Gypsy

Still putting on the finishing touches, but here is where I am at with the project.

Looks extremely nice.
Did you use a foam wing? And, if so, who cut it?
What power set up are you using?
Met Mr. Silhavy at Brodak's, a great gentleman, and a great looking ship.
Bill
P.S. Did you have the .60 size P-39?

Keith,
Great looking ship! You definately do nice work.

Bill and Crist, Thank You very much. Bill I did have the P-39 at Brodaks. It's still flying and I hope to hit more of the contest next year. The Gypsy has a OS LA 46 that it will be pulled around with. Yes, the wing is foam and I cut those. I have a feathercutter that I use and it seems to do real well. Of course, I triple cored the wing and placed ply spars in it for the gear blocks to attach to. All Sig dope. Here is the other side, funny, it looks like the other side don't you think?

That's awesome Keith. Love it.

Feel free to bug Doug for the hot LA 46 setup. He killed around here for a whole year on a borrowed plane using that motor.

Hey, it *DOES* look just like the other side! LOL!!
And it still looks great!
I remember talking with you, and your younger son, out in the *mud* between rounds, etc.
Best of luck with the new ship!
Bill

Thnaks guys. Yes Bill we were tromping around in the mud, but we still had fun didn't we? Thanks Zilla, I may do that, but I have to tell you, I stuck the engine in my Jack Sheeks Freedom 45 which is waaaaay overweight and it hauled it around like a freight train. No adjustmant to the tank whatsoever. I am a believer of the OS LA engine.

I am a believer of the OS LA engine.

It is really not rocket science. It just works. We even stopped recommending a real break in period. Local knowledge says the best LA's are broken in on the plane. Only a few tank fulls are required on the ground.

The best setups I have seen have all had the same prop (12.25 x 3.75 APC cut to 11.75 diameter) have the stock venturi and run on Sig fuel. We use clunk tanks with no uniflow, and the Randy Smith tube muffler or the old FP muffler with the end cut off.

That's about it.

Tell everyone I said "hi".

I will add my endorsement of the OS 46LA engines. I flew my first one last weekend and it was awesome! Replaced the remote needle with a Tigre that's it! Stock muffler with an 11x5 prop on Byron fuel, and the glow plug that comes with the engine (OS A3). No break in at all, started the engine and flew the plane and it ran flawless!

OOOhh!! That's a pretty plane!! I have the plans and am sorely tempted to get going on one. How do you keep your shop so nice and clean?? Mine is full of spiders and they replace webs as fast as I clean them up. I best get a pet Iguana.

Ty,

One of those Gypsy's was my buddy Mike Thompson's last airplane. It now hangs on his Father's wall in Modesto, CA. It was a beautiful plane and he had numerous comments that it looked like a plastic airplane. It wasn't - just rubbed out clear like is used nowadays. That plane was built in 1971 or 1972. One curiosity is that the AMA number on the wing of that plane now addorns my aircraft too. Mike was unfortunately killed in an automobile accident two weeks before I called his father to obtain his current phone number. - Really bad luck! Ugh! You also have the plans to the Warden Continental which in my opinion is a bit better looking plane than the Gypsy.

When I first saw a Gypsy, I thought is was a Nobler with a nicer rudder, but when compared side by side, two entirley different planes. Jim Silhavy also told me of some of the differences. The Warden Continental is supposed to be kitted, but I'm not holding my breath on that one.

Ty,

Bill Sawyer sends me post on the progress of the prototype. He send a picture that showed a wing but with out tips on it with sheeting attached. The MAN plans say to put the wingtips on and then sheet out the the end. Oh well, I guess there's about 10 Million ways to skin a koshka (cat in American).