jdub
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Post by jdub on Feb 7, 2017 22:22:19 GMT -6
Had a thought I'd like to share.
I still have yet to find anyone who owns the rights to the DA-5. The plans are floating around to those that look for them. It'd be an easy conversion to a taildragger with a Wittman style motor mount. Making it a midwing for a good racing aerodynamics might be an issue, but I'd bet it could be overcome. It would be a neat looking all metal V-tail once the lines are cleaned up. I'd envision a DA-9 if I were to do this. DA-9 is one slick looking torpedo that would need to be a little bigger, about DA-5 size...
On a side note, I am still enamored with DA-11. How much more out of the box could one get? Hey, its a v...twin.
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Post by Supervee on Feb 8, 2017 8:08:56 GMT -6
To fit into Supervee's airframe rules, any design would have to have 75 sq. ft. of wing area, among other things....How much does the Davis have?
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Post by jdub on Feb 8, 2017 14:49:09 GMT -6
Not enough at 57. Empty weight 460 with an a-65. Wing loading was higher. While not impossible to design a different wing, it'd be a little time consuming.
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Post by Supervee on Feb 8, 2017 15:08:59 GMT -6
Probably better off to start with a clean sheet of drafting paper, I would think....
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Post by dmar836 on Feb 8, 2017 18:41:55 GMT -6
That plane is interesting and I was impressed by the ingenuity when I saw it on TV. It reminds me of what EAA guys were building in the 60s. I also agree that it would be more trouble to shoe horn it into the SV specs than to use an existing design. Check out the FV/SV specs. A search would then find more designs than you would think that qualify - mostly single seat home built sport planes of the 60s. Don't forget, a VW engine is required too. Adapting that to a lightweight design would be far easier than redesigning a wing IMO. Dave
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