Does anyone know if such a plane exists? A friend, who's also an engineer, and I have both decided that something very open and simple would be good.
There is a picture of what we want in this thread:
https://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/tube-fabric/4264-texas-parasol.html
However we don't want a Texas Parasol.
My thought is to build something like a Brounsell Prospector and then just skip anything that gives it an enclosed cockpit except that's a single and we both want room for a wife or GF. Another thought is to buy the plans for Roger Manns RW19 and just use the wings and general layout but substituting a 4130 fuse. A StolPiet of sorts. A few early homebuilts seem to use a metal box truss and then a wood strip and bulkhead turtleback that doesn't seem like it would add a lot of structure so we would want to remove it to get the look we want.
Does such a plane already exist in plan form? We both feel comfortable building something from wood, tube, and fabric and if it's already been done that's the easiest route.
If not, how safe an idea is it to simply clone an already designed square truss fuse but use Roger's wing and overall layout?
We want something like a Breazy but with a more conventional layout that would be a bit less breazy.
We both have complete SolidWorks suites at our desks and at home so I think we should be able to figure out where the weights of everything are and get a pretty good handle on locating CoG's and such.
TIA,
John
There is a picture of what we want in this thread:
https://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/tube-fabric/4264-texas-parasol.html
However we don't want a Texas Parasol.
My thought is to build something like a Brounsell Prospector and then just skip anything that gives it an enclosed cockpit except that's a single and we both want room for a wife or GF. Another thought is to buy the plans for Roger Manns RW19 and just use the wings and general layout but substituting a 4130 fuse. A StolPiet of sorts. A few early homebuilts seem to use a metal box truss and then a wood strip and bulkhead turtleback that doesn't seem like it would add a lot of structure so we would want to remove it to get the look we want.
Does such a plane already exist in plan form? We both feel comfortable building something from wood, tube, and fabric and if it's already been done that's the easiest route.
If not, how safe an idea is it to simply clone an already designed square truss fuse but use Roger's wing and overall layout?
We want something like a Breazy but with a more conventional layout that would be a bit less breazy.
We both have complete SolidWorks suites at our desks and at home so I think we should be able to figure out where the weights of everything are and get a pretty good handle on locating CoG's and such.
TIA,
John
