All this talk about the vtol leads me to my latest dream:
    A downsized, fiber, kit happy, twin 13B Beriev-103.
    Am I dreaming or what.....it would be perfect for them.
    Marc W.

Agreed..  Although twin p-port 13b's wouldn't require downsizing the
airplane at all..  The airplane is using a pair of IO360 Continentals -
not the lightest engines, and p-port 13b's would have no trouble making
making more than 210hp.

http://www.beriev-usa.com/main/be-103_wfm_ma.pdf


Regards,

Matt-

Here are a bunch of pictures I took at Sun n Fun.
Carbon fiber would make it a lot more practical
and improve the payload.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

Actually, a scaled down Beriev-103 would be a very good airplane to build in
composite.  Because of the thick wing, large chord at the root and other
configuration features, it actually lends itself well to one-off techniques.
On top of that, I think composites should be the only material used on an
amphibian.

Somebody was talking about counter-rotating propellers.  They may be nice
but the configuration of the Beriev reduces the effect of the asymmetrical
thrust.  I would keep it as simple as possible, I would down size it just a
bit simply because it would be a pretty big airplane for a homebuilt and I
like more power to weight.

Steve Brazil


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