Pilawt
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This 1962 prototype was a major manufacturer's attempt to build a plastic airplane. What was it?
Pilawt said:This 1962 prototype was a major manufacturer's attempt to build a plastic airplane. What was it?
No ... the shape of the cowl and horizontal tail might be a clue to the manufacturer.Henning said:That's gotta be NA... what, the Naviette?
Pilawt said:No ... the shape of the cowl and horizontal tail might be a clue to the manufacturer.
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The screams are accurate. Piper never used plastic ([SIZE=-1]phenolic honeycomb core covered with fiberglass[/SIZE]), either, but they built this one. Anyone know the model number/name? In keeping with Piper's other model names, the name of this little one is appropriate.Henning said:Well the cowl screams Piper, but I'd never known them to use a sliding canopy.
Pilawt said:The screams are accurate. Piper never used plastic ([SIZE=-1]phenolic honeycomb core covered with fiberglass[/SIZE]), either, but they built this one. Anyone know the model number/name? In keeping with Piper's other model names, the name of this little one is appropriate.
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I dig the humor , but ironically enough the sun did have something to do with this the failure of this airplane.Dave Krall CFII said:This one was called the Solar Wind.
An early attempt at solar powered flight, it failed dismally due to the small size of the collector grid , visible on the wing.
Pilawt said:I dig the humor , but ironically enough the sun did have something to do with this the failure of this airplane.
Pilawt said:The screams are accurate. Piper never used plastic ([SIZE=-1]phenolic honeycomb core covered with fiberglass[/SIZE]), either, but they built this one. Anyone know the model number/name? In keeping with Piper's other model names, the name of this little one is appropriate.
-- Pilawt
Pilawt said:I dig the humor , but ironically enough the sun did have something to do with this the failure of this airplane.
Pilawt said:The screams are accurate. Piper never used plastic ([SIZE=-1]phenolic honeycomb core covered with fiberglass[/SIZE]), either, but they built this one. Anyone know the model number/name? In keeping with Piper's other model names, the name of this little one is appropriate.
-- Pilawt
Piper PA-29 Papoose, designed by Fred Weick. Didn't roll smoothly off the assembly line, however. The plastic construction didn't take well to either sunlight or humidity. Piper thought these issues could be solved, but concluded there wasn't enough saving of cost or weight to make it worthwhile.lancefisher said:Piper Papoose? Rolls off the tongue rather smoothly.