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I have some skills doing it. I already built a motorcycle before. Im just not sure where to start from. I need blueprints or something. Then i can decide wich material i use.Do you have the mechanical skills, welding skills, fabricating skills, etc. to build a car from scratch ?
If you do, you might attempt it, but it's going to be even harder to build a aircraft of any sort, let alone a WW2 fighter.
Hey. This might be a dumb question. Actually im a guy that can fly a plane. Only small ones like C172 or ASK23 / 21.
Because im very bored and i want to do something nice, i actually want to reconstruckt a Fighter out of WW2 in real size. Something like a Bf109 (G2 or K4 or something like that).
Im just aiming for a design with a retractable landing gear, good power and that "old" fighter look.
I love those planes and i really wanna try to do it. Of course I dont want to perfectly reconstruckt everything, but close to that. So what do you think? Where can i get blueprints from? Where should i start? Is it even possible for a "layman" like me? I know everything a PPL - having person knows about a plane. Im in a club for flying (idk the exact word for that in english, its something like a flight school).
Why not go after a piper j3 cub.
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Storch would be awesome!
Having worked on Storches, they are interesting airplanes, but have a few drawbacks.... They are slow....incredibly slow, an 85 horse Cub is faster....They are not heat tolerant, unless you have the tropical oil cooler, and I don't think any of them that fly these days have one. They take a larger hangar to store, unless you have several people to help you fold and unfold the wings. They do not like long taxis, as the wheels have bushings and not bearings, and the original brakes are marginal for hard surfaces. Easiest way to put it, if it's ballooning weather, then it's Storch time!
LOL...A friend flew on of them from the Fort Worth area where it was based, down to Harlingen one year for the big airshow and to winter it down there....His biggest complaint after the heat in the cockpit, was being passed by every VW beetle on the interstate he was following. Wes said he averaged about 51 mph for the trip down. He refused to fly it back in the spring. You know it's slow when a 48 hp, air cooled Bug can outrun you......I would not buy one for speed. As a pilot and an A&P I think it would be enjoyable to fly, and to work on.