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| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 27-Jan-17 10:16 |  | | Views : 442 | | The 16 spoke wooden wheel is "laid out." The aluminum sleeve bearing is sized and cut, and the Hub and Toothpic Spokes are stained and ready. Now the hard part - drilling the "Felloe" holes in the rim into the same line as the "Moritse" female end holes in the hub, to take the "Tenon" male end point of the toothpic. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #233. MiG 17 | Parked | 27-Jan-17 09:57 |  | | Views : 1575 | | This pic goes BACK into my Hangar ... |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 26-Jan-17 11:29 |  | | Views : 551 | | Katherine Stinson - arguably the greatest femal aviator. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 26-Jan-17 11:26 |  | | Views : 475 | | Katherine Stinson - "The Flying Schoolgirl" |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 26-Jan-17 11:24 |  | | Views : 434 | | REMEMBERING KATHERINE STINSON She was the first woman to fly air mail in the US, and in Canada, she was the first person, man or woman, to deliver mail between Calgary and Edmonton. She set many records - Dec 11, 1917 she flew 610 miles non-stop friom San Diego to San Francisco in a record 9 hrs and 10 min. She was always a supporter of the Women's Suffragette movement and equal rights for women. In 1917 she became a Red Cross Ambulance Driver in Europe, where she contracted Influenza in the waning months of WW1, which later turned into Tuberculosis in 1920 and she had to enter a Sanitarium. This also ended her glorious, short-lived flying career, as she was too frail to fly anymore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-RL4Gu07J4 |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 26-Jan-17 11:13 |  | | Views : 444 | | REMEMBERING KATHERINE STINSON During WW1, she flew a Curtiss JN-4D for the American Red Cross, having been twice refused as a fighter pilot. In June 1916, she also flew into Western Canda at Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg. She took a boat with her plane to the big cities in Japan and China to flyl exhibitions and raise money for the Red Cross. In April 1917, the US entered the war, and she returned to the US with over $2,000,000 in charitable donations for the Red Cross. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-RL4Gu07J4 |
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| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 26-Jan-17 11:03 |  | | Views : 529 | | REMEMBERING KAHTERINE STINSON She was the 4th woman in the US to obtain a Pilot's Certificate on July 24, 1912 at age 21. By 1913, at age 22, she flew a Wright Model B Flyer on Exhibitions Circuits, billing herself as the "Flying Schoolgirl". All of her stunt flying was done in A/C using the Wright control system, which uses two side mounted levers for pitch and roll, and top mounted controls for throttle and yaw. By 1914 she was flying all over the US. On July 18, 1915 she was the first woman to perform a "LOOP" in an early "Laird" biplane. She was also the first woman to flly at night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-RL4Gu07J4 |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 26-Jan-17 10:50 |  | | Views : 441 | | REMEMBERING KATHERINE STINSON Feb 14, 1891 - July 8, 1977 at age 86. She was a Pioneer Aviatrix and Stunt Flyer, who, by the end of 1915 at age 24, had become a national flying sensation. Her flying inspired her younger brothers to form the Stinson Aircraft Company. She first became interested in flying when she took her first ride in 1912 from Jimmy Ward. She took fllying lessons at the Wright Flying School and soloed after 4 hrs of instruction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-RL4Gu07J4 12 min video of the Stinson family |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 25-Jan-17 19:36 |  | | Views : 477 | | This is what the 12 spoker looks like on the undercarriage. I will try to make a 16 spoke wheel tomorrow. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 25-Jan-17 19:33 |  | | Views : 442 | | The wheel has 12 spokes - six on each side and equal "dishing". The kit supplied hardwood wheels are flat on one side and weigh 5.0 grams. I cut up (by hand!) a whole bunch more rims of 6, 7, and 8 mm widths. This wheel is 5.7 mm width. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 25-Jan-17 19:26 |  | | Views : 456 | | This wheel has 0.080" diameter hardwood toothpics for spokes, wheel hub is soft balsa, the sleeve bushing to hold the axle is 1/8" OD Aluminum tube (1/16" hole), the rim is 1 5/8" OD PVC gray plastic plumbing pipe having a wall thickness of 0.152". |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 25-Jan-17 19:18 |  | | Views : 471 | | My first try at a wooden spoke wheel resulted in dismal failure. Then I tightened up the jig securely and it worked better. |
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