Two Super -6's together!!! - Page 3

Kevin Horton · #21 01-07-2009, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by rvmills

The Canadian Super Six (don't know the builder's name or location).

That aircraft was built by Bengt Follinger. He built it in Thunder Bay, ON, as I recall, and he now lives in Calgary, AB.

RV6-O540 · #22 01-07-2009, 03:48 PM

Heres a pic if I'm getting this to work right.

RV6-O540 · #23 01-07-2009, 06:59 PM

Ok, maybe i've got this figured out. A link to a couple of rv super 6 pics and a few of a T41b we restored and just sold last week. The Blackhawk is on my airstrip, but the army said it wasnt for sale.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rv_super_6/

rvmills · #24 01-07-2009, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin Horton

That aircraft was built by Bengt Follinger. He built it in Thunder Bay, ON, as I recall, and he now lives in Calgary, AB.

Thanks Kevin, you're spot on, and Bengt is in Calgary now. He just called the other night to say hi, and I've been meaning to add a few notes from our conversation. Very nice guy, and a really creative and innovative builder.

Pierre, we talked about his canopy and a few other things. Here's pix for ref:

For the canopy to move all the way aft, Bengt flip-flopped the canopy rails, so he could have the rollers on the outside. At the front of the cockpit the rails hang over the edge of the fuselage rails and into the cockpit about 1/2" or so. He said that might make it tight for two wide-shouldered guys, but it has not been a factor for him. On the lower pic, you can see that there is just enough space between the phenolic blocks and the rail to allow the canopy roller brackets to slide between the blocks and the rail. He did use an extension on the aft center rail to allow the canopy to slide further aft.

He has a pretty neat center console, with nice handles for the throttle and mixture. He originally had the Catto 3-bladed FP prop shown in the top pic, but now has a two-bladed FP prop (can't recall which), as you can tell from the airborne pic from my earlier post. His wings are not clipped at all...standard length, and he carries 52 gals of gas (Steve's BarnesStormer does as well)...I'm jealous of that!

In the bottom pic, the knob on the aft pax compartment wall is a vent knob, which controls a NACA vent for the back seats. The round vent in the footwell on the right (of the pic) is an air vent to the aft fuselage, to allow better flow-through ventilation for the back pax. After air exits out to the tail section, I believe it vents overboard through another vent in the side of the fuselage (and he's getting ready to change that to a vent in the bottom of the fuselage). The access panel you can see a reflection of in the other footwell allows access to the ELT.

Some pretty creative stuff, and it was fun talking with Bengt. We discussed the possibility of getting the Super 6s, 7 and 8 together sometime, so who knows, maybe we can have an "International" meeting of the "Supers" (and anyone else that wants to join!)

Hmmm, after plotting the location of the 7 known Supers on a geo midpoint calculator (found at: http://www.geomidpoint.com/), the geo midpoint falls about 35 miles east of Leadville, CO. We could gather the boys and get the "Leadville, Highest Airport in North America" certificate too!

Sooooo...what say you all to a git together in Leadville this spring, after the thaw, and before the boomers are up! Carl (S6), Steve (S6), Bengt (S6), Bill (S6), Scott (S7), Kahuna (S8), let me know if you're game, and what time-frame might work for you. I'll kick it off by saying the first or last week of April would be good for me, but I'll flex to any month/days that might work for all...if we can pull this off!

Of course, anyone and everyone would be invited, and Pierre and Mike, you'd have to be there!

Cheers,
Bob

rvmills · #25 01-07-2009, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by RV6-O540

Ok, maybe i've got this figured out. A link to a couple of rv super 6 pics and a few of a T41b we restored and just sold last week. The Blackhawk is on my airstrip, but the army said it wasnt for sale.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rv_super_6/

VERY nice looking plane and panel Bill! When do you anticipate flying the newest beast?

Cheers,
Bob

RV6-O540 · #26 01-07-2009, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by rvmills

VERY nice looking plane and panel Bill! When do you anticipate flying the newest beast?

Cheers,
Bob

Id like to think 1st part of April then paint mid summer. Just have to see how
my schedule for working on it goes. Sounds like a great get together. Had
a friend fly from Indiana to Leadville in a Tripacer. Hope I can do it a little faster.

Thanks for the pic posts.

Bill

rvmills · #27 01-07-2009, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by RV6-O540

Id like to think 1st part of April then paint mid summer. Just have to see how
my schedule for working on it goes. Sounds like a great get together. Had
a friend fly from Indiana to Leadville in a Tripacer. Hope I can do it a little faster.

Thanks for the pic posts.

Bill

Keep us up on the progress...we should do the git together when you're out of Phase 1, so we get the whole Super family there!

Cheers,
Bob

pierre smith · #28 01-08-2009, 06:39 AM

....I noticed the floor mounted rudder pedals, so is this airplane '90's vintage?

Another question.....is the motor mount basically the same as for a 360? Seems that the accessory section would be close since in reality, only two cylinders were added and a longer crank and cam, to add up to 540 cubes.

Regards,

RV6-O540 · #29 01-08-2009, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by pierre smith

....I noticed the floor mounted rudder pedals, so is this airplane '90's vintage?

Another question.....is the motor mount basically the same as for a 360? Seems that the accessory section would be close since in reality, only two cylinders were added and a longer crank and cam, to add up to 540 cubes.

Regards,

I'm the 3rd owner. The records I've found shows the second owner bought the kit from the original owner in 2003 and built the whole plane. So parts of it is probably a 90's kit. Mike Wonder, an A&P in Bloomfield, IN built the plane and hung the engine so I cant answer your question on the engine mount. Mike has built a number of RVs, restored some others and works on commercial airliners sheet metal. This was to be his last RV so he wanted the works. I think he succeded. Unfortunatly he lost his medical and then the plane went under water in a flash flood. We bought it this summer and have been working on wiring, avionics, servos, etc since then. Having a great time with it so far. Cant wait to get it in the air.

Regards, Bill