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I wonder how much it could be impoved if this project was revisited today with modern materials and manufacturing techniques.

• rbanffy 2y ago
  Not sure modern safety standards would be friendly to it.
  • throwup238 2y ago
    It’s 225 lbs empty so it qualifies as an ultralight aircraft like powered hand gliders. It’s a class that’s much easier to certify and has many fewer safety requirements.
  • claudex 2y ago
    They will self-certify themself and the problem disappear.
• usrusr 2y ago
  Rigid flight needs exactly this, rigidity. But we do have inflatable flight: paragliders, first flight only a few years after the inflatoplane. Inflated only by the dynamic pressure from forward movement, but they make up what they lack in pressure differential with using more bracing wires (much more). But the inflatoplane relies on bracing wires as well, so the difference could be considered surprisingly small.