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Gliderailaru VW sand rail with a Subrau engine

Discussion in 'General Talk Forum' started by Evil-Tunes, Dec 2, 2010.

  1. Evil-Tunes

    Evil-Tunes Moderator Staff Member

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    AKA: Maverick Sport







    Now, gotta tell you this is real, real neat! The good part is the story of the car/plane and the history of the owner!

    On September 28, 2010, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a Light Sport Aircraft certificate for the Maverick Sport, the latest version of the flying dune buggy developed by Steve Saint and his crew at the Indigenous Peoples Technology and Education Center (ITEC). Last June, the vehicle received a license plate from the Florida Department of Transportation. That makes the Maverick Sport only the second vehicle ever to be declared both street legal and air legal. The first was Moulton Taylor's Aerocar ,approved in 1956 by the Civil Aeronautics Authority (which became the FAA), but never commercialized.

    ENJOY!!!!
    Watch A Video Here
    Maverick Sport Home Page
    Cheers
    Glen Attached files [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
  2. Crash

    Crash Moderator Staff Member

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    That is so cool!!! Now if I can just figure out how to PhlatPrint one....
     
  3. kram242

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    Come on Glen lets make one of these! :D You already have the buggy! :mrgreen:
    That was an awesome story too. The fact that the guys father was a missionary and the tribe that killed his father, raised him! Unreal. You know that is a man who has a lot of wisdom.
    Thanks ET
    Mark and Trish
     
  4. Evil-Tunes

    Evil-Tunes Moderator Staff Member

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    KobbyKing has the Parafoil for a RC version.


    Cheers
    E-T
     
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    :lol: That would be sweet to hook up to a rock crawler with a prop on back! :D
    Mark and Trish
     
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    Cool stuff!

    We have quite a few of the powered paragliders that fly at our local airport. I wonder if I will see one of these flying around here one day lol.
     

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