I was looking at building a cozy and then got distracted by quickie 2s, which are quick but a bit too deadly for me to think about. I can do pretty much everything needed to build a Tailwind and it would make a nice long term project. I can do everything needed to build a Lancair or a quickie also, but honestly neither one seems as solid a performer as the tailwind, and the tailwind kit is only about 6k plus motor.
The cozy appeals in terms of stall resistance, as that is what seems to kill a lot of people when the power goes out on small planes. Cozy is also very efficient. Nice combo. Price might be more than I want to pay though. On Sat, Jan 4, 2020, 9:09 PM OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The Tailwind (one of them anyway) holds the record for speed in it's class > in the SARL races - averaging 235 around a closed course. I think he hits > over 250 ... > It was the first amateur built experiment to be certified to carry > passengers by the FAA in (IIRC) 1955. Steve Wittman, the designer and air > racer, built it to fly parts and support between races. > > I like it's looks better than those plastic planes - especially as it's > faster! The lifting body is part of it, as is the necked down wing cord at > the root - reducing interference drag between the wing and fuselage as well > as placing the center of lift where it needs to be while allowing a more > streamlined fuselage. The spring steel landing gear (used bu Cessna and > many others) were also Wittman's invention, and patented by him. > > On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 8:34 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > On January 4, 2020 at 7:14 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Are you building one of those airplanes Mitch? > > > > Only in my dreams. > > First started dreaming in 2018 when I found an ad for an unbuilt 25 year > > old Lancair 235 kit for $8k. > > It appears that Tailwind (fixed gear) falls between 2 seat Lancair > > (retracts) and RV-8 (fixed) in efficiency / straight line speed, and > should > > be cheaper than either. Making the fuselage a lifting body was > apparently a > > stroke of genius, it's not as beautiful as a Lancair but it's pretty darn > > fast for fixed gear, especially considering the age of the design. > > > > Mitch. > > > > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
