Profession: Engineer/Designer

Number of times previously entering contest: never

Favorite design and analysis tools: Xacto knife, Styrofoam board, TurboCad, paper, tachmometer, DVTM, scale, brushless motors & ESCs.

For managing CAD data Jack's company uses: TurboCad 16

Hobbies and activities: Piano, organ, philanthropy, EAA, writing.

Online communities: Ducted Fan on Yahoo!

Inspired by: Empirical research and editing the "Prop Wash" newsletter. I get the most help by chatting with other members of the Experimental Aircraft Association.