ORIGINAL: Rocketman612
ORIGINAL: Babblefish7
Hey Pete where did you take the picture of these planes?
Mark
Mark,
they were taken by a friend at:
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/wedellex.htm [8D]
They have both the #121 and #44 planes on display. Looks like it's about an hour or so west of New Orleans. Would love to go in person someday. I'm very happy to have them as good photo documentation from text is almost worthless.
Pete
Although they are nice reproductions, they are not accurate in all outlines and airfoils. They both have thicker section airfoils and larger fin/rudder area. Both may have the fuselage length strecthed as well as longer wings. This was done in an attempt to make them more stable, which I personally do not understand why it was done. Hard to imagine a racer being modded into an old man's cruiser!
The only surviving original Wedell-Williams is at the Western Reserve Collection in Cleveland. It is the Roscoe Turner airplane with the Hornet installed as last raced in '39 by Joe Mackey. It is the actual Race #121 airplane.
Chris...