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Got knocked in the dirt, and thinking time.
3 years ago
I'm on my 2nd week of dealing with the coof... last week all I did was sleep. My lungs and chest are clearing out, still have joint and muscle aches to deal with but I'm feeling better slowly.
Have been thinking of what I would like to have in a first aircraft... so I dug out my drawing for Cal Parker Tinwind or Tiny Three. The design was inspired by Steve Whittmen's Tailwind. The Tinwind is a small design with a 20 foot wingspan and 16 feet long. It is a speedy little thing with a 160ish cruise on 125 horsepower.
So I started loading the design's parameters into my design spreadsheet to see what could be done with the design to make it more low time pilot friendly.
So what design parameters would be acceptable? How about the same landing parameters as a Cessna 150? That's doable. How about having better flight characteristics than a Cessna 150? That's doable.
So I started number crunching... how about a two place design that handles like a 150 but 50 miles an hour faster at cruise speed?
Have been thinking of what I would like to have in a first aircraft... so I dug out my drawing for Cal Parker Tinwind or Tiny Three. The design was inspired by Steve Whittmen's Tailwind. The Tinwind is a small design with a 20 foot wingspan and 16 feet long. It is a speedy little thing with a 160ish cruise on 125 horsepower.
So I started loading the design's parameters into my design spreadsheet to see what could be done with the design to make it more low time pilot friendly.
So what design parameters would be acceptable? How about the same landing parameters as a Cessna 150? That's doable. How about having better flight characteristics than a Cessna 150? That's doable.
So I started number crunching... how about a two place design that handles like a 150 but 50 miles an hour faster at cruise speed?
I'm working things out with the design so if someone has Cessna 150 time things will seem fimilar speed wise for landings. The big difference will be at cruise with the Cessna 150 you are 90 to 95 mph this bird will cruise at 140 to 150 on about the same fuel burn and if you push for a high power cruise speed I come up with 165 mph plus. This will be all dependent on how clean you keep things and a fresh coat of wax!
It was funny to see wolf puppies come to the fence to see who came in with a couple of the kittens mixed within the pack.
I think a higher cruising speed is good, so long as it does not reduce the slow speed characteristics...
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