Gerry's Tailwind Project
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 3:51 pm
I've been meaning to upload a picture of my Tailwind W10 project.
The attached is how it sits in the hangar today. I've got the gear legs out at the moment, I've spent the last couple of days chasing a mis-aligned left leg, finally have it sorted, matching the toe-in on the right gear. I've recently built the elevator, rudder and flap linkages, now working on the aileron linkages. I'm not using the stock stick arrangement. I found in a demo flight before Oshkosh a couple of years ago I found that my legs were interfering with the aileron travel. I could have extended the forward fuselage bay to get my legs laying flatter to the floor, but I want to have a constant speed prop, so the extra nose length will be a detriment.
I have no "reason" for using a CS prop, I just "really want it", so none of your perfectly valid arguments for avoiding it will work on me. ;D
The holes in the wings are for ADAHRS and Pitot mounts. The left wing outboard will be the pitot, the inboard hole was where I originally intended to mount the ADAHRS, but with the heated pitot wires running nearby and the tighter proximity to steel bits than recommended, I made the new cutout in the right wing where I will now mount the brain-box. I'll seal in the extra left wing hole, scarfing in the plywood edges. That's a job I'm NOT looking forward to.
I'll finish up the aileron controls, add a couple more supports for the rudder cables, then frame out the fin and rudder ribs, and bend up some sheet aluminum for flap and aileron surfaces, then it's ready for pre-cover inspection. I cut the first rib bits at the end of 2008. I had about a year and half hiatus to do some home renos, (while having a new airpark home / hangar built BTW) and now that I've moved in I'm back to work on the project. Hopefully another year and a half to two years will see it ready for flight. Paying for the expensive bits is the biggest obstacle now. :)
Gerry
The attached is how it sits in the hangar today. I've got the gear legs out at the moment, I've spent the last couple of days chasing a mis-aligned left leg, finally have it sorted, matching the toe-in on the right gear. I've recently built the elevator, rudder and flap linkages, now working on the aileron linkages. I'm not using the stock stick arrangement. I found in a demo flight before Oshkosh a couple of years ago I found that my legs were interfering with the aileron travel. I could have extended the forward fuselage bay to get my legs laying flatter to the floor, but I want to have a constant speed prop, so the extra nose length will be a detriment.
I have no "reason" for using a CS prop, I just "really want it", so none of your perfectly valid arguments for avoiding it will work on me. ;D
The holes in the wings are for ADAHRS and Pitot mounts. The left wing outboard will be the pitot, the inboard hole was where I originally intended to mount the ADAHRS, but with the heated pitot wires running nearby and the tighter proximity to steel bits than recommended, I made the new cutout in the right wing where I will now mount the brain-box. I'll seal in the extra left wing hole, scarfing in the plywood edges. That's a job I'm NOT looking forward to.
I'll finish up the aileron controls, add a couple more supports for the rudder cables, then frame out the fin and rudder ribs, and bend up some sheet aluminum for flap and aileron surfaces, then it's ready for pre-cover inspection. I cut the first rib bits at the end of 2008. I had about a year and half hiatus to do some home renos, (while having a new airpark home / hangar built BTW) and now that I've moved in I'm back to work on the project. Hopefully another year and a half to two years will see it ready for flight. Paying for the expensive bits is the biggest obstacle now. :)
Gerry