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August 30th 05, 01:57 AM
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BD-4. wings on a V-6 STOL?
I am building a V-6 STOL (starts with a tri-pacer, wings and fuselage
stretched, and powered by Ford V-6; designed by Dave Blanton) It looks as though the gross weights are similiar to a BD-4. How feasible would it be to mount the BD-4 center spar in the tri-pacer to allow BD-4 folding wings? Obviously the control would have to be modifed a la BD-4. 
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August 30th 05, 05:51 PM
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"Jim Rodgers" wrote: I am building a V-6 STOL (starts with a tri-pacer, wings and fuselage stretched, and powered by Ford V-6; designed by Dave Blanton) It looks as though the gross weights are similiar to a BD-4. How feasible would it be to mount the BD-4 center spar in the tri-pacer to allow BD-4 folding wings? Obviously the control would have to be modifed a la BD-4. Not very feasible! 1. The Pie Chaser has a strut-braced wing and is therefore too weak to support the cantilever structure of the BD-4 wing. 2. The BD-4 has a tubular spar, which, again in incompatible with the Tripe's structure.
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August 31st 05, 03:04 PM
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Jim Rodgers wrote:
I am building a V-6 STOL (starts with a tri-pacer, wings and fuselage stretched, and powered by Ford V-6; designed by Dave Blanton) It looks as though the gross weights are similiar to a BD-4. How feasible would it be to mount the BD-4 center spar in the tri-pacer to allow BD-4 folding wings? Obviously the control would have to be modifed a la BD-4. ************************************************* ****** Folding wings?? I thought the BD4 had a tube within tube connection for the fuselage/wing junction. How do you fold that???? Reggie
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August 31st 05, 03:12 PM
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On 31 Aug 2005 07:04:46 -0700, "Reggie" wrote:
Jim Rodgers wrote: I am building a V-6 STOL (starts with a tri-pacer, wings and fuselage stretched, and powered by Ford V-6; designed by Dave Blanton) It looks as though the gross weights are similiar to a BD-4. How feasible would it be to mount the BD-4 center spar in the tri-pacer to allow BD-4 folding wings? Obviously the control would have to be modifed a la BD-4. ************************************************ ******* Folding wings?? I thought the BD4 had a tube within tube connection for the fuselage/wing junction. How do you fold that???? There's a large handle in the center of the cockpit. Go up to 10,000 feet, point the nose straight down, wait thirty seconds, then pull the handle back suddenly. :-) Ron Wanttaja
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August 31st 05, 04:52 PM
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On 31 Aug 2005 07:04:46 -0700, "Reggie" wrote:
Jim Rodgers wrote: I am building a V-6 STOL (starts with a tri-pacer, wings and fuselage stretched, and powered by Ford V-6; designed by Dave Blanton) It looks as though the gross weights are similiar to a BD-4. How feasible would it be to mount the BD-4 center spar in the tri-pacer to allow BD-4 folding wings? Obviously the control would have to be modifed a la BD-4. ************************************************ ******* Folding wings?? I thought the BD4 had a tube within tube connection for the fuselage/wing junction. How do you fold that???? Reggie Pull out, rotate 90° fold back. Don't recall the exact hinging mechanism.
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August 31st 05, 09:59 PM
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Folding wings?? I thought the BD4 had a tube within tube connection for the fuselage/wing junction. How do you fold that???? Reggie Pull out, rotate 90° fold back. Don't recall the exact hinging mechanism. Bottom left hand picture on this page: http://bd-4.org/details.html
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