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design + build Vought V-173 recreation

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dayot538

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Location
Calgary, AB
Hi guys,

I'm a millwright, totally new to aircraft construction and design, and in love with the Vought V-173/XF5U.
(Vought V-173 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and Vought XF5U - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
I'm gathering information to build a model or two to play around with ahead of actually designing (and hopefully building) a plane based on these designs, and I wondered if anyone who had done such a recreation before would be able to answer a question or two:

Where does a guy find more information about the original designs? And for those of you who have done this before, did you wind tunnel test your models/analyze and tweak the airfoil? How many models do you typically go through before calling your design complete? And lastly, the V-173 was a wood and fabric design - what hurdles am I looking at in designing an aluminum airframe based on the same wing?

I look forward to your answers!
 
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