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02-14-2008, 12:39 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Fairbanks AK
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HAHAHA man do i feel dumb now, just glancing at the "RV-52" looked pretty real to me, after you said it wasnt real went back and just laughed at my stupidity.
david
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02-15-2008, 05:07 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Defiance, MO
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Short on Horizontal
I think you need more pitch control power. Most likely will need the horizontal outboard of the fuselages as well.
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02-15-2008, 09:50 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Friendswood, TX
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The takeoff was going so well.
After the crash on takeoff, one pilot asked the other what happened. The second pilot responded " I don't know. Mine was running rough so I aborted."
It's an old joke about two P-51 pilots assigned to fly a B-25 but it seems to fit.
Nice work. Keep the ideas coming.
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02-15-2008, 01:18 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Austinville, Alabama
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What about the F-82?
I'm surprised no one in this thread has yet to mention the F-82. It was based on two P-51 Mustangs mated side to side. Anybody with F-82 flying experience out there?
My suspicion is that whatever was gained by joining two P-51's compromised some of the positive attributes of the single place P-51. But the sound of two Rolls Royce Merlin engines on a high speed pass must have been something to remember!
Don
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02-15-2008, 04:06 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Westborough MA
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A slight mod
could be to just use one chopped cockpit and put it between the two engines. Add some outboard tail surface. You could call it the RV81 Forked Tail Devil.
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02-15-2008, 07:26 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: East Troy, WI
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This would be perfect for the "Battling Bickerson's".
Roberta
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02-15-2008, 08:48 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Visalia, California
Posts: 87
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Wing Derringer?
You know, a -7 Fuse with two IO-360's wouldn't be too bad of an airplane.
Does anybody remember the Wing Derringer(sp?)?
I think that would just about be the same airplane, but it would be an RV and therefore better. I rather doubt you would get twice the bang for the buck. . . but probably not a bad machine.
http://www.airstuff.com/PPJune79.html
even better pictures found.
http://www.aerofiles.com/wing.jpg
Oh yea, and two IO-320's at 230 mph. . . I wonder how the RV wing would do with an engine out and maybe a -10 vertical and horizontal. . . hmmm
How much is the lottery tonight?
Last edited by FLYPTV : 02-15-2008 at 08:53 PM.
Reason: added info
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02-15-2008, 09:03 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Visalia, California
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Turns out, after a Google search, this topic was beat up pretty good last year on this forum. . . sorry for redundancy. . . but this IS a thread about twins. . . 
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02-15-2008, 10:41 PM
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fugio ergo sum
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Carlsbad, NM
Posts: 1,912
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rv7boy
I'm surprised no one in this thread has yet to mention the F-82...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LAMPSguy
OK, OK...I made this myself, but when I am on duty and the aircraft are all flying (rarity that they all work) why not let my mind wander a little...I got thinking about the twin mustang...the P-82...
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The P-82 was mentioned in the first post. The aircraft changed designations along the way.
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02-16-2008, 01:02 AM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Savannah, GA
Posts: 1,301
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The First "RV-8"
...was two RV-4 fuselages joined together in this configuration. The concept was that you could buy a Piper Apache junker, use the engines, feathering props, and retractable gear. Supposedly it generated interest among those who didn't realize that the issue of the RVator announcing this plane was the April issue. And Van's supposedly spent a lot of time explaining to folks that it wasn't a real plane...
Still, the RV-66, tailwheel/nose, un/primed, all that, makes for some good stories.
Ed Wischmeyer
RV-4 long since sold, soon be looking for an F-1 or an RV-8
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