Hi. I’m Eric Cecchettini and I am designing and building an ultralight aircraft powered by steam that will fly accross the Atlantic ocean. I am calling it the Trans-Atlantic Steam-Powered Ultralight project, or TASPU because that’s easier to type. I’m also calling it the fish, because that’s where I get the design from.
The idea started as an odd notion. I was sketching various designs for small, personal vehicles, such motorcycles, atvs, jetskis, snowmobiles, and ultralights, when I thought how interesting it would be to have one of each powered by steam. When I came to the ultralight, I thought “that couldn’t be done, you’d need this and this and this…” As I thought about everything that it would require, the problems it faced, I realized that they could all be overcome. But why build a steam-powered ultralight if it can only fly for 30 seconds? I realized that if I could build an ultralight, powered by steam, that would fly accross the atlantic ocean, and then do it, it could potentially inspire people to chase their own dreams, and think that nothing is impossible.
There, that’s out of the way. If you have any questions, or would like to be a part of the project, you can contact me at gunshire@gmail.com
Tags: aircraft, aviation, steam, steam power, steampunk, trans-atlantic, transatlantic, Ultralight
