RJ... So glad you enjoyed the message. It goes without saying that it was a memorable flight. The baffling in that particular Tailwind along with the special...
Fred- Thanks for the comments on 223A. I met John sometime in the early sixties. I did not have much contact with him after he moved to San Jose. The prop on...
I reviewed the original Cassutt plans last night. The 3M weighed 512# and the 2M weighed 440#. Both cowls were hand formed metal. A cobination of alloys,...
THANKS, FRED: As usual, you gave a great reply. I had been wondering if Jim's cowl and the Madden cowl were one and the same. Now I know. I had not really...
Hi Group, I'm trying to overcome my native reluctance about asking dumb questions, but since I seem to have so many I 'll forge ahead, however blindly. 1. I...
Bill, Try this URL http://www.j-winddesigns.com/Images/1Cl.WingTip.jpg ===== BRIAN ALLEY (BKA) Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you...
Bill, Or this URL http://www.j-winddesigns.com/Pages/ConstructionPhotoGuide.html ===== BRIAN ALLEY (BKA) Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over...
Bill, I cut a piece of hardwood to size for use in the rib jig. I was concerned that the Spruce would be too soft to endure through all those ribs. Find...
Thanks for your informative posts everyone!! I've printed a couple pages of info from the last few days. I can't imagine how I could build this airplane...
I think i have screwed up. I got my wing skins in August. They are 3/32" Okoume. I have been storing them in my shop between the two sheets of 3/4" partical...
I can't figure out which part of the ply you're talking about. The 48" dimnsion will be trimmed to something around 43". In any event soak the ply throughly...
small rib at tip can be solid 1/2" spruce. Other tip ribs are main skin cutoff scraps with grooved 1/4 x 1/2" capstrips. You obviously don't have the Jim...
I have found that the spruce from Wicks is of better quality and more accurately dimensioned than that from any other source. Running capstrip through a planer...
Rolled inverted in the garage to install the gear. Lugs have already been welded to the fuselage with undersize holes already drilled. Now I have to drill and...
Rick: Looks like a larger version of the gear I just put on my Pitts S1S. It is somewhat softer than the old bungie gear, and makes for nice landings. On...
Where can I find Jim Clements photos. I've just gotten my plans and have been looking at pictures but none show close enough detail for me to comfortably begin...
This is the link to Jim Clements and Rick Crosslins construction photo's at Jerry Hey's web site! http://www.j-winddesigns.com/Pages/ProdNavPg.html ===== BRIAN...
Jim, Thanks for your response. The skins are 98 3/8" by 48" it is the extra 2 3/8" by 48" that is protruding out from under the 48" X 96" X 3/4" particle...
This is what was happining in Jim Wright's shop before he got back to work on his Tailwind. Lou Owen http://www.eaa.org/benefits/experimenter/0103_corben.pdf...
Rod: I am leaving the thursday or friday before Oshkosh, and plan to be at Baraboo on Sunday. But I'm not like Fred who does it in one day with one stop. I...
"A fairly large number of Tailwinds are planning to fly into Baraboo, some will camp their on the weekend before Oshkosh........then all fly in together to...
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Bob Conner
twindbob@...
Feb 8, 2003 4:11 am
I'm planning on flying up there. I'm from the Texas Panhandle and would like to meet up with some flying if we could arrange it..........Bob Conner N4149 ... ...
Hi This is my first time writing as Ive just been as the wife says watching and not participating but I'm not much of a writer or networker, but she said maybe...
