I am glad Oly is OK. Sounds like he did a great
piece of flying to get upright before the tree caught him. Apparently
God placed the tree there for him. It is a shame he didn’t have a
lottery ticket at the time!
There is a lot more going on here than just a rotary
engine. The plane is supposed to be plastic and stall at 48 mph and is
stall resistant as well. This plane was a metal variant
(MiniViggen??). When Rutan gives up on a plane, there may be a
reason. Then there is that high thrust
line???
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