Imagine if those fools The Wright Brothers had posted on this forum ...."we're thinking about building a grand flying machine that will get us (and our pals) off the ground and fly us over the sea ....... to Mull "
Ah, but those Wright Brothers are a good example, they were most meticulous and careful, and worked their way slowly and carefully towards their objective.
EGCJFlyer, good luck and I look forward to the trip report, it sounds like exactly the sort of thing I'd like to do when (and if!) I get my PPL.
On a related topic, do aero engines generally develop their quoted horsepower and are they tested for it? Just that I've quite a bit of experience running cars on a dynamometer and they rarely reach their quoted power figures.
- Michael