Well, as a former network design engineer, who else would be wacko enough?
Seriously, I have no formal background in aircraft design. I am self-taught (still learning, really) when it comes to this. A lot of the “design” stuff I am doing I am really just stealing from elsewhere. I am planning on hiring an honest mechanical engineer to do some stress analysis of my changes. I am also planning on doing a lot of testing to destruction on the critical parts of the plane. Expensive, yes, but its my butt that’s on the line. On the practical side of things, my other plane is a Bonanza (see N494B ) that I have pretty much rebuilt (with the help of an A & P). I like to think I know my way around airplanes.
