Best Class AOshkosh

[flybikefarm]

Way to go Mike!!!!!

Custom Class A (0-80 hp) - Small Plaque
Michael Lazarowicz
Port Clinton, Ohio
1946 Taylorcraft BC12D, N95817

[robbie]

Re: Best Class AOshkosh

Saw your plane on Thursday. Very nice job, one of the best Taylorcrafts I've seen and I've been looking at them for 32 years.

[Hank Jarrett]

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For those of us who couldn't make it....HOW ABOUT SOME DETAILS!!!
Hank

And maybe a few photos?

[Ryan]

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Nice job mike! Missed you up there.

[Dano"T"]

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I missed some of you guys there. I flew my cub there this year instead of my TCraft on floats. Most fun year ever.

[mike lutz]

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Laz,s T-craft is by far the best I,ve seen.I have seen a lot of show planes over the years and his is right at the top.A very outstanding good job! Way to go laz.Congrats to you,and well deserved.

[Hank Jarrett]

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Didn't ANYONE take a camera?!?!?!

Hank

[crispy critter]

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I agree with hank, I wanna see a picture or two of this taylorcraft.......pleeeeeaase?

[waltermrich]

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Something to pass on, while at Oshkosh I stopped at the Wag-Aero both and spoke with Bill Read, I asked him about them now selling Douglas Fir spars for Taylorcrafts. He told me that He had found that on the original Taylorcraft drawings used for certification that Douglas Fir was the material used in there spars. I asked him for a copy but he was not willing to share that document. He told me that Spruce is becoming harder to get and the quality is not what it used to be and the Japanese are getting most of it. On another note I do have some nice pictures of the Taylorcrafts present at Oshkosh but Im not very skilled at the computer.

[M Towsley]

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If it does exist he probably got it from Forrest.

[crispy critter]

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I believe I have a copy of that drawing somewhere too that says something about Douglas fir, however it also states they were laminated. The later 19 models used one piece spruce from what I can remember. I will try to dig out my info and see what I can find out on that. Spruce is stronger, fir is cheaper, not sure which is lighter(spruce I think), but either will work nicely. I do believe all the fir spars on taylorcrafts were laminated from the factory, however as my wife is so often reminding me, I've been wrong before,lol. Please correct me if this is incorrect.

[ajfriz]

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Fir is stronger, but it is heavier. My original spars were spruce.

[Hank Jarrett]

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It can get confusing. Spruce is stronger PER POUND, Fir is stronger per cubic inch. Fir is heavier per cubic inch and per pound of load capacity.

If you make a spar from Fir that was originally Spruce to the same dimensions it will be much stronger and somewhat heavier. If you make a Fir spar to the same strength it will be a little heavier and smaller than the Spruce spar. If you make a Fir spar to the same weight as the spruce spar it will be smaller and WEAKER than the Spruce (DON'T DO THAT ONE!)

Since the dimensions are fixed for our spars a Fir spar will be heavier and stronger, but it isn't by much.

Now for the laminated spars. They made laminated Spruce and Fir spars. The reason you laminate is the wood quality is lower or you are worried about compression fractures (when a tree bends over a rock, bump or other tree when felled). When you laminate you reduce the chances that there is a defect that could cause failure through the whole height of the spar and you can use slightly cheaper wood and still have the same safety margin.

Hank

[dmack]

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It is a very nice looking T-craft for sure! Here are a few shots of it at Oshkosh.

[Hank Jarrett]

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WOAH!! The closer you look the more nice details you see.

One question, where are the Registry N numbers? Looks so good no one noticed?

Hank