"Richard Lamb" wrote in message
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Darrel Toepfer wrote:

Richard Lamb wrote:

Well, boys and girls, I may just beat the medical issue after all.

Congrats...

But I've also started considering a replica O-O Special like Rick
Crosslin is just about to finish up. The O-O is a bit bigger plane
to start with, and might be a better match to my desired mission.

Mr Wittman designed it to fly from Oshkosh to Ocalla(?), Fla nonstop.

At 50% power it was reported to turn in 215 mph and made that trip
with reserves to spare.

Hi Richard, is there somewhere on the web to get the specs on it?

Not really. Rick is building from Tailwind plans and Steve's raw notes.
I've offered to draw up the plans package when he's done.
Thought that would give me a chance to build a 'proof of plans' plane.
(BG!)

I found this, but it appears to be his previous Tailwind project:
http://www.j-winddesigns.com/Pages/C...hotoGuide.html
and the info on the same in the Yahoo TailwindForum group...

Rick looks to be the size pilot I'm familiar with... g

Short people! Huh!

There was an article with pictures of Crosslin's O-O Special at the Sport
Aviation Association website some time back. http://www.sportaviation.org/
Apparently the article is no longer on the site. I remember reading it and
looking at the pictures. Crosslin was using a six-cylinder IO-360 rather
than an O-470, however.

If you e-mail Paul Poberezny he would probably send you a copy of the
article on Crosslin's O-O. Crosslin hangs out in the Yahoogroups Tailwind
forum.