I know what you mean, there are alot of Tweety Birds in this group. I have a good saying for them: People who don't have dreams, don't have much. gene
G/F Alon S/N149 wrote: > On Tue, 09 Nov 1999 07:09:47 -0600, V. Childs wrote: > > >Thanks for the kind words. I intend to keep the trivia. For those wo do > not like it they can hit "Delete". > George > > > George, your right on your answer. first he wanted to see how it would > fly, > > then he put the out board fins on, then flew the plane again, then he > took the > > center tail out. I think he was also waiting for his patent to be done on > the > > twin tail. I'm not going to tell the group the answer for awhile, I'll > let them > > think about it some. I love your trivia game, please keep it up. take > > care gene martin > > > > G/F Alon S/N149 wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 08 Nov 1999 19:04:15 -0600, V. Childs wrote: > > > > > > > Why did Fred use a single tail on one of the first ercoupes? > > > > > > > >>>Structural Simplicty---was the objective from the very start. The > double > > > tail was used because it achieved exactly what he wanted. > > > An interesting sidenote to this is Bellanca was designing the low-wing > > > "Junior" at the same time. To make his airplane spinproof, he also > limited > > > "UP" travel and installed outboard "fins" on his airplane. > > > George Frebert > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > Get FREE voicemail, fax and email at http://voicemail.excite.com > > > Talk online at http://voicechat.excite.com > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Get FREE voicemail, fax and email at http://voicemail.excite.com > Talk online at http://voicechat.excite.com
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