Doh! I forgot to log in. That was me above.

That last idea of mine may not work so well if you fly at very high altitudes and the baloons are filled too full on the ground.

Mustang: It is sad what happened to you at 4strokes.com I always loved your posts.

To everyone else: I used to hang out there along with Mustang once apon a time. It is sad to see it more or less "gone" like that. I was absent during the period that it happened so I missed it completely.

I would not get a heavier engine for W&B reasons. If I was going to use a Lycomming I would get an engine builder to make a 220 hp engine out of a parallel valve (the version that is 40 pounds lighter) engine. You can get them with all of the light weight and high end goodies for less than the retai...

Aluminum being a heavy metal is very poisinous. Your body will deposit it into your bones until they can not take any more, then the aluminum will stay in your blood stream and poison your brain. Causing you to literally go crazy and or die. I am not sure if shaving are absorbed or passed through, b...

If it is an electric system you could activate it in stages. Example: First the outer part of the left wing, inner left wing, prop/cowling, and so on. This would work better for deicing than anti icing.

I put it on my website. I could not get it to work off of yours.