Meet other builders
Currently the only builder community I know of is hosted on Yahoo. If you want to get to know other builders or people contemplating to build an IBIS, go to the IBIS Builders Group.

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Latest Yahoo IBIS-Group messages:
![]() | IBIS RJ.03 photo impression on YouTube |
Hi Group, today I published a photo impression of my visit to the 2007 RSA fly-in on YouTube, of course focussing on the IBIS design exclusively... check out: | |
![]() | Re: New member with a request. |
Terry, first of all, welcome to our group. Perhaps you might want to translate this message into French and post it on the French IBIS Yahoo group as well? | |
![]() | New member with a request. |
Hi everyone. At the moment a friend of mine and myself are TRYING to get the IBIS approved by the LAA in the UNITED KINGDOM. As there are no stress analysis | |
![]() | UK-based IBIS afficionados, please raise your hands! |
Hi Group, today two new members expressed interest in getting the IBIS design on the LAA Engineering approval list. It would be interesting to learn if we have | |
![]() | Re: Propeller Jabiru 2200 |
Hans ... Thanks for the information on the specifications of the propeller to be used in IBIS with Jabiru 2200 engine. We await the news of this new VW. | |
![]() | Re: Propeller Jabiru 2200 |
David, when Jean Claude was still flying his IBIS with a Jabiru 2200 engine, he used a prop with a diameter of 1.33m (52.4") and a pitch of 1.25m (49.2"). | |
![]() | Re: Propeller Jabiru 2200 |
Hans ... Sorry about the lack of justification of the issue. I mean, obviously, what dimencionamento the propeller to be used in the IBIS using the Jabiru 2200 | |
![]() | Re: Propeller Jabiru 2200 |
David, that is a question like "how expensive is a car?". I reckon we need a bit more context to be able to make an educated guess. Is this an IBIS related | |
![]() | Propeller Jabiru 2200 |
Hello Group ... What are the measures of the propeller that gives better performance to use the Jabiru 2200 engine? Thanks David | |
![]() | Re: Storage Space |
Thanks for the info. There is much to like about the Ibis. However, the mission profile includes travelling with the spousal unit. It saddens me to say that I | |
![]() | Re: Storage Space |
Hi James, welcome to our group. As to your question, the quick answer would be 'No, not really'. A somewhat more elaborate answer would point out that there | |
![]() | Re: Construction Technique |
Correction: putting 'canvas' on an IBIS is mentioned in the builders manual all right, but only to discourage builders to do so... cheers Hans |
Disclaimer / warning
An open exchange of ideas on groups like those on Yahoo! will be most fruitful to most, especially so if you want learn how other builders solved something that's yet unclear to you. However: if you'd like to deviate from the original construction drawings, I urge you to discuss your intentions with Mr. Jean-Claude Junqua, the son of the original designer.
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