Racer project with the greatest impression to you ?

[speeddemon]

Re: Racer project with the greatest impression to you ?

Perhaps we owe a nod of thanks to the local area Pepsi Bottlers? If I recall right, that's where M B made his money...making the signs for Pepsi distributors.

[King]

Re: Racer project with the greatest impression to you ?

Perhaps we owe a nod of thanks to the local area Pepsi Bottlers? If I recall right, that's where M B made his money...making the signs for Pepsi distributors.

And unless something has changed he is still doing it. Pretty much any advertising plastic for Pepsico is made by his company.

[jarrodeu]

Re: Racer project with the greatest impression to you ?

I believe that the most amazing airplane was Miss Ashley II. I found it one of the most unique racers at reno.
Preciouis metal is in the same catagory

[First time Juke]

Re: Racer project with the greatest impression to you ?

I just went to an airshow and saw an LEAR 35 ( also lotsa other airplanes ).

Vendetta was the original LEARSTANG.

How about when a Griffon with a 5 blader ( lite ) Rotol prop was fitted into that...that would be pretty cool...the Griffonengine could bring the Vendetta into the right speedarea right ?

Where is Vendetta ?

just my 2 cents.

[Jason S.]

Re: Racer project with the greatest impression to you ?

Vendetta had several teething problems when it was brought to Reno, and I believe crash landed not long after that. John Dilley ended up selling the wings and I believe the horizontal tail to Mr. Rogers and he then put them on Miss Ashley II.
Jason

[First time Juke]

Re: Racer project with the greatest impression to you ?

Really I thought the MA II was a totally new fibre/carbon bird. Any confirmation on this ?

[mayday51]

Re: Racer project with the greatest impression to you ?

MA II was a modified mustang.

from my limited observations
(in the pits at Reno);

she had a mustang fuse (modified some I'm sure) those (in) famous wings and tail feathers,

the radiator/oil cooler scoop was a composite mix (sporting various inlet shapes at different times)

....lots of love,courage and sweat too........

...Honor your Heros

[Peashooter]

Re: Racer project with the greatest impression to you ?

Really I thought the MA II was a totally new fibre/carbon bird. Any confirmation on this ?

New-build Mustang fuse on Vendetta's wing and stab. I recall that the stab span was cut down. In '98, they changed the wing leading edge profile with a carbon replacement for the original polished metal LE.

See my previous post about MA-III.

http://www.aafo.com/hangartalk/showthread.php?p=10048#post10048

[Randy Haskin]

Re: Racer project with the greatest impression to you ?

MA II was a modified mustang.

In the Grantham book on Griffon-Powered Mustangs, it's pretty clear that Miss Ashley II was *not* a P-51 fuselage, but a scratch-built fuselage patterned on a P-51.

[Unregistered]

Re: Racer project with the greatest impression to you ?

Well Ok,

Thanks a bunch. There was also a De Havilland Vampire flying ( 1943 design ) in the airshow I went to ( pics will appear later ). That was amazing..had the allied have those sooner in action the Luftwaffe would have sat down on the tails and begged for cookies.
Balsa + plywood kite with some metal to it !!!

Seems to me that metal fused Mustanglike with fibre/carbon wings could still be a winner ( weight down and transsonic speeds adjusted wings ).
Like a MA III with a Rotol 5 blader + a Griffon.

JT

[AAFO_WSagar]

Re: Racer project with the greatest impression to you ?

http://aafo.com/racing/people/brogers.htm

[mayday51]

Re: Racer project with the greatest impression to you ?

thanks Wayner.....

[First time Juke]

Re: Racer project with the greatest impression to you ?

I had the feeling they weren't 100 % sure why it broke down in mid air ?
Could it be that the resonance of the fuse due to the contrarotating Griffon was too much for the carbon airframe ? Could it have been something aerodynamically incorrect that caused stress for the airframe beyond normal ?

regards,

JT / Oulu

https://www.oulu.fi

[AAFO_WSagar]

Re: Racer project with the greatest impression to you ?

Could it be that the resonance of the fuse due to the contrarotating Griffon was too much for the carbon airframe

Umm.. Juke, read back a few messages please.. and also.. does anyone mind if we change the subject back to more pleasant matter?

Wayne

[First time Juke]

Re: Racer project with the greatest impression to you ?

Ok Wayne !

I just don't remember when was the cause of accident by NTSB discussed.

Here is a farewell pic of MA II:

http://www.avweb.com/newspics/dsc053.jpg

Let's change the subject then.

Juke