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Staggerwings, Concluded - Beech 17 54.jpg (1/1)
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Staggerwings, Concluded - Beech 17 54.jpg (1/1)
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Mitchell Holman wrote: begin 644 Beech 17 54.jpg [Image] end YES! Finally a G-Model! This was the last model )postwar) built and is highly-prized! |
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Staggerwings, Concluded - Beech 17 54.jpg (1/1)
Orval Fairbairn wrote in news_r_fairbairn-
: In article , Mitchell Holman wrote: begin 644 Beech 17 54.jpg [Image] end YES! Finally a G-Model! This was the last model )postwar) built and is highly-prized! Makes you wonder why they do not resume production. They would be bound to sell pretty well.......... |
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Staggerwings, Concluded - Beech 17 54.jpg (1/1)
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Mitchell Holman wrote: Orval Fairbairn wrote in news_r_fairbairn- : In article , Mitchell Holman wrote: begin 644 Beech 17 54.jpg [Image] end YES! Finally a G-Model! This was the last model )postwar) built and is highly-prized! Makes you wonder why they do not resume production. They would be bound to sell pretty well.......... The story is that Beech had a cadre of woodworkers left at the end of WW-II and decided to put them to work until their more modern stuff came on line (the Bonanza and its derivatives). The Model 17 was a far more complex design and far more expensive to build, operate and maintain. The steel tube fuselage frame was heat-treated after welding, for instance. Manufacture required several skills to maintain in-house: welding, heat treating, woodworking, dope and fabric, in addition to metal work. |
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Staggerwings, Concluded - Beech 17 54.jpg (1/1)
Orval Fairbairn wrote in
news In article , Mitchell Holman wrote: Orval Fairbairn wrote in news_r_fairbairn- : In article , Mitchell Holman wrote: begin 644 Beech 17 54.jpg [Image] end YES! Finally a G-Model! This was the last model )postwar) built and is highly-prized! Makes you wonder why they do not resume production. They would be bound to sell pretty well.......... The story is that Beech had a cadre of woodworkers left at the end of WW-II and decided to put them to work until their more modern stuff came on line (the Bonanza and its derivatives). The Model 17 was a far more complex design and far more expensive to build, operate and maintain. The steel tube fuselage frame was heat-treated after welding, for instance. Manufacture required several skills to maintain in-house: welding, heat treating, woodworking, dope and fabric, in addition to metal work. An all metal version would be both stronger and lighter than the original, and could probably dispense with the exterior wing struts as well. The stumbling block I would forsee would be the radial engine. Difficult to maintain and find trained people to do it. I had a Beaver once and know the drill.......... |
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Staggerwings, Concluded - Beech 17 54.jpg (1/1)
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Mitchell Holman wrote: Orval Fairbairn wrote in news In article , Mitchell Holman wrote: Orval Fairbairn wrote in news_r_fairbairn- : In article , Mitchell Holman wrote: begin 644 Beech 17 54.jpg [Image] end YES! Finally a G-Model! This was the last model )postwar) built and is highly-prized! Makes you wonder why they do not resume production. They would be bound to sell pretty well.......... The story is that Beech had a cadre of woodworkers left at the end of WW-II and decided to put them to work until their more modern stuff came on line (the Bonanza and its derivatives). The Model 17 was a far more complex design and far more expensive to build, operate and maintain. The steel tube fuselage frame was heat-treated after welding, for instance. Manufacture required several skills to maintain in-house: welding, heat treating, woodworking, dope and fabric, in addition to metal work. An all metal version would be both stronger and lighter than the original, and could probably dispense with the exterior wing struts as well. The stumbling block I would forsee would be the radial engine. Difficult to maintain and find trained people to do it. I had a Beaver once and know the drill.......... Trouble is -- it would have been a whole new engineering effort to do one in metal -- Beech had a whole new design coming on line. |
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