New Experimental Turboprop

[gabbett1]

Based on the information you've provided, one of the participants in this forum has already identified your designer. I've seen a picture of the "plane currently out there and flying" (photo taken from the front right quarter, very dark color, plane looks a lot like a Lancair IV, long nose) on the designer's web page, and the web link to his legal defense fund. And the web page the outfit that sued him. And his page about air racing at Reno.

The guy that discovered this is uncomfortable about identifying your designer, and I'm respecting his wishes by being very generic (heck, with his mad skilz, I ain't getting HIM mad at me... :-).

In short, if you're trying to shill up interest in the airplane without revealing information about the designer, you've already failed.

I've worked in the aerospace field for nearly 40 years, most of it on classified or proprietary projects. All that time, the security folks have hammered into us how little snippets of information can be pieced together to reveal the whole. How attempt to "talk around" sensitive data can be harmful, or attempts to be public but mysterious inevitably backfire. We've just seen a classic example of this.

But in any case, Gabby, I'm satisfied. I know the background on the company I know why you're trying to hide him, and from who. To quote the movie "Jurassic Park": "....After some consideration, I've decided not to endorse your park."

Go ahead and post technical information now.

Ron Wanttaja

I haven't seen anyone state who the designer is and I'm not really sure what airplane your referring to.

I think I'm done here. There is obviously not very many people here that are willing to have a good conversation about a potential product. It's sad that so many of you have been so jaded by past products/people that you have to treat someone trying to do something good with such disdain.