Thanks as always for the calendar (particularly the wide version!) and Happy New Year to all. I'm hoping given some decent weather that this will be the year...
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Jan 1, 2012 10:55 am
Friends, If you have a photograph you would like to share with the group to be used as a desktop background with the month's Calendar, please upload it to the...
Peter, I'm pushing for late this year.........but then again, I've been pushing for "late this year" for the past 5 yrs. I've got to skin and paint my wings ...
Peter, I will endeavor to keep a wide one in the mix. Thanks for the feed back, and thank you for your Tailwind blog<http://www.tailwindbuild.blogspot.com/> ....
I am finding that when one leaves a project sit for an extended period of time he should expect to re-do some major head scratchin just to figure out where he...
Nice big panel. Have you verified that the control stick will have clearance to the bottom of the panel and still leave room for your leg - assuming standard...
You mean have I sat in it and made straffing noises? My wife caught me doing this. Yeah...I had to revise to keep my knuckles from hitting the lower part of...
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Jan 1, 2012 11:50 pm
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the TailwindForum group: Regarding your computer desktop background, please select the best answer. All...
Got my control stick tube mounted and now building the elevator push rod. I noticed that with my seats in place and in a forward position, there may not be...
Myself... I put paper by the control horns... Then you can "mark" the throw needed for "YOUR" bird.... . This is "MY" aileron linkage.... . .  From...
Keith, I built mine per plans (no 2" extension) and am 6' tall. With my seat all the way back, It is just perfect for my 6' frame. The stick is real close to...
Alex, I am trying for this year as well. May not get my time flown off by Boo & OSH but I am hoping :) Â Bruce E. Butts N525WT getting closer to being an...
Looks like there may be 2-3 new ones in the air this next year. If I am able to get mine in the air I will be pushed also to get the 40 hrs flown off along...
Kieth- There is an error on the ACS plans on the length of the arm behind the seats where the aileron pushrods join in the center. I will try to remember to...
I went back and sat in it ( I am only 5'7") and made more vroooom vrroooom sounds. If I got real carried away (in my mind) doing snap rolls and such....my...
Mine had this issue, I solved it by bending the control stick slightly. To: TailwindForum@yahoogroups.com From: valerieflyer@... Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012...
This is the one area where the regulations in the UK help us. Because the Tailwind is an "approved" design - if I build it to the plans and/or get formal...
Jim, Thanks, that would be great. I do not have the aileron bell cranks installed yet. The length of the arm is 6" from the CL of the torque tube to the CL...
I guess that just proves that sitting in the airplane and making noises is part of the build process :) Â V ________________________________ From: Mark McAtee...
Happy New Year One and All, Newbie with a few questions: I notice the stall speed difference for flaps is around 5 mph. Does anyone routinely land without...
I think you should go with the 5". That should substantially improve your clearance on the seats. To: TailwindForum@yahoogroups.com From: keithklos@... ...
A very Happy New Year to everyone, too. Chuck, I was required to demonstrate a flapless landing during my type conversion. The 100mph approach certainly drew...
Well, it WAS blowing a hooley at the time, and a bit cross as well, but my usual two or three-notch approach speed is 90mph indicated, easing to 80mph over the...
Jim and Keith, it took me a little while to figure mine out but do your geometry carefully  because the length of the bellcrank arms and the length of the...
For a good discussion of points relevant to this subject, take a look at Barney Wainfan's article in the Jan '12 Kitplanes entitled "The STOL equation"  ...
