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Bob Holman corsair - 4/1/2002 7:34:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		Picked up one at a swap meet last weekend. 75" ws. Seller said the firewall was drilled for a G38. I got a line on a US41 from a guy in the club. Will the firewall to prop hub distance be acceptable? Would be interested in comments from owners.
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Bob Holman corsair - 4/1/2002 8:25:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		It's probably a Brian Taylor Corsair. I took the Brian Taylor plans from Holman and blew them up to 88" span, it came out to 19lbs. with Robart retracts and it flies like it's on rails with an old quadra 40. A US 41 should probably haul yours around great, but I wonder if you'll have the cylinder head sticking out the bottom.

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Bob Holman corsair - 4/1/2002 9:58:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		Cowl is already cut for that so I'm sure it will. Its built like a sport scale. I'm just using it as a stepping stone as I get into bigger planes. Already have a TF .60 sized corsair. Should be fun. I was just looking at the Bob Holman web site and I could only find an 82" corsair in the Brian Taylor section. Is there a specific 75" plan, or was this one reduced? It has an all glass fuse.
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Bob Holman corsair - 4/2/2002 12:20:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		Bob Holman used to blow up .60 size plans for various Taylor designs, and later, Taylor started designing larger-scale warbirds. Yours might be one of Holman's earlier blowups. Maybe you should call him by phone, he usually answers himself, and is very helpful. His web site is pretty crude, so you'll probably have better luck by phone.

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Bob Holman corsair - 4/2/2002 2:40:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		The 75" Corsair from Holman is an enlargement of the .60 size Taylor plans. Bob went ahead and made a semi kit out of this one including a glass fuse and whatnot. Best of luck, Chad.

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Brian Taylor 82" - 4/3/2002 10:31:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		Bob Holman also sells Brian Taylor's 82" Corsair, not a blown up but a whole new plan and Bob sells accessories and laser cut parts for this plane. I have the plans and later will pick up the laser wood. Finding the right retract would be interesting...

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Corsair - 4/3/2002 8:15:42 PM   
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Try using Robart gear for the TopFlite giant Corsair. I used them in my 88" Taylor blowup and they worked out great.

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corsair - 4/3/2002 8:28:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Tmoth4, Tell us more about your corsair. It looks awesome. Details, gimme details!
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Bob Holman corsair - 4/3/2002 11:49:40 PM   
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Thanks for the compliment. I built it several years ago from blown up .60 size Brian Taylor plans because the 82" plans weren't available then. I sized it to fit a quadra 40 I had. No cowl was available, so I had to build one from balsa and ply. The only beefing up I did was to add some 1/8 ply dihedral braces and use spruce for the wing spars. I had Century jet retracts in but they developed a lot of slop after a couple seasons. Then I put Robarts for the Topflite Corsair in. The struts are a little short, but not too far off. Finish is 3/4 oz. glass cloth and housepaint colors with satin urethane final coat. 19 lbs. and no flaps. Flies like it's on rails and lands fairly slow because it's light. It's been around for 7 or 8 years and has a couple hundred flights on it. I'm building some new wings with flaps cuz they look cool, and putting a Z45 in to replace the old quadra.
I've seen your web site and you've got some really nice birds. there.

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good lookin bird - 4/4/2002 3:40:41 AM   
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Status: offline 		Tmoth4, Theres something about the taylor corsair, it just plain looks "RIGHT". Its the only model corsair I have seen that looks more like a miniature corsair rather than a corsair model. I have a set his plans that call for a lazer 150, not sure of the wingspan. Now that you mention it, I may blow up my plans to maybee take a G62 or something similar. Very nice job on your corsair.
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Brian Taylor Corsair 82" - 4/4/2002 9:11:48 AM   
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I too have the plans for the Brian Taylor 82" Corsair and two kits cut from these plans by Cornell Michaels. I plan on building two at the same time in case I try to fly one below ground level. I dont know what the specs are of a Lazer 150 but I feel an OS 160 will be plenty if I can keep the weight to 17 - 18 pounds. At that weight a Saito 150 may be enough too. The flaps look to be the most challenging part of the kit. I may opt to not install them like tmoth4, but a Corsair looks so sweeettt on final with it all hanging out.
P.S. If you decide not to build the kit you can always use the fiberglass cowl as a salad bowl.

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Bob Holman corsair - 4/4/2002 8:46:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've built a few planes from Taylor plans. He is very meticulous about scale outline. They always come out light because he only calls for plywood where it's absolutely necessary. I also use Sig balsa cuz it's light.
Evan,
If you enlarge your plans for a G62 I hope you make it big enough (90" or so) that you won't have to make a big hole for the cylinder head. Also, you could use the Robarts made for the Ziroli Corsair. Using Taylor plans, it should be pretty light and you'll have one sweeeeet airplane! I took the Taylor 76" P47 plans and blew them up to take the G45. You can see it in the members gallery.
Have you guys ever tried any Dennis Bryant plans? His are the best for lighter type planes. I built two Storchs, one 72" and then blew up plans to 102" for a G23. A real different kind of warbird.

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Enlarged Plans - 4/4/2002 9:22:43 PM   
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I am looking to enlarge some plans where have you gotten the work done

can you give me a location, site etc.

Thanks JR

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Bob Holman corsair - 4/4/2002 9:47:17 PM   
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Back then I did it the hard way. I just folded the plans and used a regular copier with 11x17 paper, and then pieced them together. There are easier ways now. Maybe someplace like Kinko's can do it in one piece, otherwise blueprint companies have big copiers with roll paper in them.
fw190d9 might know better than me. I haven't enlarged any for quite a while. I'd like to know myself.
Jim

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Tmoth4 - 4/4/2002 10:05:15 PM   
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Done Kinko's took plan and made same size copy they charge 1.00 per sq. ft.

3' x 5' = 15.00 x 2 = 30.00 cost more than buying a regular size aircraft plan from RCM of the same model

then a copy of a friends 84", he scaled it up on 1/4 sq. drafting paper was 3' x 20 = 60.00 x 4 sheets = 240.00

blueprint companies sound better where do we find some one that is reasonable

Have dealt with a CAD laser guy from RCU and boy did that go horribly wrong...... 3 months and got nothing but aggravation and he would not / didn't even return my plans.

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JR

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Bob Holman corsair - 4/4/2002 10:30:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		JR,
I was lucky the last time I enlarged some plans. A guy in our engineering dept. at work owed me a favor. So I took him my plans, he asked me what % size, he fed it into the machine and out she came, in about 5 minutes. He's since moved on.
I hope somebody else on this site has some good leads.

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