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meat
USA
992 Posts |
 Posted - December 14 2003 : 10:43:41 AM
Yes, it looks like I'm going to be starting a new project here after the first of the year. Unlike my other projects, this one is two wheeled ... with a tailskid: www.airdromeaeroplanes.com/images/DR-1.jpg" border=0>
It looks like I finally have the space to build something a little more exotic than most of the other projects I've put together. I'm looking into putting together a kit plane. A full-scale Fokker DR-I, to be more specific. Your pal,
Meat. |
pat kalsmith
USA
40 Posts |
Posted - December 14 2003 : 10:54:57 AM
that look really sweet :)
pat k
www.fibersmith.net |
dave114
195 Posts |
Posted - December 14 2003 : 11:49:49 PM
I hope you have the flying googles, wool collared flying jacket and white scarf, or we just can't take you seriously!!!!Your mate in OZ Dave
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meat
USA
992 Posts |
Posted - December 15 2003 : 07:38:36 AM
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dave114
I hope you have the flying googles, wool collared flying jacket and white scarf, or we just can't take you seriously!!!!Your mate in OZ Dave
Of course I do; I drive Cobras! Now...if I can only find one of them trick little leather flying caps... Your pal,
Meat.
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paulgregory
58 Posts |
Posted - December 15 2003 : 11:56:25 AM
Meat, I thought you would be more of a RV8 kind of a guy ;-)
Paul
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meat
USA
992 Posts |
Posted - December 15 2003 : 1:21:05 PM
quote:
Meat, I thought you would be more of a RV8 kind of a guy ;-)
Paul
I like alot of the planes out there. Unfortunately, I think that the big engine/small plane of the old Thompson Trophy days is gone forever. Now...if they made a kit of this plane: www.geebee.com/images/geebee1.jpg" border=0> I'd be all over it! Your pal,
Meat.
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Admin
USA
224 Posts |
Posted - December 15 2003 : 1:51:42 PM
Thats the GeeBee, right? Monster engine, 18 ft of plane?KitCars.com
Mitch |
The Speaker Guy
62 Posts |
Posted - December 15 2003 : 2:28:47 PM
Wern't the GBs death traps? Not enough control surface, center of pressure too close to cg?
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meat
USA
992 Posts |
Posted - December 15 2003 : 5:58:46 PM
Yep, that would be a picture of the Gee Bee R-2.They weren't so much deathtraps as they were a handful to fly; one HUGE monster of a motor with just barely enough airplane behind it to keep it mostly pointed in the right direction. Delmar Benjamin was one of the pilots of the R-2 replica, and that plane - built to original specs - isn't all that hard to fly. The hardest part of the whole experience is that you can't see ANYTHING when you're locked into the cockpit, which makes take-offs and landings somewhat troublesome... Jimmy Doolittle (the same guy who led the B-25 (another of my very favorite planes) raid on Tokyo from the deck of an aircraft carrier) flew the Gee Bee R-1 to win in the Thompson races. Your pal,
Meat.
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Admin
USA
224 Posts |
Posted - December 15 2003 : 8:54:51 PM
Maybe not a handful while everything was under control, but the least bit of miscalculation and you'd probably not be alive much more than 3 seconds.
KitCars.com
Mitch
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paulgregory
58 Posts |
Posted - December 16 2003 : 1:46:15 PM
I was reffering to Van's aircraft RV8, all aluminum kit for about $25000.
If I was going to start flying again, this would be my first consideration if I were going "Kit".Our local B25 guy is Lynn Hunt who rescued one from south america about 7 years ago. Restored and currently flying a couple times a month. And I agree, the A26 and the B25 are the best looking twins there were. Paul
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