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BC12D redone into Auster Replica????
I was reading the Taylorcraft story and saw how Taylorcraft of England added a Gipsy Major to there Model C and made the Auster. I would like to build a Auster Replica using a BC12D (1946)basket case I know of and add the Gipsy Major , the fuel tank mods(wing tanks and a header tank) and the windows.
The C was a A/B with 90,000psi English tubing instead of 10-20 steel that the A and B were made out of. I'd like to hang a Gipsy Major in place of the 65cont. (like the Auster)remove the fuselage tank and add wing tanks and a header tank. Last add the windows/greenhouse in the rear. I'd keep it 2 place and not change it to sticks like the Auster.
I talked to the FAA and the guy there said to check with the Taylorcraft Foundation to see if it's been done before. I asked about using the English drawings to get FAA to go along with the modes and still be a cert. aircraft or even Expermental. He said they should help, but if the Taylorcraft Foundation knew of one that was being done or had been done that would make it easier. So My ? is has anyone ever done that before--or is anyone doing one now?
The basketcase I know of needs longerons replaced--so I could increase the tube thickness to reinforce the fuselage. I would use the English drawings to build a motor mount and to add the windows in the rear.
Please give me your feedback! I am the Grasshopper Squadron Leader for the Replica Fighter Assoc. and thought this would make a Fun-Low Cost_Replica Grasshopper that I could use as a LSA.
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Jan R. Hartgerink
The C was a A/B with 90,000psi English tubing instead of 10-20 steel that the A and B were made out of. I'd like to hang a Gipsy Major in place of the 65cont. (like the Auster)remove the fuselage tank and add wing tanks and a header tank. Last add the windows/greenhouse in the rear. I'd keep it 2 place and not change it to sticks like the Auster.
I talked to the FAA and the guy there said to check with the Taylorcraft Foundation to see if it's been done before. I asked about using the English drawings to get FAA to go along with the modes and still be a cert. aircraft or even Expermental. He said they should help, but if the Taylorcraft Foundation knew of one that was being done or had been done that would make it easier. So My ? is has anyone ever done that before--or is anyone doing one now?
The basketcase I know of needs longerons replaced--so I could increase the tube thickness to reinforce the fuselage. I would use the English drawings to build a motor mount and to add the windows in the rear.
Please give me your feedback! I am the Grasshopper Squadron Leader for the Replica Fighter Assoc. and thought this would make a Fun-Low Cost_Replica Grasshopper that I could use as a LSA.
Thanks
Jan R. Hartgerink
There was also the MK 4 & 5 that used an 0-290 Lycoming , which may be a more reliable engine than the failure prone Gypsy . Also , BTW , Auster was never certificated in the US .
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