Very complete project for sale, flown 30hours with corvair conversion, being converted to lycoming, very well built. New Brian Alley cowl, O-320-E2D engine...

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May 5, 2011 · Hello to all, New member. I have built and fly a W-10 Tailwind. Olds V8 powered, inverted and direct drive. It has a Rajay turbo. It will easily fly at 170 at 3100 I have almost 300 …

Apr 21, 2005 · I bought the plans, Clement mods, and Stanton assembly manual after I sold my Tailwind project thinking that I would start another one. It's just not in the cards for me right …

A Wittman Tailwind, maybe? Or even a sleek, light Buttercup. That is what I am building. But I love the Sonerai, and wish it was a good fit for me. Jeff

Alway wanted a Tailwind. Was going to buy one many years ago. At the time I was 6' x 220 lbs and size 13 shoes. I started to fly it and got to the runway and taxied back. I couldn't work the …

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I think the comparison would be between frp-foam-frp sandwich vs a thicker frp skin (or carbon fiber/epoxy skin) with periodic (e.g. every 6") frp (or cf/epoxy) stiffeners. In a float or boat hull …

Use the trailing edge as a rear spar and attach hinges for simple ailerons (flaperons would be cool too) like on the Tailwind to it. Cover the whole thing with fabric ala the "Maule" attachment …