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CHICAGORANDY
05-04-2020, 04:58 AM
Now this is how to decorate a large lawn -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV4IRFfH-LQ
DaleB
05-04-2020, 08:55 AM
Now that really is cool.
CHICAGORANDY
05-04-2020, 09:06 AM
Amazing craftsmanship. And it turns what would otherwise be landfill trash into full-size aviation art. Pretty neat that he starts with a plastic model and scales up the dimensions. Not unlike a certain Mr. Bally with B-17 model plans.
lnuss
05-04-2020, 09:10 AM
THAT, is NEAT! Thanks for sharing that link.
BusyLittleShop
05-04-2020, 01:31 PM
Wow oh wow!!! the guy is amazing... I wish he were my neighbor...

Historically speaking Claude Dornier's brilliant center line thrust not only
produced the war's fastest piston power propeller fighter but also
the fastest twin engine aircraft of the war out pacing Lockheed's
P38 and DeHavilland's Mosquito 415 mph at 28,000 ft

Dornier Do.335-B4 380mph at Sea Level and 478mph at 36,000

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Doering
05-04-2020, 02:45 PM
That guy lives just over an hour from me. Bowmanville is on the east side of Toronto. What a collection!
rwanttaja
05-04-2020, 04:53 PM
That guy lives just over an hour from me. Bowmanville is on the east side of Toronto. What a collection!

Can you imagine NOT knowing about him...and flying over his yard, one day? That'd be one heck of a discovery....

Found it on Google Earth, search for "Model A Acres Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada" Taken in 2018; Mosquito construction has just started.

Ron Wanttaja
dougbush
05-05-2020, 12:15 AM
How did that plane rotate for takeoff without its tail hitting the ground?
Airmutt
05-05-2020, 06:03 AM
How did that plane rotate for takeoff without its tail hitting the ground?

It was a big airplane with a very tall gear. One could easily walk under the wing with a couple feet to spare. The bottom of the ventral fin was still several feet about the ground. I’m sure someone could abuse the takeoff or landing and get a tail strike. Operational that was probably the least of their problems.
cwilliamrose
05-05-2020, 06:24 AM
A tail strike would protect the aft prop.
BusyLittleShop
05-05-2020, 05:01 PM
How did that plane rotate for takeoff without its tail hitting the ground?


Claude's original design was for a tail dragger... in the final nose wheel version you can see a bumper guard rest in place of the wheel...

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