I'll get this started with my current project that I call a "Pirate Cub". Basically a scratch built super cub clone with doors on both sides.
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I'll get this started with my current project that I call a "Pirate Cub". Basically a scratch built super cub clone with doors on both sides.
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Looking good Charlie. What engine are you putting in it?
Agreed Adam...it looks fantastic! Like I posted on the Pirate Cub FB page, it really gets my juices flowing for the Tailwind build!
To answer the thread topic...built an RV-7, have a Thatcher CX-4 project (that is now for sale), and I am starting a W-10 Tailwind.
:)
http://www.chadandbrittne.com/images...17-11-007w.jpg
http://www.chadandbrittne.com/images...r/cx4-001w.jpg
No pic of the Tailwind project yet...after AirVenture!
Greetings Charlie,
In January I started working on a Volksplane VP-II but as often happens, the day job has been taking up too much time. Next month I am starting AMT school so that will reduce time available as well. I am hopeful that I will be able to use the VP for some project time after class though.
My Sonex was started in December 2003 and is right on schedule for completion in 2047.
Well I haven't had my hands an a Thatcher but like Chad I have helped build a Wittman W-8 with my dad and now am on the wings of my RV-7.
I'm building a RANS S-19.....And loving every minute of it!!
I'm building an RV-10.... www.mykitlog.com/auburntsts
I'm building a Cozy Mk IV. Fuselage tub, nose section, wings, winglets, canard, landing gear, center section spar completed. Working on the controls now.
I'm "building" a Bearhawk. The pieces are still on the bench but there hasn't been much activity on the project in the last couple of years.
Good to see you here PK!
Currently in the preliminary stages of designing a new experimental that I am going to build.
About midway through the metalwork on an RV-7, have a pair of Pitts S-1 trusses that I welded up, and plans on my bench for a supercub!
I'm hoping to find a Continental C-90.
BTW, I've started a facebook page for my project with more photos.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pirate-Cub/118364001589523
I'm building a set of Fly Baby plans.
e.g., the owner of rights has disappeared, and I'm cranking the plans package to make them better....
That is exciting news, Ron! I've always had a soft spot for the Fly Baby - I have fond childhood memories from what must have been the early 80's of seeing N500F drop in to the airstrip where I was living at the time (my dad's still there) southeast of Seattle.
Won't be at Airventure, but will be in your neck of the woods at the end of August for that FAA/NTSB course.
Re-doing the plans has been a slippery slope. I'm working from a set I bought from Pete Bowers twenty years ago, and they're pretty dog-eared and the text hadn't copied perfectly, anyway. Fortunately, one of our Fly Baby crew had done an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) on the plans ten years ago, and I still had the text files. They aren't perfect, but they beat retyping it in. I've picked a font that is larger than Pete's original, but keeps approximately the same pagination.
The drawings are tougher. Pete included full-scale templates for most things, but copier error over the years had distorted the templates. Doesn't make a difference for most items, since Pete included detailed dimensions. But the rib templates were different...few dimensions. The current rights-holder had combined two 11x17 template sheets to one 8.5x11 sheet, and the only dimension provided was the width at the spar.
So... I'm redrawing the rib templates. I still won't include them full size (because of the copier-distortion issue) but I've drawn the templates on a set of 1" grids so they can be easily scaled. The Fly Baby community has also generated CAD files for most items.
Those with high-speed connections can view some of the product so far:
http://www.bowersflybaby.com/tech/seca.pdf
http://www.bowersflybaby.com/tech/secb.pdf
http://www.bowersflybaby.com/tech/sec1.pdf
The first one is ~12 megs in size, the second one is tiny, and the third one is the Fuselage construction plans and is about 32 megs in size.
I'm hoping to be completed in a month or so. Next year is the 50th anniversary of the Fly Baby winning the EAA design contest, and I'd like Pete's plans to be available by then...
And Hal, the user interface for composing messages on the new forum is lovely, just lovely....Attachment 26
Ron Wanttaja
Very cool stuff Ron! Looking forward to seeing this all come together!
I am building ribs for a Bearhawk, after my wife wanted more seats than the Tailwind I was building!
Just picked up my tail kit for a Sonex yesterday. Building in sections due to shop size- can't store all the parts and have room to work too. Now I've just got to get organized and finished building shop cabinets so I can change from wood to aluminum.
i AM BUILDING A MODIFIED Double Eagle. I call it a Tri-Eagle.Tail wheel is on the other end.That's what I have been told.
