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![]() "Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message ... William Hung wrote in : The Kitfox reminds me of the Coupe. Bunyip: It's supposed to, the bump cowl and such. But it's nothing like it, really. For one thing, the 'coupe wasn't built like lawn furniture.. And a 'coupe with a two stroke? Shudder! Bertie If you want to see a "modern" homebuilt version of the Monocoupe take a look at the "Mullicoupe" that were designed by Jim Younkin. It looks like a "standoff" scale model of the clipwing Monocoupe with the Warner radial engine. Actually it is somewhat larger, being basically a two place version of Ike Howard's "Mr. Mulligan" racer, which later became the Howard series of airplanes. Jim built a Mr. Mulligan replica which goes like blazes. Bud Dake had a lovely Warner Monocoupe and wanted something a bit bigger. Jim told me he used a lot of Howard in the Mullicoupe. Bud told me that the pilot visibility in the Mullicoupe was a lot better than in the Monocoupe. The Mullicoupe was powered by a 450 HP R-985 Pratt and Whitney so it had the power to get up an go. It would cruise at well over 200 mph. I never got to fly it before Bud was killed in an unfortunate crash with his Monocoupe at St. Louis a few years ago. Highflyer |
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On Mar 17, 10:31*pm, "Highflyer" wrote:
"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in .com... wrote in : The Kitfox reminds me of the Coupe. Bunyip: It's supposed to, the bump cowl and such. But it's nothing like it, really. For one thing, the 'coupe wasn't built like lawn furniture.. And a 'coupe with a two stroke? Shudder! Bertie If you want to see a "modern" homebuilt version of the Monocoupe take a look at the "Mullicoupe" that were designed by Jim Younkin. *It looks like a "standoff" scale model of the clipwing Monocoupe with the Warner radial engine. *Actually it *is somewhat larger, being basically a two place version of Ike Howard's "Mr. Mulligan" racer, which later became the Howard series of airplanes. *Jim built a Mr. Mulligan replica which goes like blazes. *Bud Dake had a lovely Warner Monocoupe and wanted something a bit bigger. *Jim told me he used a lot of Howard in the Mullicoupe. *Bud told me that the pilot visibility in the Mullicoupe was a lot better than in the Monocoupe. *The Mullicoupe was powered by a 450 HP R-985 Pratt and Whitney so it had the power to get up an go. *It would cruise at well over 200 mph. I never got to fly it before Bud was killed in an unfortunate crash with his Monocoupe at St. Louis a few years ago. Highflyer Thanks HF. I Googled "Mullicoupe". Beautiful is not adequet of a word to describe the plane. Wil |
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