Tuesday
Apr062010
Video: Mower Power To The People - Remembering Leeon Davis
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 08:30AM Leeon Davis very quietly built some of the most unique and great performing homebuilt airplanes. Ever. He was all about simple, lightweight, and easy to build. His designs never really caught on like they should have, but somehow I don't think he even cared. He was too busy just being a really nice guy to worry about it. This video gives a great look at one of his last projects, the 20hp Briggs and Stratton powered DA-11.
You can learn a lot more about Leeon's airplanes and design philosophy in this Budd Davisson article about the DA-2 originally written in 1973.
Leeon Davis passed away in 2007.
Reader Comments (3)
I especially like Leon Davis' comment about product design: You can make a plane more powerful (costs money) or reduce its weight (free).
Karl- Yep, that's a really great point. Kinda like what Bill Stout (designer of the Ford Tri-Motor) said: 'Simplicate and add more lightness' : )
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