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    WW1 wooden biplane

    Hey Guy's I have been on vacation and Saturday we went to Kingsbury Airdrome northeast of San Antonio TX. It is an aviation museum in the making with 10 to 20 airworthy planes and several in the making. Roger the owner and Dave were very helpful we talked for some time and then Dave led me on...
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    WW1 wooden biplane

    Can the Graham Lee Nieuport 12 be built with a big VW engine? It looks like that might be the best choice. Being a two seater I would have more payload and be able to get some duel time in it before I had to solo it. Is it riveted construction or could it be built with chrome molly tubing and...
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    Just getting started....

    I have recently bought a Kasperwing, this is a weight shift tike. I think it has never been completed or flown the original owner was killed in an accident unrelated to flying and it has been in storage for years. In fact it is still hanging in the top of a storage building. I am supposed to...
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    WW1 wooden biplane

    Thanks for all the great comments and advise, please keep it coming. Let me state some of the factors that must be considered to better help me pick the plane I want to build. Keep in mind that I am open minded and will consider all suggestions. One: I am 6'2" tall and weigh 240 LB. Two...
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    documentation photographs ??

    I am an insurance adjuster, a few months ago I drove over a thousand miles round trip to look at a claim. When I started to wright up my report and down load my photos the camera card failed. I down loaded a program called card recovery that cost $30.00 and saved almost all of the photos. It...
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    WW1 wooden biplane

    I might add that it really needs to be done in side of a shop or at least with something to block the wind. The slightest breeze will blow the gas away from the weld and give you an inferior weld.
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    WW1 wooden biplane

    I called Jim Hail nice man we talk for some time. He has not started on the construction yet. He says when it cools off a little he will try to get it started, and will post some photos of his progress. Jim M
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    WW1 wooden biplane

    Sorry for the double questions, for some reason all of the posts were not showing up. Then when I made the second post they all popped up. I have about 40 years of paint and body expereance and I can torch weld and mig, I have not ever tried TIG but I don't think it would be to hard to learn...
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    WW1 wooden biplane

    Thats great I am only about 20 min from Ctawford, maybe I can get a look at it. Jim
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    WW1 wooden biplane

    Why is MIG or wire feed welding not generaly an excepted method of welding tube frames?
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    WW1 wooden biplane

    What is wrong with the mig welding? Unless you are talking about welding aluminum. Jim
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    WW1 wooden biplane

    What is wrong with the mig welder? Unless your talking aluminum.
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    WW1 wooden biplane

    That is a good looking plane is it in the Dallas area?
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    WW1 wooden biplane

    Wow, one picture is truly worth a thousand words. I was not expecting all the cabels. I was thinking more of a few bulkheads and some stringers. Jim
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    WW1 wooden biplane

    Yes I can weld and I have a Mig welder, but I thought the wood would be easier.
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    WW1 wooden biplane

    I am intrested in building a wooden WW1 biplane, any ideas of which on to build or not to build would be appriciated. Jim
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