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  1. Michael Silvius

    PIK-26 Plans set in English

    Hey Bernardo: Another one that just came across in my box was this one from the Spanish Amateur Builder's Forum Construcción-Amateur <[email protected]> and may be of interest He completado la web donde, con mucho orgullo, vuelvo a poner a la venta los planos del Colibri...
  2. Michael Silvius

    The Janowski Project - Rethinking the J1B/J2/J3

    in addition some interesting details also from edition #61 of EL CONSTRUCTOR AMATEUR. November 1989 which translated reads: JANOWSKI J-1B "DON QUIJOTE" The J-1 was designed by Janowski from Poland, and was first flown in 1970. The prototype had a 23 hp two stroke engine from a...
  3. Michael Silvius

    The Janowski Project - Rethinking the J1B/J2/J3

    FWIW. There is no evidence that Janowsky ever marketed the plans for the J1-B himself. Remember this was communist totalitarian Poland of 1960's and 70s, when your derriere and anything connected to it, including intellectual concepts, were government property. Janowski designed and built the...
  4. Michael Silvius

    PIK-26 Plans set in English

    Hey Bernardo here are some links that you may find useful. A very detailed photo documentation of Paul's build. https://goo.gl/photos/JVoNgCJwpvEgzvvp8 and https://www.facebook.com/ProyectoPik26
  5. Michael Silvius

    PIK-26 Plans set in English

    As I recall he first put a Citroen 2CV engine on it and found it was insufficient power so he swapped it for the VW.
  6. Michael Silvius

    DA11?

    Must have been pretty slick to do 2265 miles non stop back in 1976.
  7. Michael Silvius

    DA11?

    of course Leon had the solution for that.. he called it the DA-5 much more realistic for normal sized humans.
  8. Michael Silvius

    PIK-26 Plans set in English

    No hard feelings Bernardo. But since my name was mentioned as the source I wanted to make sure it was clear to all that I am not in the business of selling plans nor would I ever sell someone else's intellectual property for profit. If I do pass anything on I am only looking to recoup my cost...
  9. Michael Silvius

    PIK-26 Plans set in English

    I guess before my name becomes mud I better say something here. Yes I sold those plans to you at my cost of printing, somewhere in the range of $85 as I recall. I never listed them for sale. I had posted them among my collection in that thread where folks were posting what they had in their...
  10. Michael Silvius

    The Janowski Project - Rethinking the J1B/J2/J3

    page 4 of the plans tell you all you need to know.
  11. Michael Silvius

    Could a well seasoned homebuilder build himself a vehicle that run on the streets ?

    As seen at the Bonnie Eagle, Maine car show a couple years ago and this rig based on a Honda VMax
  12. Michael Silvius

    The Janowski Project - Rethinking the J1B/J2/J3

    Here are some images of an article that Gilbert Burkhardt the Swiss builder of HB-YCS, sent to Alejandro and he sent to me that talks about the reason for the structural changes. I don't know what the source of the article is.
  13. Michael Silvius

    The Janowski Project - Rethinking the J1B/J2/J3

    additionally there is this: https://www.angelfire.com/ks2/janowski/j1.html Variously known as "Przasnicza", "Don Kichot", or "Don Quixote", the J-1 was designed by Jaroslaw Janowski in 1967. It featured a single seat enclosed cockpit, conventional (taildragger) landing gear, and a pusher prop...
  14. Michael Silvius

    The Janowski Project - Rethinking the J1B/J2/J3

    I presume it was to simplify construction for the homebuilder. It does define the major difference between the J-1 Prząśniczka first iteration and the J-1B Don Quijote second iteration. I have heard two conflicting accounts of the creation of the J-1B plans. According to Alejandro they were...
  15. Michael Silvius

    The Janowski Project - Rethinking the J1B/J2/J3

    Another neat graphic depicting the evolution of Janowski's designs.
  16. Michael Silvius

    The Janowski Project - Rethinking the J1B/J2/J3

    Another interesting detail evident when Wojciech Klimek undertakes the rebuilding of the original J-1 (SP-0002) in preparation for display in the Polish Aviation Museum In Krakow, is that Janowski had filled the voids between the inner and outer skins with Styrofoam. Note the two front side...
  17. Michael Silvius

    The Janowski Project - Rethinking the J1B/J2/J3

    Another telling image of the J-1 under construction in 1968? Note that the bend on the side panels is not that great
  18. Michael Silvius

    The Janowski Project - Rethinking the J1B/J2/J3

    Alternatively if we look at this image of the J-2 build it may give us a clue as to how Janowski himself might have accomplished it. Note that the longerons are glued onto the inside skins of the side panel with the desired bottom contour without the vertical parts, and then formed around the...
  19. Michael Silvius

    The Janowski Project - Rethinking the J1B/J2/J3

    I don't know that is was a major issue. I'll have to query Alejandro on that.
  20. Michael Silvius

    The Janowski Project - Rethinking the J1B/J2/J3

    In practice don't think it's quite so difficult especially if you bring the nose together first and work your way aft. Either way it is the way its been done and it seems to work.
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