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Any Moldless Composite Designed Amphibians?

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durabol

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Nov 9, 2009, 10:43:27 PM11/9/09
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I was wondering if their are any moldless composite designed
amphibians? I am definitely not an aeronautical engineer and don't
want to try to design something. Some examples of this type of
construction are: Long-EZ, Cozy, Quickie, Q-200, Vari-Eze, Velocity

I know their are some drawbacks to this type of construction: mainly
that the strength to weight is less compared to molded parts, the
surface finish needs a lot of work and it must be stored out of the
sun.

Brock

flybynightkarmarepair

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Nov 10, 2009, 8:00:22 PM11/10/09
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I'm not sure if the Glass Goose was moldless or premolded - it was
kind of a mess anyway, the blunt aft sections of the fuselage shed
vortices into the pusher prop, and produced uncommanded yaws at
cruising speed of 20-30 degrees. Gary Legare was the genius behind
that design.

Looks pre-molded: http://www.glassgoose.com/index.html
Hopefully they fixed the aerodynamic problem with vortex generators or
a redesign.

Peter van Dine out of Annapolis designed and built the Merganser:
http://www.1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/VanTilborg/9192.htm

http://www.eaachapter478.org/Newsletters/478%20Aug%2007%20Newsletter.pdf
Look for a photo of a COMPLETELY different amphib also built by Pete.

Merganser Aircraft
7656 Binnacle Ln, Owings, MD
(410) 741-5075

Air Shark, Seawind, those were definitely pre-molded.

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