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    What scale and composition of your favorite Warbird would you purchase?

    Actually the Yeovilton Wyvern with the Eagle engine is a pre-production a/c. Just checked!
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    1/2 scale warbirds

    Well I agree with most of what's been written on this subject. Personally, purely when appraising such a type 'up close and personal' when parked on the turf, I consider 88% scale as about as small as one should go for a scaled down 'fighter' type, although 75% can work for a biplane. Low...
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    Tell us what you are building!

    How about that! My current project is a PV-6 (or a Flitzer-Laird LC-1W) since both share the same airframe at this stage. The Vale PV-6 Stormcock, a 1930s-type Private Venture 'light fighter', inspired by the Blackburn Lincock, is seen here in Japanese national markings. Two Lincocks each were...
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    Chilton DW-1 build in NZ

    That's a very beautiful Chilton, and regarding the installation of a horizontally-opposed engine, there have been successful precedents, aesthetically speaking. On the Flitzer drawings there are small 'trip' baffles shown between the fore and aft cylinder pairs to provide sufficient airflow...
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    Scale ME-262

    I very much agree about the non-scale 1/3 B-17 cabin height. It's a tremendous achievement. Just a shame it could not have been more to scale in that area.
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    Scale ME-262

    Hi Further to the above, here are two images of the Taylor/Yak 9. Note the seat has been lowered, the undercarriage rake angle reduced from 17 to 12 degrees and leg length increased by 3", wheels being relocated on the inside of the legs. The undercarriage modifications greatly improved the...
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    Wooden Single Seat Aircraft Plans

    I don't recognise the description applied to the basic Flitzer as 'heavy', although recent examples have tended to higher tare weights, partly due to the use of denser spruce. The prototype Z-1 weighs 480 lbs and the Z-21 type (plans-built) is cleared to 800 lbs AUW or 780 lbs aerobatic
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