Re: Racing Brewster Buffalo "Satan's toy"; pictures @ p2

[63cpe]

IMG_20181208_224050396 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

No need to explain it's  work in progress....

Njoy!
David aka 63cpe

[Old Wombat]

Can you move the wings forward? I can envision certain mass distribution problems if you can't.

Funky idea, though!

[Tophe]

Glory Alleluia! The Gee-Bee racer had a daughter!

[zenrat]

 

[63cpe]

Thank gentlemen!

@Old Wombat; not wing can't get any futher forward. Neither can the engine move backward... I guess the R3350's are kinda lumpy engines...

[Old Wombat]

She's gonna be a nose-sitter, then.

[kerick]

Thank gentlemen!

@Old Wombat; not wing can't get any futher forward. Neither can the engine move backward... I guess the R3350's are kinda lumpy engines...

You need a gull wing but not in the usual plane. Sweep the inner part of the wing forward then add the straight wing.

[PR19_Kit]

There's no structural reason why the leading edge of the wing shouldn't be forward of the rear edge of the engine cowling. The main spar, at around 1/3 chord, could pass immediately aft of the main engine bulkhead, which would mean the leading edge could move forward a couple of feet.

[63cpe]

Your right. Import thing to me, is to retain the Buffalo's typical landing gear. So, The leading edge will be moved forward.  Some styrene strips will sort it.

[zenrat]

Canards?

[63cpe]

Nah, think moving the wings forward makes a more pleasing shape.

[Dizzyfugu]

That looks dangerous.. Already saw it in the Pond Racer thing's background and wondered what it was...?

[KiwiZac]

3350? It sounds like a suicide machine. I like it!

[Weaver]

Yep - looks like somebody said the Gee-Bee was the most dangerous racing plane ever built and somebody else said "hold my beer..." 

3350? It sounds like a suicide machine. I like it!

Sprung from cages on Highway Nine?
Chrome wheels, fuel injected and stepping out over the line?

[scooter]

Yep - looks like somebody said the Gee-Bee was the most dangerous racing plane ever built and somebody else said "hold my beer..." 

3350? It sounds like a suicide machine. I like it!

Sprung from cages on Highway Nine?
Chrome wheels, fuel injected and stepping out over the line?

Considering its a Brewster, was it built by a quiet kid from Jersey?