stanh
Active Member
New to the Biplane Forum and this is my first post.
In
1983 my brother started building a Kelly D, plan number 30. After
working
on it for some time, he hung the fuselage
in the ceiling of his shop and stored the wings. I have recently
acquired the plane and have been in the process of picking up where he
left off. I will be modifying it somewhat -- I have made a down payment
on a Rotec R3600 radial engine and will be rounding the fuselage --
can't have a rectangular biplane with a radial engine. Another
modification that I am presently working on is redesigning the landing
gear for a more conventional look and raising the fuselage to handle an
80 inch prop. Have a couple of questions at this point: 1) Has anyone
out there put a radial on a Kelly -- if so would love to bend his ear.
2) I am going to use Spruce shock absorber coil springs on the landing
gear -- part number 06-13200. I have a design worked out but know the
use of the springs has been done many times before. Does anyone have a
"standard design" -- don't necessarily want to recreate the wheel.
Maybe there is another spring/system that someone has been using.
Would appreciate any comments, ideas, etc.
Thanks,Stan
In
1983 my brother started building a Kelly D, plan number 30. After
working
on it for some time, he hung the fuselage
in the ceiling of his shop and stored the wings. I have recently
acquired the plane and have been in the process of picking up where he
left off. I will be modifying it somewhat -- I have made a down payment
on a Rotec R3600 radial engine and will be rounding the fuselage --
can't have a rectangular biplane with a radial engine. Another
modification that I am presently working on is redesigning the landing
gear for a more conventional look and raising the fuselage to handle an
80 inch prop. Have a couple of questions at this point: 1) Has anyone
out there put a radial on a Kelly -- if so would love to bend his ear.
2) I am going to use Spruce shock absorber coil springs on the landing
gear -- part number 06-13200. I have a design worked out but know the
use of the springs has been done many times before. Does anyone have a
"standard design" -- don't necessarily want to recreate the wheel.
Maybe there is another spring/system that someone has been using.
Would appreciate any comments, ideas, etc.
Thanks,Stan
