Something didn't seem right about this. Empty weight of 100kg yet it has a range of 500km? Which it does in 3 hours, making the cruise speed upwards of 170kph, for something that's basically a powered glider? Turns out that Wikipedia and AI are wrong here. If you go to the website (link below), there's 2 variants - 1 person or unmanned. The unmanned version has a 180kg battery, the manned version a 90kg battery. MTOW for both is 410kg (not 300kg), empty weight for the manned version, including battery, is 270kg. Cruise speed is 90kph. Elektra One Solar - Elektra Solar WWW.ELEKTRA-SOLAR.COM

Like your colour scheme Danny. Very nice.

Hey Brendan, waiting til I finish. I have my PPL from many years ago (restricted) - only 45 hours or so on C172s, so I have a lot to learn/relearn. Thanks Nev, guess it's all relative, I'm 54, pretty much the same age Baz is. Building and flying are 2 different things. @Builds By Baz you're obviously very capable of building things to a high standard and I'm guessing you like doing so, otherwise you wouldn't spend years doing so. They're right though, it's a good idea to do a TIF at least to ensure you like it before committing. My only point is that if you enjoy the process of creating something, then you'll probably enjoy making a plane.

Everyone's circumstances are different. Flying lessons don't take all day and neither does building. If Baz has both time and money (lucky man!) then there's nothing to stop him doing both. If not, well then choices have to be made. It's taken me 15 years to almost finish a plane because I work full time and have 3 kids (a 2yo and a baby when I started building) so had neither money nor time.

Baz, I have a friend in Canberra who has built 2 Zenith CH-750's from scratch. If you want I'm happy to ask him if it'd be ok for you to contact him for a chat. Having followed your Viper build I am confident you have the ability to build an aircraft.

I know. Just being silly.

If you wait another 48 weeks he'll pay you $5k to take it 😄

I didn't find the key switch all that expensive. $50 maybe.

She's home again 😊

The answer to their concerns? Simply delete the flight's cockpit video recording when the plane is safely stopped at the gate. That way it can't be used for anything except serious incident analysis.

What's with the double undercarriage? Almost looks like AI slop!