Tail documents
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 12:03 pm
I was looking back through the 3 ring binders of invoices, new letters and bankruptcy notices and came across these 2 documents that might be useful to folks new to the express. I'm not advocating for or against the CT. Full disclosure I'm building a CT model. Over the years there has been a lot of controversy about the tail. A lot of hours have been flown on CT models and a lot of hours have been flown on the low tail.
For reference, I found some initial Wheeler documents (circa 1988) that showed the initial design was for a 200hp (IO-360 variations) GW #2300 on 5.00-5 tires. They changed to 600-6 mains and increased the GW to #2663.
Again, not taking sides, not trying to start a war. Just info for those that might not know the history. Along with these 2 documents you should google for the Express CAFE article.
The "editail" file is not all that clear, I had to reduce the resolution to cut the file size down so I could upload. But I think it's still readable.
For reference, I found some initial Wheeler documents (circa 1988) that showed the initial design was for a 200hp (IO-360 variations) GW #2300 on 5.00-5 tires. They changed to 600-6 mains and increased the GW to #2663.
Again, not taking sides, not trying to start a war. Just info for those that might not know the history. Along with these 2 documents you should google for the Express CAFE article.
The "editail" file is not all that clear, I had to reduce the resolution to cut the file size down so I could upload. But I think it's still readable.