Very complete project for sale, flown 30hours with corvair conversion, being converted to lycoming, very well built. New Brian Alley cowl, O-320-E2D engine...

T Taylor Member Joined Dec 23, 2020 Messages 9 Dec 23, 2020 #46 Bill-Higdon and Tailwind_Fan

May 5, 2011 · Hello to all, New member. I have built and fly a W-10 Tailwind. Olds V8 powered, inverted and direct drive. It has a Rajay turbo. It will easily fly at 170 at 3100 I have almost 300 hrs on it so …

Apr 21, 2005 · I bought the plans, Clement mods, and Stanton assembly manual after I sold my Tailwind project thinking that I would start another one. It's just not in the cards for me right now. NOTE- the …

A Wittman Tailwind, maybe? Or even a sleek, light Buttercup. That is what I am building. But I love the Sonerai, and wish it was a good fit for me. Jeff

Alway wanted a Tailwind. Was going to buy one many years ago. At the time I was 6' x 220 lbs and size 13 shoes. I started to fly it and got to the runway and taxied back. I couldn't work the rudder pedals …

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I think the comparison would be between frp-foam-frp sandwich vs a thicker frp skin (or carbon fiber/epoxy skin) with periodic (e.g. every 6") frp (or cf/epoxy) stiffeners. In a float or boat hull that will …

Use the trailing edge as a rear spar and attach hinges for simple ailerons (flaperons would be cool too) like on the Tailwind to it. Cover the whole thing with fabric ala the "Maule" attachment technique to …