One Design DR107??

[flyrite]

There is a very active DR-107 One Design Newsgroup
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/onedesignforum/
tons of info lots of builder and completed aircraft posts.

While the One Design contests never developed the DR-107 has been a big success.
It is especially popular in the UK and Australia

Hey Dan , Been campaining the 1D in advanced at the first 2 contests of the season (Keystone & Sebring) , I've done fair for having been out of the game for 10 yrs & the stiff competition (the advanced team was at both contests & have been meeting regularly for coaching) A 5th & 6th overall wasn't to bad considering some brain farts that seem to come more frequent than I remember !

The stock midtime 180 has no problem competeing with the big six's on the other monowings , I keep the speed up and hope the judges have good eyesight to spot the little airframe . I fly it hard 8.5 Positive 5 negative & am amazed that the high G doesn't scrub speed as in other mounts , It turns the corner with very little speed penalty .

Am looking forward to the rest of the season in it , It really is the most bang for the buck of anything I've owned .

Take care .....Tony

[Dan Rihn]

Tony,
sounds like you are enjoying your One Design.
The guys in the UK are on a big winning streak in the Advanced class and in Australia Richard Whiltshire has won the National Championship (Unlimitrd) a few times in his One Design, beating out many larger, bigger engined monoplanes.Flown well it is a very potent machine.
Here in the US Pitts pilots (including me) have to break a few habits but once you learn to fly it you'll wonder how you ever got a biplane to do anything.
Good luck,
Dan

[AcroGimp]

Dan, if you don't mind, how many DR-109's are you aware of having been completed? Looks like a great alternative to the Extra's and MX2's. Do you have any connection with Todd Ashcraft or are you completely done with the designs? If done, anything cooking?

Recently met Rory Moore who is now flying an MXS, seem to recall he worked with you on a design or two back in the day.

[Dan Rihn]

This is a recent post from the One Design Newsgroup.
This post is from Phil Burgess in England who flies a very nice One Design powered by a 160 HP Lycoming from a C-172.
Enjoy,
Dan

"My season is going really well. We run a points trophy system throughout the season which I'm now winning by a considerable margin. My next event will be the advanced Nationals at the end of may. I'm competing against some fairly hardcore machines and the standard of the other pilots is also very high. Some of the events attract international judges so there is no issue that the judges are not working effectively. All this means that those debates about the 1D can be put to bed. It's not too small. It's not underpowered on 160 HP. It corners as well as anything else out there. In short it is a properly competitive machine in its own right.

It is a fantastic design and is obscenely capable compared to everything else on the LAA register. It uses less fuel than everything else out there as well. I certainly couldn't afford to be in this game if it weren't for the 1D. Thanks Dan for bringing this little aeroplane into the world."

Phil

[AcroGimp]

That is some high praise indeed. Great job Dan!

[flyrite]

Can't argue with results ......Congrat's Phil from a fellow 1D driver ! Thanks for posting this Dan .