• Welcome aboard HomebuiltAirplanes.com, your destination for connecting with a thriving community of more than 10,000 active members, all passionate about home-built aviation. Dive into our comprehensive repository of knowledge, exchange technical insights, arrange get-togethers, and trade aircrafts/parts with like-minded enthusiasts. Unearth a wide-ranging collection of general and kit plane aviation subjects, enriched with engaging imagery, in-depth technical manuals, and rare archives.

    For a nominal fee of $99.99/year or $12.99/month, you can immerse yourself in this dynamic community and unparalleled treasure-trove of aviation knowledge.

    Embark on your journey now!

    Click Here to Become a Premium Member and Experience Homebuilt Airplanes to the Fullest!

Search results

Find deals on ebay
Find deals on amazon
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. Curt Curtis

    Bourke engine viability?

    Put bourke engine on the internet, you should get lots of info. there are several groups and clubs involved. bourke has a book about his engine. One guy is selling the book and info as business. CURT
  2. Curt Curtis

    Geodetic Construction Resources

    Harry Thalman and Earl Player built geodetic aircraft at the same time. Both were featured by EAA in the magazine. I think the Player special was donated to the EAA. I have Harry's replacement aircraft he was building when he crashed and was killed. REGARDS.................CURT
  3. Curt Curtis

    Stressed-skin plywood construction without lumber?

    Bill-Hidgon; I see you tinker and experiment. I knew you meant Earl. My drunk dragon got Thalman right once but misspelled later. and I did not notice. Crap happens. My issue and question, should this project continue or should I make furniture or use it for firewood? I would be interested...
  4. Curt Curtis

    Stressed-skin plywood construction without lumber?

    Bill Hidgon - BBerson - Tom Nalvanko; The plywood remains that you saw in the weeds at sky Park was possibly the T4 airplane parts that I have. Which is basically a stressed plywood skin, some of it is wound in spiral wood strips which are preformed into a honeycomb monocoque sandwich type...
  5. Curt Curtis

    Stressed-skin plywood construction without lumber?

    BBerson It is foil honeycomb, Thalman used some paper honeycomb.
  6. Curt Curtis

    Stressed-skin plywood construction without lumber?

    BBerson this construction is still geodetic. The construction method used was to use very thin 5 inch wide veneer strips, they run spirally around the fuselage same as geodetic, but there is no space between the 5 inch wide strips. They run continuously with no gaps between the 5 inch wide...
  7. Curt Curtis

    Stressed-skin plywood construction without lumber?

    BBerson; sorry for the delayed response, also I am answering on yesterday's forum. I hope it works. I'm new on this forum and I'm not sure about the systems. The plane I have is Harry Tallman's design, and he was moving away from geodetic construction at that time which was about 1958. I...
  8. Curt Curtis

    Stressed-skin plywood construction without lumber?

    to B Berson I have the molded plywood sandwich plane Thalman was building in mt. pleasant and in S. L. C. Ut. My profile picture is of that molded plywood airplane. It has a glass skin on part of the outside. CURT
  9. Curt Curtis

    Stressed-skin plywood construction without lumber?

    Some information on the Thalman T4 geodesic designed airplane. I worked with Harry Thalman on his airplane and own the airplane he was building to replace the one he crashed and was killed in. The fuselage is a plywood sandwich construction built in a heated cement mold. In about August 1962...
  10. Curt Curtis

    Stressed-skin plywood construction without lumber?

    Some information on the Thalman T4 geodesic designed airplane. I worked with Harry Thalman on his airplane and own the airplane he was building to replace the one he crashed and was killed in. The fuselage is a plywood sandwich construction built in a heated cement mold. In about August 1962...
  11. Curt Curtis

    Crashes in the News - Thread

    AMEN.
Back
Top