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On my way back to the north of Germany, I took a small detour to the south to visit Hans v.d. Linden, yet one more ‘Hans’ that feels compelled to build an RJ.03 IBIS homebuilt airplane.

Getting back up to steam is often difficult for various reasons (or excuses ). To lower that threshold, I decided to take on the construction of the new type IBIS canard wing tips as these parts are small and rather easy to build.
The old canard wing tips were sort of round. The […]

A couple of weeks ago my brother Marcel purchased a Europa Classic Tri-Gear, registered as G-BWON.
In the weeks leading up to that purchase, I was involved from afar, evaluating a lot of pictures, email statements from the prior owners, etc., trying to fill in the blanks for Marcel.

Zenair CH-601 XL saga continues
From the LAA (former British PFA) website, which is an update that was published on December 5, 2008:
“The CAA issued an MPD on 24 November 2008 formally grounding the CH601-XL in the UK, following the LAA’s earlier advice to owners. LAA Engineering continues to be fully involved in pursuing a […]

According to the ‘Latest News’ section of the British LAA website (Light Aircraft Association, successor to the former PFA) , LAA recommends to the UK CAA that all British registered Zodiac CH601-XL be grounded as well.
According to this report, the affected owners have been contacted directly by a letter dated November 4th, 2008.
Now, this letter […]

In between the many non-aviation related chores I need to tend to these days my thoughts wandered off and continued to mull over how the engine for my Ibis homebuilt aircraft is going to look like. The thing I contemplated the last couple of weeks is ‘compression ratio‘.

after finishing the renovation of my workshop (soundproofing, thermal isolation, lighting, etc.) I’m happy to report that I’m back at building my RJ.03 IBIS homebuilt aircraft. Last Saturday I put in a couple of hours towards completing the main gear.

The VW aero engine for my RJ.03 IBIS is going to get a double Leburg electronic ignition system.
The electronic ignition system originating from the UK is generic enough to have been installed on VW’s, Subarus, KFM’s and a C65, all of this with the endorsement of the British LAA (formerly known as the Popular Flying Association).

As of today, I’m yet one more step nearer to finalising my RJ.03 IBIS instrument panel specification - this time by getting the flight timer (that had been on order for quite some time…) delivered to my doorstep.

The realtiy of building my experimental airplane made me re-think the instrument panel concepts for my RJ.03 IBIS.