Paul, Do you have a folder of Rhino files that people ask for? Things

    like, engine, motor mount, gearbox, radiators, cowls, louvers. I gave

    up on trying to model my FWF in Inventor and recently started with

    Rhino. Waaay better. It would be even easier if I could get some

    files to start working with. Something like a FWF design care

    package.



    Paul Shamlian



    Sure no problem. What kind of airplane are you building? Are zip

    files OK. Some corporations like Boeing do not allow them?



    I have tons.



    Paul Lamar





No problem with zip files here. Aircraft is a Bearhawk Patrol. Thanks.

    Paul Shamlian



OK Paul here it is.

The JPG  rendering is what it looks like.



Paul Lamar





Paul,





Both the heat exchangers in this drawing fit my design pretty good. Will

you tell me where to get them?



Thanks,



Will Aldridge



That's a Dodge pick up truck rad.  20 by 30 inches. Any rad shop can

order it.

The oil cooler is stock RX7



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How's it coming Will. Have you constructed some of it?



Paul Lamar







Paul,



Yes I have built some of it.  I have a construction thread going here: http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/member-project-logs/16831-wa-1-2-spitsairwulfstang.html



I renamed this thread to the name of my plane, which is Spit-Sair-Wulf-Stang which indicates that I took styling cues from the Spitfire, Corsair, Fw-190, and Mustang.



Some of the pics you posted were of the design when I was still planning on hanging a corvair on the nose.  Still doing some design work on the flaps and aileron linkages.  The firewall forward portion of the design is also still somewhat fluid but overall the design is locked in and I’m building as I’m able.  Moved to Alaska over a year and a half ago then came back about 6 months ago.  The move beat up the stuff I had built and given the fact that my craftsmanship wasn’t the best and some design changes have occurred some of the parts will be rebuilt.  Fortunately just got a good job that will allow me to buy a house and I’m going to make sure I have a good work space so the pace ought to pick up on the build soon. But it’ll still be a few months till I have that workshop, so for now I’m just doing design work.



The tan and grey paintjob will be what the final product looks like with the sharksmouth on it.



As for the radiators in your drawing you better check the dimensions because the water cooler is more like 12 x 20 inches.



You’ll notice I have the Jeff Dodridge plate just thrown it for now.  I’ll need to design a custom plate for my setup since my fuselage is too narrow for the Jeffs plate.



Is there room for the starter to be on the opposite side of the engine (pilots right side)?  Given my current set up that would be the best spot for it, but it looks like the bolt holes to mount the engine will get in the way.  Putting it on the bottom is the second best option but it gets in the way of the water cooler intake.  I can of course make a bulge in the inside of the intake to accommodate the starter on the other side but there is all that unused real estate on the right side of the engine the I would prefer to take advantage of.



The other thing of note is the exhaust system.  It’s still a little rough but I’m going to put fish mouths on the end of the headers with holes punched Swiss cheese style in the portion of the header that is inside the ejector.  Baffles can be added inside the ejector aft of the headers if it’s still too loud.



Will Aldridge


Sometimes you can use the plate mounting bolts to do double duty for the starter.

Paul Lamar


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