by stearmoth » Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:37 pm
Hi Kerri-Ann and all,
The mentionned bushing concerns me: we didn't find a hint on the Makelan drawings to add such a bushing between the wing spar and centersection fittings (on the lower wings there is one welded to the longeron). What other's do? Do the CB-1 plans ask for such a busching or better called distance tubing?
It is very motivating to follow and energise the discussion between all of us, and we don't see this under a competition aspect. In contrary, we are delighted if others leave the path and create a "new" version of a well proved and beautiful design, which the base CB-1 is! Among the most significant changes have been created by Billy Dawson, Mark Marino and Mehlin Smith, just to name the common best known. We ourself tried to continue the path of Mehlin and adopted the newly built Rotec engine in order to have a vintage looking biplane hopefully without the risks of an old radial engine where spare parts are lacking and less engine rebuilders are offering the service of overhoul and old engine....
So keep up the discussion and we are eager to see other new versions.
Kind regards
Hans & Sam, H.C,#78, Switzerland
P.S. We are still awaiting our static load test, which is delayed to mid January (too busy schedule of the authorities). Then we are now ordering the Poly Fiber materials from the Belgian agency (at almost twice the US cost) because it is so difficult and expensive to ship solvents overseas. However, based on what we have seen in your country, we feel that with Poly Fiber we will be able to reach what we expect.
Hi Kerri-Ann and all,
The mentionned bushing concerns me: we didn't find a hint on the Makelan drawings to add such a bushing between the wing spar and centersection fittings (on the lower wings there is one welded to the longeron). What other's do? Do the CB-1 plans ask for such a busching or better called distance tubing?
It is very motivating to follow and energise the discussion between all of us, and we don't see this under a competition aspect. In contrary, we are delighted if others leave the path and create a "new" version of a well proved and beautiful design, which the base CB-1 is! Among the most significant changes have been created by Billy Dawson, Mark Marino and Mehlin Smith, just to name the common best known. We ourself tried to continue the path of Mehlin and adopted the newly built Rotec engine in order to have a vintage looking biplane hopefully without the risks of an old radial engine where spare parts are lacking and less engine rebuilders are offering the service of overhoul and old engine....
So keep up the discussion and we are eager to see other new versions.
Kind regards
Hans & Sam, H.C,#78, Switzerland
P.S. We are still awaiting our static load test, which is delayed to mid January (too busy schedule of the authorities). Then we are now ordering the Poly Fiber materials from the Belgian agency (at almost twice the US cost) because it is so difficult and expensive to ship solvents overseas. However, based on what we have seen in your country, we feel that with Poly Fiber we will be able to reach what we expect.