does anyone have three views of a grumman tigre aa5? or has anyone built one before and has the blue prints? i want them in either .60 or 1.20 size. they should be excellent low wing trianers and wonder why istn't there any ones out there?jkl i just flew with my friends grumman let me handle it in the air and responds very nice love it. it should be a wonderfull low wing plane for the beginners who want to learn low wings any thought? if you have any photos of your project post them here. if you have the blueprints send them to me e-mail thanks very much

I flew a TR-2 years ago, it was a pleasant little plane.

To find any of that series you need to search on "Grumman-American, " not just Grumman.

Bill.

I love the Grumman airplanes, there used to be a 1/4 scale foam and fiberglass Tiger quite a few years ago, it was discontinued, then resurfaced for a while to have dissapeard completely, wish it would still be in the market, I did built two Tr2 Yankee, made by D& B about 25 years ago, beautiful kit, was almost in posession of one a few months back and the guy that was selling it, shipped to someone else by mistake instead of me, and that was the end of that one, I am still on the look out for one, very realistic flying airplane, not quite a trainer though, as it had to be flown, that wing is sooooo small, here's a picture of one of them.

sweeeet!

do u happen to know the name of the manufacturer?

Ryan:

The manufacturer was Grumman-American. The plane in the picture is not a model.

Sorry.

Bill.

are u sure? that sure looks like a model to me

Ryan:

See the same picture [link=http://www.grumman.net/aya/]here.[/link] After I suggested a search on Grumman-American I did it, this was the first page that came up. Scroll down just a hair and there's the same picture.

Bill.

You guys had me cracking up early in the morning, that is the picture of my model (was), D&B was the manufacturer, they went out of business a very long time ago, and I mean long time.

I used to work on the production of the full size Tiger, in Mississippi when it bacame the AG-5B, with the composite split cowl, landing lights in the wingtips, faired vertical fin tip lights.

It's now being produced in West Virginia, by Tiger Aircraft. Go to TigerAircraft.com

It's a great and relatively simple subject for a scale model, since the fuselage is slab-side construction on the real thing, with a flat wrap turtldeck.

Robarts has had the scale nose gear for the Tiger on sellout for as long as I've been surfing their site. You might check into that.

Send a nice e-mail to Tigeraircraft and ask for a 3-view. Maybe even a CAD file. I know there was a nice overview 3-view in engineering when I worked there. If you give this a try and don't get anywhere, let me know. Maybe I can pry something out of my old contacts there.

once i do get the three view drawings on the comp. file whats the next step to scale it down and plan on what woods and materials to build the plane? im a pretty good coverer and builder so that shouldnt be a prob. any other tips is welcomed thanks

ok now i got this three view drawing with demnisions of the wing and fuse plus the prop and hieght of the aircraft whats the next thing i need to do after i scan the 3 view at a printing place? w what size would u recomemend i want to go 1.50 size how do i get from regular printing paper size to 1.50 size? whats the formula to figure this out? need adivice as this is my first scratch built model i know a lot about planes center of gravity stuff like that so any tips would be greatly appreciated thanks!!!!!!!

You will have first to decide at which scale you want to build this bird, it will probably fall between a 1/5 and 1/4, I'd say around 80 to 90 inches in wingspan, then it is a simple matter of enlarging those 3 view drawings up to the right scale size, if you have the shape of the formers on the 3 views, you've got it made, if not, you will have to decide to build differently, instead of building by using a crutch with formers, you would have to build the sides flat on the bench (draw lines on the sides where the cross members will be, also draw and cut away where the wing will be), and then start adding cross members to hold the sides together, it is always easier to glue the firewall first to the sides, then add cross members up until the sides maintain a parallel position in regard to each other, let this assembly dry thoroughly and then taper the sides until they come together at the end. By now you have basically built the lower half of the fuselage or the flat areas, now you have to draw and cut the formers for the top deck, which will be the curved part of the fuselage, you must make cutouts on these formers for the longerons, upon which you will glue the sheeting to, you must start thinking how are you going to build the canopy and the cowling, the first would be best done by using vacuum forming and the second by using a plug of foam and then building the cowling by adding layers of fiberglass and epoxy resin and later disolving the foam with gasoline, or you can also build it of wood, but you will need to have formers to give you the shape, these are the hardest parts to create really, the fuselage on these type of airplanes is not difficult to build and the wing is relatively easy to build to, as it is a constant cord shape, use a semisymetrical airfoil or a modified Clark Y, if you have 3 views in a file and don't mind passing it along, I would love to have them.
To John: Thanks for the tip, it is worth a try!

Hi John,

I've been trying to contact Tiger Aircraft for several months but they seem completely uninterested in responding to my emails. I might add that I'm not even asking for 3-views or CAD drawings, but just information on their instructor course (that they were asking for input and interest!!).

If you would be able to find a good scale 3-view, I would really appreciate it. A CAD general arrangement with sections would cause me to break down and use expletives..... (or at least superlatives!!)

Let me know what you can do.

Cheers,
Greg