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Mini Coupe
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Has anyone built Ron Dixon's Mini-Coupe? I like the look of the little plane and have been considering building one. |
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I haven't built one but I have a set of plans if you have any specific
questions .... "W P Dixon" wrote in message ... Hi, Has anyone built Ron Dixon's Mini-Coupe? I like the look of the little plane and have been considering building one. |
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Great! So what is your opinion of the plans? Detailed? Does this project
look do-able for the homebuilder? Does it give any form plans for making ribs, or is it a "go it alone" type deal? Thanks! "smjmitchell" wrote in message u... I haven't built one but I have a set of plans if you have any specific questions .... "W P Dixon" wrote in message ... Hi, Has anyone built Ron Dixon's Mini-Coupe? I like the look of the little plane and have been considering building one. |
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I think this is the same plane that Jerry Springer built in the
'70s...............there is one for sale at McMinnnville, OR. Jim "W P Dixon" wrote in message ... Great! So what is your opinion of the plans? Detailed? Does this project look do-able for the homebuilder? Does it give any form plans for making ribs, or is it a "go it alone" type deal? Thanks! "smjmitchell" wrote in message u... I haven't built one but I have a set of plans if you have any specific questions .... "W P Dixon" wrote in message ... Hi, Has anyone built Ron Dixon's Mini-Coupe? I like the look of the little plane and have been considering building one. |
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I should clarify one thing first ... the Plans I have are for the Chris Tena
Mini Coupe. I assume this is the same airplane but I dunno who Ron Dixon is. The "plans" are probably best described as a kit assembly manual. I am not sure if you could build the airplane from them (I need to pull them out and have a look - perhaps my memory is not that good). I think they lack dimensions of some parts. From memory they are however fairly detailed and complete. The airplane is sound but fairly crude (many similarities to the Teenie Two in terms of level of crudiness). It is a cheap and easy to build airplane - definitely homebuildable. Easier than any model of Zenith. The construction of the ribs is detailed via offsets and a description of the methods to be used for making them. It really is a neat little airplane if you are looking for a simple single seat metal airplane - much better airplane than the Tennie Two I would say. Give me a day or two and I will have a look at the plans. Let me know if you have any more specific questions. "W P Dixon" wrote in message ... Great! So what is your opinion of the plans? Detailed? Does this project look do-able for the homebuilder? Does it give any form plans for making ribs, or is it a "go it alone" type deal? Thanks! "smjmitchell" wrote in message u... I haven't built one but I have a set of plans if you have any specific questions .... "W P Dixon" wrote in message ... Hi, Has anyone built Ron Dixon's Mini-Coupe? I like the look of the little plane and have been considering building one. |
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smjmitchell wrote:
I should clarify one thing first ... the Plans I have are for the Chris Tena Mini Coupe. I assume this is the same airplane but I dunno who Ron Dixon is. The "plans" are probably best described as a kit assembly manual. I am not sure if you could build the airplane from them (I need to pull them out and have a look - perhaps my memory is not that good). I think they lack dimensions of some parts. From memory they are however fairly detailed and complete. The airplane is sound but fairly crude (many similarities to the Teenie Two in terms of level of crudiness). It is a cheap and easy to build airplane - definitely homebuildable. Easier than any model of Zenith. The construction of the ribs is detailed via offsets and a description of the methods to be used for making them. It really is a neat little airplane if you are looking for a simple single seat metal airplane - much better airplane than the Tennie Two I would say. Give me a day or two and I will have a look at the plans. Let me know if you have any more specific questions. "W P Dixon" wrote in message ... Great! So what is your opinion of the plans? Detailed? Does this project look do-able for the homebuilder? Does it give any form plans for making ribs, or is it a "go it alone" type deal? Thanks! "smjmitchell" wrote in message .au... I haven't built one but I have a set of plans if you have any specific questions .... "W P Dixon" wrote in message ... Hi, Has anyone built Ron Dixon's Mini-Coupe? I like the look of the little plane and have been considering building one. Yup I built one, here is a picture of the one I built. fantastic flying airplane the only down side is it,"mine" was powered by volkswagen which is not fit for aircraft in my opinion after flying it for 500 hours. I know that threre are a couple VW gerus here but IMO It is not an aircraft engine. http://www.home.earthlink.net/%7Ejsflyrv/minicoup.jpg Jerry Springer |
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Jerry Springer wrote in message
Yup I built one, here is a picture of the one I built. fantastic flying airplane the only down side is it,"mine" was powered by volkswagen which is not fit for aircraft in my opinion after flying it for 500 hours. I know that threre are a couple VW gerus here but IMO It is not an aircraft engine. http://www.home.earthlink.net/%7Ejsflyrv/minicoup.jpg Jerry Springer There are those that would questions whether it is a legitimate automobile engine, too. ;-) (this from somebody contemplating building an airplane around such an engine...) The Mini Coupe looks like an interesting design - are the plans still available? Rob |
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Yes, they are available. I bought a set a month ago to stury up on them. They
cost $70.00. |
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The Germans and French have used the VW in production aircraft, but I
wouldn't use one today (and I drive a Meyers Manx). I wouldn't consider any conversion that doesn't isolate the crank from the prop loads and provide for inertia decoupling. Dave Blanton used to be called crazy, but his V6 Fords never had any torsional resonance problems and in fact you could start and run the engine without the prop attached. The boat outdrive guys figured it out a long time ago and no one questions the use of autoderivative engines in boats today. Other than turbines there are no aeroderivative engines in boats and to me that says a whole bunch. |
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Ted Azito wrote:
The Germans and French have used the VW in production aircraft, but I wouldn't use one today (and I drive a Meyers Manx). I wouldn't consider any conversion that doesn't isolate the crank from the prop loads and provide for inertia decoupling. Dave Blanton used to be called crazy, but his V6 Fords never had any torsional resonance problems and in fact you could start and run the engine without the prop attached. The boat outdrive guys figured it out a long time ago and no one questions the use of autoderivative engines in boats today. Other than turbines there are no aeroderivative engines in boats and to me that says a whole bunch. I would bet it has to do with cooling. It is a pretty simple matter to water cool an engine in a boat. |
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