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My BIG idea... 1/2 scale lancaster (Read 979 times)
Mar 11
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, 2007 at 5:37pm
Canuck.
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i have a great idea...
here it is
ive wanted to build my own plane my whole life
i want to build a 1/2 scale Avro lancaster
here are the specs
Length: 34 ft (10.59 m)
Wingspan: 50 ft (15.54 m)
Height: 9 ft (2.98 m)
Powerplant: 4× Rotax 914 Turobcharged Engines, 115 hp (84.5kW) each (or 912's)
because the fuselage will be so skinny
i will have to make it with 2 person tandem cockpit
(kinda like a piper cub)
i would probably use fabric for covering cause it world be a lot lighter than metal
heres what it might sound like during takeoff and landing(some pics of fm212 included
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vppa-T58KM
well there you have it my great idea
mabey one day there will be 3 lancasters flying
PA474, FM213 and my homebuilt one!!!
also...i would probably build it with the help of my local vintage aircraft association called "Canadian Historical Aircraft Association"
http://www.ch2a.ca
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Mar 11
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That would be a fun plane... don't think I've ever heard of a 4-engine homebuilt, that would be different.
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Hope you can find some time or a friend to set up a web site showing progress.
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Sort of been done before - when Shorts built the Stirling heavy bomber they first built a half scale prototype using 4 Pobjoy Niagara's...
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Mar 16
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I did meet a chap a while back who was looking at a similar idea. I'll see if I can find his details... might have lost them in the move however.
There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!
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The half scale Stirling...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/Short_S_31_Half_Scale_Stirling.jpg
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Mar 17
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Dude, you're fifteen, you can't built a plane.
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Mar 17
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Ecko wrote
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, 2007 at 2:03pm:
Dude, you're fifteen, you can't built a plane.
its my dream
and trust me my family has the money too build i
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Mar 17
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I wouldn't even try, the time, effort and cost would be far too extreme for a model!
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I wouldn't even try, the time, effort and cost would be far too extreme for a model!
I don't think he's talking about a model.
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Mar 17
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Hagar wrote
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, 2007 at 4:20pm:
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I wouldn't even try, the time, effort and cost would be far too extreme for a model!
I don't think he's talking about a model.
Really? On rereading I think you're right, and all I have to say is
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I wouldn't even try, the time, effort and cost would be far too extreme for a model!
I don't think he's talking about a model.
Really? On rereading I think you're right, and all I have to say is
No reason it couldn't be done although it would take a lot of work & probably cost a small fortune. Scale replica warbirds are quite popular these days although I never understood the attraction myself.
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Hagar wrote
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Scale replica warbirds are quite popular these days although I never understood the attraction myself.
Indeed. I'd much rather own an authentic warbird.
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When I was 15 I spent my whole life wanting the build a Wheel Barrow....
..but a year later I became 16, and went out with Girls instead...
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Fozzer wrote
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When I was 15 I spent my whole life wanting the build a Wheel Barrow....
..but a year later I became 16, and went out with Girls instead...
...!
Paul....
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Might have been a lot better off building that wheelbarrow.
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