Fokker DR-1 Design

[Samuel]

Anybody have experience with the Ron Sands DR-1 kit? Seems odd the spar would have issues?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDzmxnb0kYo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDzmxnb0kYo

[rwanttaja]

Anybody have experience with the Ron Sands DR-1 kit? Seems odd the spar would have issues?
How about telling us what you think the problem is, instead of making us waste our time watching someone else's video?

Ron Wanttaja

[CHICAGORANDY]

Bend radius for the 4th wing spar is not to spec (too tight) for the thickness of the sheet material called out in the plans.
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[DaleB]

... and somehow this gets over-dramatized into an overly long video.

[CHICAGORANDY]

Followers of PlaneSavers - they saved a great Canadian WWII DC-3 over the winter and brought it to Oshkosh this year - realize this a fun youtube series led endeavor. This time they are 'resurrecting' a DR-1 replica and will be posting numerous short vids of their progress.

It is not intended as some sort of 'technical' treatise on aircraft materials. lol

[Frank Giger]

For more information about both various plans and actual plans from Fokker than you thought was possible...

http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=17

The folks on the forum are experts and builders of WWI replicas (and representations like mine), and are friendly and helpful.

[Samuel]

How about telling us what you think the problem is, instead of making us waste our time watching someone else's video?

Ron Wanttaja

Sorry, didn't mean to waste your time. Seems like they ran into some more trouble with the spar and the amount of time it would take to build. Sounds like Chuck Wentworth has done one before.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gRdbCgOQUI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gRdbCgOQUI

[Samuel]

Ron Sands Jr donated an updated set of planes. Pretty cool! And now they have a Fox Moth project.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX0tQYReaes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX0tQYReaes

[CHICAGORANDY]

Mikey, Stella, Pappa Joe and the rest of the gang are a hoot. Plane Savers is one of my guilty pleasures. lol

[Samuel]

I really hope the crate it up and take it over to New Zealand to fly with these guys:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIrcloAmEhc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIrcloAmEhc

I think they are up to 8 now!

[Louis]

Mikey, Stella, Pappa Joe and the rest of the gang are a hoot. Plane Savers is one of my guilty pleasures. lol
Mine too! Just discovered "Plane Savers" a few months ago and don't miss an episode now. I think that show has drawn in folks to the world of airplane building/restoration who wouldn't have ordinarily discovered it. Would make a great subject for a future Sport Aviation story.

[CHICAGORANDY]

I got the opportunity to meet them all at AirVenture last year. Nice folks, what you see on YT us what you get in person - lol