Air-Foil Primer

Anybody interested in the endlessly fascinating art and science of "Air-Foil" design and engineering can check out this excellent primer by aeronautical engineer John Dreese:

http://www.designfoil.com

This is a very informative, well-written and concise overview of air-foil methodology that I highly recommend to anybody considering a DIY airplane or glider project.

BTW, I see that the visitor counter at the bottom of this page is now at 6997. This means, of course, that the fourth-next visitor will trip the counter over to 7001 to instantly qualify to receive a FREE Skyaak Model 3 shipped FREE anywhere on the planet.

No pressure, folks...I am merely drawing your attention to this because I want the lucky person who lands here as visitor #7001 to be 1) aware that you are a winner, and 2) take advantage of the opportunity to accept your prize. It's that simple.

Remember, just send me your copy of the counter pasted in a note to mrgaudet@gmail.com along with your surface address and we will fix you up!

In the meantime, work is progressing nicely on the latest Skyaak joint project, the R&D of the 1st "Skyaak on demand" to be available soon as a down-loadable scale-model working Skyaak, dubbed the "Deuce".

Watch for the Widget coming soon that will give you immediate access to your very own DIY Skyaak model.


Flies this way >>>>>>>>>>>>

One of the 1st Deuce prototypes, made entirely of regular 8.5" x 11" printer paper tricked out with packing tape and a few paper-clips. This model executes the trademark spinning (on its axis) motion in flight shortly after being launched and tends to keep its nose up for a nice arc-shaped trajectory. Very promising!

Working on the Skyaak .pdf Download

Who knew how much fun it would be to pull together all of the elements needed to make the dream of a 'download-able' Skyaak a reality? Yup. Fun and challenging. But I am getting tons of help from my buddy Fred Schechter of DS4 Design out of Oakland, CA. Among a host of innovative ideas that Mr. Schechter has dreamt up, one that stands out is his VUF (very user-friendly) "Bumper Sticker Holder". Huh? Check the link to see how very cool this is and how useful it could be for you!

Fred has been super helpful since the inception of the idea to beam the Skyaak design to the masses in a RRC (really, really cheap) download-able .pdf format that everyone can simply print out on their PC. Sounds pretty innovative to me!

Heck, Fred came up with the idea in the first place! We were just innocently talking about the Skyaak design and BLAM!, he announces that it would be a really cool idea to make the design available to everyone for, like, 2 bucks. We figure that once people get the configuration into their hands as a 3-D mini-replica ( that actually flies...of course!) that suddenly a blazing light of comprehension will spark in their imaginations and they will feel an undeniable urge to find out more...to step up to the full-scale Expert Model 3...

So we are working away in our Top Secret R&D lab behind the scenes to pull out all the stops to create a fully down-loadable package that includes the basic die-line graphics that have been custom-tweaked specifically for this application as well as all of the assembly instructions and performance tips. The paper version that you can download on demand and print will function as a scaffold that you can build on...but more on that later.

You will have to provide a few paper clips out of your own stash.

Can't you feel the excitement growing?

Hang on, stay posted. We oughta be ready to launch this thing in the next couple of weeks!

Oh yeah, don't forget to scroll down to check out the visitor counter at the bottom of this page. Remember, if you are the lucky person who trips the counter over from 7000 to 7001 you can notify me at
mrgaudet@gmail.com and I will personally arrange for you to receive a *FREE* Skyaak Model 3 shipped *FREE* anywhere on the planet.

Over and out...

Michael.

Att'n: VISITOR # 7001 INCOMING!

Not to be repetitive, but I want to remind everyone that EVERY TIME the VISITOR COUNTER clicks over to a fresh grand, the reader that trips into the next thousand ( IE: VISITOR # 7001) immediately qualifies for a *FREE* SKYAAK MODEL 3 Shipped *FREE* ANYWHERE on EARTH!

Seriously: no joke, sans blague.

Just right click on #7001, select 'copy image' to copy the counter, then click on my email addie :

mrgaudet@gmail.com

Press Ctrl + v to paste the counter into a pm to me. Then you're away. YOU WIN.

SO PAY ATTENTION to the COUNTER at the BOTTOM of the PAGE, Y'ALL!

Over and out,

Michael.

WATCH for VISITOR # 7001!

Please Note: Regular readers of this blog will remember that this post was 1st published a while ago. I am bringing it back as a reminder that this Contest is ongoing!

*FREE* SKYAAK Model 3 CONTEST

This is the real deal, folks! A little while ago I noticed that the visitor counter here was quickly approaching 5000. I made a mental note that this was kinda cool. Then I thought, why not offer the latest, greatest Skyaak model (the amazing new Skyaak Model 3!) as a *FREE* prize to visitor # 5001? It's a nice milestone, no?

The problem is, early this morning I went ahead to post this idea to make it official and discovered that the visitor count had zoomed right past 5000 and now it's 5033. Oops!

One thing I can say for sure is that I WAS NOT visitor #5001. Another certainty is that someone out there WAS. SO...here's what we'll do. All YOU have to do is pop me a note and tell me that you were indeed visitor # 5001. Convince me. Then we will happily pack up a Skyaak Model 3 and send it to you absolutely *FREE*, shipped *FREE* anywhere on Earth.

This IS NOT A HOAX or an EVIL PLAN whatsoever. Simply our way of thanking our faithful readers. Or more specifically, ONE CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL who feels they were visitor #5001.

Furthermore, I had a meeting with some of my partners last night and we collectively decided that we are going to automatically qualify every visitor who trips the counter past even thousand increments for a *FREE* Skyaak Model 3 unit, shipped to you *FREE* ! For example, visitor #6001, #7001, #8001, #9001, #10,001, etc.

THIS PRIZE OFFER WILL CONTINUE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE so PAY ATTENTION to the VISITOR COUNTER. Simply COPY and PASTE (right click on the visitor counter. Select 'copy'. Open up your e-mail new message. Click on the body of the letter. Press Ctrl with v. This action will paste the WINNING VISITOR COUNTER into your note.) Send this along with your contact info to us via e-mail and YOU WIN!

Look forward to hearing from you.

Michael Gaudet
President, Skyaak Enterprises
Ph: 306-946-3676
e-mail: mrgaudet@gmail.com