TankBuster Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Hi, this vid popped up on youtube a while back and I thought some of the forum members might like to check it out. I cant wait to see the man fly it once he has it approved. Cheers. Troy Molitor, GreyGhost, Martinnfb and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 He's obviously not a model builder - there are no panel lines and rivets....... Oldbaldguy, TankBuster, Landrotten Highlander and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 The weathering. Pufff! What was he thinking? D Bellis and TankBuster 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 I dunno….. I think Jay’s Corsair looks more like a Corsair than this one. Probably would fly better too. TankBuster, Citadelgrad and Pete Fleischmann 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveculp Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Seems like an odd place to install the battery. Maybe he needed to move the CG forward? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankBuster Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 On 9/3/2022 at 4:55 PM, daveculp said: Seems like an odd place to install the battery. Maybe he needed to move the CG forward? Hi yes to keep enough weight forward. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 On 9/3/2022 at 2:55 AM, daveculp said: Seems like an odd place to install the battery. Maybe he needed to move the CG forward? Yep. In one of the vids the guy was talking about his CG envelope and, with him in the airplane, it was pretty narrow and hovered around the aft limit. Not at all sure how he computed that because I had a hard time following his explanation, but there’s no doubt that’s why the battery ended up so far forward. I agree that it seems a bit unorthodox. These little 50% stand-off scale WAR homebuilts were popular back in the early seventies. WAR offered plans for a Corsair, a P-47 and an FW-190. The structure is mostly wood with foam and fiberglass used to fill it out to a specific shape. They are small, short coupled taildraggers designed for 100hp engines. A number were built but they never really caught on. It will be interesting to see how/if this one flies. TankBuster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christa Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Was the motor OTB or after market? Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Christa said: Was the motor OTB or after market? Chris The airplane was designed around the Continental O-200 engine. Whatever is in this one, it ain’t no O-200. It looks a bit like an auto engine conversion, what with the big gear reduction and all, but it might be a one of the new generation aircraft motors like a Rotax or something similar. I simply don’t recognize it. Seems to run well at any rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankBuster Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 On 9/9/2022 at 8:56 AM, Christa said: Was the motor OTB or after market? Chris Hi, its a Subaru engine. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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