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I stumbled upon an amazing web site for anyone who is interested in vintage RC aircraft magazines and catalogs available for free pdf downloads called https://rcbookcase.com/
They do have a donate link that could be well worth it to any Aviation Philantropy people out there
I subscribed to RCM From 1993 to its end in 2006 so it’s amazing to see all the high quality scans,
Many other magazines and even catalogs are available.
I can’t thank the curators enough for keeping this historical content alive on this web site, Outerzone, Buzz Sharpy on Face Book, and others.
The house and notably the pattern has been shown in several movies including Blade Runner, The Rocketeer, House on Haunted Hill & The 13th Floor to name a few.
Out of all five Mayan Revival houses FLW built the Ennis house is by far the most memorable, a true icon in the Archetecture world.
A few photos of the Ennis house and movies that used it or had set designs from it
Cargo was setup side by side with leading edge mounted doors
Only one XCG-16 was produced and flown. It had good flight qualities however had other deficiencies that turned the vote to the Waco offering.
For such an odd WWII one off prototype there are a few good videos on YouTube about it:
Very surprising there are no hits on Outerzone for the XCG-16.
With the ruled surfaces it would be rather easy to build one of these out of Balsa or even foam board.
Massive thanks to the Cafsocal web site above a detailed pdf is available, see the quick link below, with the combined with modern cad software and even 3D printing getting an accurate RC version is quite workable.
With the recent announcement that Sonex Aircraft is facing bankruptcy I wanted to do this month’s article on their last project known as “the high wing”.
I recently got to visit the Museum on a trip to Colorado, very impressive and well worth the visit for anyone who likes to see historic military aircraft.
Of special interest my Grandfather worked at Lowry for a few decades working on various simulators, training aids and general handy man for the USAF. Going through old family photo albums here is a picture of him (centered) receiving an award from one of the AFB leaders
very limited information exist on the aircraft, it was a 2 seat delta wing with a fan pusher configuration from the mid 1970’s
Only 2-3 protypes where built before the project ran out of money.
Beyond the out of funds issue, it looks like a real clean design and if the construction & flight qualities where really dialed in it would have likely done well.
The folding wings & tail would have been a huge selling point.
There is an out of print book about the 2-175 that may come up on e-bay or if you setup some kind of notified search.
Working in aircraft propulsion most of my career for the 1970’s era, a conventional pusher setup like a Long Eze would have done better, I do see a little bit of 737 Max contentions at play with the ducted fan its a much smaller diameter than a conventional prop, this gives it centerline thrust and very short landing gear. In the modern era there are some gas turbines that would likely do well with this configuration. Taking on a unique engine and airframe at the same time is a game of many will enter, few will win.
While a pusher can offer better visibility and “ramp apeal” a tractor configuration usually wins out in the end as most aircraft regardless of configuration need concentrated mass in the nose, not the tail and Tractor aircraft are way better at cooling particularly on the ground. With a Nose wheel configuration, a prop strike is not a factor like it is on a pusher. And like in cars an engine in the front usually provides better crash protection than an engine in the rear.
1st one wont let me embed it but you can click the watch on youtube link in the screen
I know from RC aircraft that delta wing aircraft if designed correctly can be Steller performers with a very high strength to weight ratio structure due to the short, thick wings. The glide ratio is not as good as a long aspect ratio conventional aircraft and can loose energy in a turn however the natural lighter wing loadings often help mitigate some of these flight qualities.
My original Moth (green) was powered by a Norvel .061 and logged a ton of flight time, it is a very reliable with predictable flight qualities. I had a ridiculous armada of RC planes to chose from with much larger, more advanced back in the day however my Green Moth was usually the go to.
2nd one was the E-Moth (blue) built around the time when 3 phase electric motors and lipo batteries first started becoming common in the mid 2000’s. Electric propulsion is more dialed in now to it would be worth it to try out a 5″ racing drone motor on it.
This one is the Climax Delta from RCM Plans, it was also another RC aircraft that I racked up alot of time on, featured a K&B engine with a factory tuned pipe
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