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Old 10-28-2011, 08:27 PM
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Oh, I thought this section was for Air Campers...

I'm going over to the dark side. Rather than build another RV, I just wrote the check for Air Camper plans.

Who knows what will come of this, if anything but my wife told me I need another project. What a woman!

For some reason I have always liked the Air Camper, probably because I have always liked antique aircraft. I'm going to build this Old School and may even go with the Model A engine. It will not have an electrical system but will have the bicycle wheels rather than Cub style wheels and a big NX number on the wing.

It made me wonder, what OTRV (other than RV) aircraft would you consider building?
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Old 10-28-2011, 09:13 PM
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Oh, I thought this section was for Air Campers...

I'm going over to the dark side. Rather than build another RV, I just wrote the check for Air Camper plans.

Who knows what will come of this, if anything but my wife told me I need another project. What a woman!

For some reason I have always liked the Air Camper, probably because I have always liked antique aircraft. I'm going to build this Old School and may even go with the Model A engine. It will not have an electrical system but will have the bicycle wheels rather than Cub style wheels and a big NX number on the wing.

It made me wonder, what OTRV (other than RV) aircraft would you consider building?
Bill,

I recently built a little critter that is about as anti-RV as you can get:



The plane has no practical value other than making me grin on late summer evenings, but it was a great way to add gas welding to my skill set. The little 1/2 VW sounds cool, too. Turns out the Eagle will scratch the itch for a late evening flight as well as the RV-6 but only a gallon of dead dinosaur is consumed for a 1/2 hour flight.

Sam's Legal Eagle XL Project

A short Video

Enjoy your Camper! I considered building one but the front cockpit is nearly impossible to get into for a normal sized human.

[I moved the thread from camping .....]
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Old 10-28-2011, 09:36 PM
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Sam, Looks like it would be a pretty fast condition inspection!
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Old 10-28-2011, 10:02 PM
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It would probably be a Stummelflitzer with a Rotac radial engine.

And I'd grow a long waxed moustache!


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Old 10-28-2011, 11:35 PM
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I'd be interested in a kitfox series 7. But for now I just need to focus on finishing up the wings and cracking open the fuselage crate that's been staring at me for the past few months.
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Old 10-29-2011, 12:16 AM
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After the RV I'd really like to do a Fisher biplane.
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Old 10-29-2011, 04:39 AM
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I already have the plans for one of these.......don't tell my wife!

It will be awhile before I start on this long-term project.





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Old 10-29-2011, 04:41 AM
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I'm currently working on one of these little beauties:



Sam, you should bring that thing to Oshkosh, we'll enter the Airventure Cup race! You too Bill with the Piet. They can create a new "bugs on the trailing edge" class for us.
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Old 10-29-2011, 05:00 AM
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Those are some great projects!

I have never heard of a Stummelflitzer before, cool looking plane!

The Breezy was on the short list by there is no way Nora would ever get in one. Besides, I'm not sure how my dentist would like seeing me every Monday morning to remove the bugs from my teeth.

Yes, the front seat of the Peat is small but I'll be ridding the back.

Funny, but in the shower this morning I was thinking about building two.
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Old 10-29-2011, 05:25 AM
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Have this beautiful set of wings built by Raymond Griffin, my own local craftsmanship guru. They're a bit dirty from storage, but don't be fooled.....beautiful work, from scratch, part of a one-off aircraft design. Airfoil is NACA 97, high lift low speed.

You think I'm shop-crazy? Raymond started by making steel rib forms from 1" plate. These are all hand-hammered.

Likely to be a Breezy, but I want to do (or hire) a structural analysis before I commit to a particular use. All I've done so far is reduce them to AutoCad.



Already scratched the WW1 itch. Go for it....best Walter Mitty fantasy you can have.

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