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Old 06-16-2012, 10:09 AM
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Default RE: Planning 130 inch Bellanca Aircruiser

With those drawings and using cad you will be able to generate a real nice set of plans to build from, your going to have a real leg up building it.

Wow, thanks for the information all I knew is the power plants were different I wasn't sure how. I'd love to see that plane close up.

One note on construction 1/6 ply gussets were used for all of the truss joints and 1/2 solid balsa for nose construction with a plywood firewall. Weight of this 130 inch version is 23lbs (far too heavy) flies what I would call very scale...

I always though it was interesting to note that this airframe was Lindberg's first choice for his transatlantic flight, a very interesting design for the time, not to mention that "Corsair look" from the front.