Tsunami rebuild update

[Lockheed Bob]

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WOW Great update. It is really starting to look like an airplane. Thanks.

[RAD2LTR]

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From Walter Johnson:
"We were unable to attend reno this year due to being to a point of construction that prevented us from transporting Tsunami and elected to put our time and resources into making progress. Here a a couple progress pics. We hope to have more progress content in the near future."




They are making headway.

Will

[John H]

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Correct , no Tsunami booth at Reno 2022.

[ZacYates]

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I've been looking for the Tsunami booth but haven't seen it . If anyone knows where the Tsunami booth is this year please post here.

Sadly I do not believe they are at Reno this year. I did not see them in my fast walk through the vendor's area.

Thank you guys, sorry to hear that.

[AAFO_WSagar]

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Sadly I do not believe they are at Reno this year. I did not see them in my fast walk through the vendor's area.

Will

Will, Fence Sence asked me for yur contact info to give you a break from the smoke if you're interested... he's got your phone number..

Gotta love you guys, the way you stick together is why I loved coming there for YEARS!

[RAD2LTR]

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Sadly I do not believe they are at Reno this year. I did not see them in my fast walk through the vendor's area.

Will

[shadow]

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I've been looking for the Tsunami booth but haven't seen it . If anyone knows where the Tsunami booth is this year please post here.

[ZacYates]

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Are the team at Stead again this week? I'd love to see pics if so, if anyone happens to pass by.

[ZacYates]

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Yep. Its slow progress, but progress nonetheless. Each step is a step closer to it flying and racing again.

Will

Any progress is good progress!

[GRNDP51]

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Also important to note that although we've only been seeing progress on the fuselage, don't forget that the horizontal stabilizer is skinned as well, and I believe the outer and inner wing panels for both wings are in jigs, with ribs in place and possibly even more. Put all of that together and it REALLY looks like an airplane!

[GeeBeeZ1931]

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Yep. Its slow progress, but progress nonetheless. Each step is a step closer to it flying and racing again.

Will

Thanks for the updates guys. Been a long time but now seems much closer to a new reality.

[RAD2LTR]

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Excellent to see progress like this!

Yep. Its slow progress, but progress nonetheless. Each step is a step closer to it flying and racing again.

Will

[ZacYates]

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Excellent to see progress like this!

[RAD2LTR]

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Finally an update on Tsunami...

"We headed to Aircorps Aviation this weekend to use the Farnham roller.
Our goal was to get the top skins formed for the fuselage and if we had time left over we would form the empennage and turtle deck. However, the machine couldn?t handle the .063 skins at 9 and a half feet long, but it was able to form everything else.
Thank you so much Erik Hokuf and Dan Matachek for all your help.
When we left Aircorps on Friday, I called Pat Harker and told him that the Farnham didn?t work and he suggested we use the press brake dies he built for the leading edges on his P-82, so then on Saturday we went over to C&P Aviation and after a couple failed attempts I think we nailed it!
Overall it was a great weekend and we can?t wait to start fitting up the skins."








Will

[ZacYates]

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Thank you both, I appreciate the technical explanation and the links. And I should be clear I meant the induction NACA on MAII, not the radiator. I find drag-reducing alternatives to the stock Mustang "smile" to be very intriguing.