Engine is on backwards.Maybe we can get it right.
Pics are on yahoo eaglersnest under tri eagle.
This is my 99% done project. It's a Tango that had it's first flight in 2005. Currently have right about 300 hours on it now.
This is me making airplane noises with it...
http://eaaforums.org/attachment.php?...0&d=1311411148
And this is it being used as a static display at Oshkosh...
http://eaaforums.org/attachment.php?...1&d=1311411335
It has and XP-360 engine in it with Aerosance FADEC. The prop is from Aerocomposites. The panel has an Advanced 4500 EFIS with their branded Tru-Trak autopilot. Also have a Garmin 430 and an SL-30 radio.
This is my current project. At least, this is what it'll eventually look like if I ever complete it. It's a U-2 that was designed by Don Mitchell in the 70s and marketed in the early 80s. I always thought it was neat design and bought a set of plans a few years ago when I found out they were still available. When the day eventually comes to get a DAR to look it over, I'll certify it as a powered glider.
http://home.earthlink.net/~mitchellw...ages/u2/p4.jpg
BTW... Just want to mention that this picture shows a U-2 that was modified from the plans. I'll probably modify mine to have the sleeker pod/fuselage, but my gear will be fixed.
Right now, this is as far as I've gotten. These are the aft ribs for all four wing sections. I made these in my room while flying in Afghanistan. Kinda looks like a boat with them all stacked up like that...
http://eaaforums.org/attachment.php?...2&d=1311411919
This shows them layed out. It shows a bit more of the size. The rock is the center point.
http://eaaforums.org/attachment.php?...3&d=1311411933
Forgot to add that pictures are also at eaa 1167 site.That U-2 is sharp!
Hi everybody.
I'm building a Souricette, which is a three axis ultralight made of wood and fabric.
Feel free to track the construction on the dedicated website:
http://fms7259.e-monsite.com/
I am an emblematic beginner. So, the web site should be interesting for evrybody wondering about how to start, and for the colleagues who are curious about how things are going on in France in the ultralight business.
(All pages of my website are in french and in english).
Enjoy!
I wish you all safe and pleasant flights!
François
I have a core engine that I brought home from Corvair College 16 and a CH 750 rudder that I built with my oldest daughter at the Zenith factory workshop. I've just got to help get my wife out of nursing school so I can really get to work on the rest of the airplane. Oh, and squeeze sport-pilot training in there somewhere, too!
http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-tN...0/IMG_0114.jpg
Taylor Hudson showed me the ropes while tearing down my core. He's done this a few times....
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Bs...0/IMG_0472.JPG
Gracie and her very sweaty old man with our completed CH 750 rudder.
Ron Wanttaja stated:
"I'm hoping to be completed in a month or so. Next year is the 50th anniversary of the Fly Baby winning the EAA design contest, and I'd like Pete's plans to be available by then..."
Great job Ron! That must be quite a lot of work! It is great news that a classic homebuilt is being saved from the typical attrition to plans sets as years pass, and will be available for future builders
I am building a Chilton DW-1. It is an all wood English aircraft originally built in the 1930's by
De Havilland Technical School graduates, Reggie Ward & Andrew Dalrymple (The D and W in DW-1).
Roy Nerou, the owner of two original aircraft, has methodically rescued this design from obscurity. He has redrawn existing plans and substantially reverse engineered the rest. Roy embodies the passionate aviation enthusiast doing something for the love and not for the money.
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Chilton DW-1 wing "centre" section ribs
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Chilton DW-1 outer wing panel ribs inventory
Work has been slow recently but will be picking up again soon!
http://chiltondw-1.blogspot.com/
http://www.mykitlog.com/ctate/
Started my Acro Sport II in October of 1987, then had kids. The baby is 21 and now I'm retired so it is time to finish it.Attachment 172Attachment 173Attachment 174
Got 'em now.
http://www.bowersflybaby.com/#order
Plans come with full-size rib templates for the first time in thirty years. Since the text was completely re-generated, I was also able to build a detailed Table of Contents:
http://www.bowersflybaby.com/tech/toc.pdf
I spent some effort to keep material close to the same page as the original set, so this Table of Contents can be used with original plans as well.
Building a Cozy Mk IV when I have time between the Air Force, getting a masters, and my 3 kids. I have a lot of respect for the guy above building plane parts in the desert!
Scratch building a RLU-1, more commonly known as a Breezy. Have the tail done, fuselage 90% done and hope to start on wings this fall.