![]() ![]() Lining up on your buddy before going, “ta-ta, ta-ta, ta” ought to be plenty accurate. Kit pricing is expected in the $40,000 to $50,000 range. In something of a twist he’s also looking to source the aluminum parts building to a qualified outside vendor to avoid tooling up for production himself. Sam says he’ll get five beta kits into the hands of trusted builders this fall, with regular kit sales expected about a year from now. ![]() Metal wings and fabric control surfaces are true to the era the flaps are simple split units. Purists can go for flush or round head rivets if they want but that would be much additional work. Three inches lower than conventional seating and with a more relaxed posture, the SW1 Lounge is a. Those fabric control surfaces are also lighter Sam says he saved 18 lbs by using fabric instead of aluminum on the tail controls alone.Īll of these possibilities will build on this P-36 bones, which is an all-aluminum airframe offered as a pre-drilled, pulled rivet kit for quick assembly. This chair will change the way you think about meetings. In the evenings, as the sun sets behind the mountains, the night sky above Wilson Creek unveils a mesmerizing display of stars. Actually there are plenty of WWII fighters to be made here, including a Zero or even a Spitfire says Sam. The P-36 is just the beginning of Sam’s Lite Fighter concept and it takes little imagination to see a P-47 or Hellcat coming from this prototype, not to mention a P-40 derivative. Mainly to stay to scale, the P-36 uses 6.00-6 main tires. green certainly suggest a fighter interior but nothing beats sitting on the centerline of the machine. These include Rotax, Viking, AMT, Jabiru and the narrow deck ULPower engines.įaux gun butts, underslung rudder pedals and O.D. ![]() Performance is good with the 125 hp Verner 7-cylinder radial but an impressive range of engine options fit the P-36. Sam reminds us the original P-36 was exported as the Hawk, and many of those had fixed gear with big spats. The gear is fixed on the prototype but customers will have their choice of retractable (the standard option) or fixed gear. They are very simple and beautiful shapes, and they are for a good purpose. The triumph is they did that with minimal stylistic awkwardness. Every year Scott Wilson + MNML (Minimal, a Chicago based design firm) contribute a one of a kind sculpture to Humanscale’s Faces in the Wild Auction to raise money for the World Wildlife Fund. Some things-such as pilots-don’t scale down, and ScaleBirds was careful to retain a cockpit with RV-8-like dimensions. The flaps are there to further slow landing speeds and have proven so effective he’s considering shortening those. Neither was fitted when first flown and Sam says the little guy was a bit bouncy without some dampened movement in the gear, so he added the oleo struts. Two changes already incorporated into the prototype on display in the ultralight area this year are oleo landing gear struts and flaps. If anything Sam thinks he might, maybe, tame down aileron response but that’s a judgment call yet to be made. Of course, that’s just what we’re looking for, and Sam’s pirep on his prototype continues with good news about control harmony and general handling. Previously a static display, the P-36 has now flown 10 hours says Sam, who emphatically reports, “Its one sporty little airplane!” Recidivist AirVenture attendees know Sam Watrous at ScaleBirds has been developing his Lite Fighter concept with a prototype P-36. No conclusive performance tests have been run yet. ScaleBirds is a Verner dealer, so the 125 hp Verner 7-cylinder was a given on the prototype. Scott has been recognized with countless awards and accolades including the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Product Design, and was recently named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business.ScaleBirds’ P-36 was carefully scaled to accept a wide range of existing small engines. Prior to founding MINIMAL, he was a former Global Creative Director at Nike and has been a design leader in organizations such as IDEO, Thomson Consumer Electronics, Fortune Brands and Motorola. On any given day, you’ll find the MINIMAL team consulting with companies like Microsoft, Google, Dell and Coalesse, while simultaneously launching disruptive products and brands such as the crowd-funded game changer, LUNATIK. Named one of America’s most influential design entrepreneurs, Scott is synonymous with resurging the maker movement. Yves Behar (Fuseproject), Scott Wilson (MNML), Konstantin. Scott Wilson is Founder and Chief Creative Officer of MINIMAL, the Chicago-based product development and brand incubation firm he launched in 2007 to realize his vision of working alongside global brands and start-ups alike. An accomplished designer with experience developing iconic, industry-leading products, the pervasive theme throughout Wilsons work is the intimate relationship between the user and the product. Chris Ware, Scott McCloud, Michelle Looney (HLB), Elizabeth de Montfort Walker (H LB). ![]()
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