| | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 Member/10,000+ posts! | | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 | OK, all of you that are experienced with the Woody Pusher [ barnstormers.com] please share all that you know about them? Don't ya think Justina and I would look good in this? (Supposedly the baggage compartment is large enough for Cheyenne's kennel.)  Bill Grants Pass, Oregon | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 11,390 Likes: 923 Member/10,000+ posts! | | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 11,390 Likes: 923 | Bill,
75 hp seems a little light for two with baggage. I've flown some two-place airplanes with less power, 65 hp. Cub and 32 hp Aeronca C-3, and they can barely get out of their own way (the Aeronca can be just plain scary if there are any obstructions).
I do not know the airplane, and performance data for experimental airplanes sometimes doesn't exist or may be incredibly spotty or optimistic. I hope you can fly the airplane heavy and get a good feel for what it can and cannot do before you buy.
Best regards,
Rick | | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 Member/10,000+ posts! | | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 | Bill,
75 hp seems a little light for two with baggage. I've flown some two-place airplanes with less power, 65 hp. Cub and 32 hp Aeronca C-3, and they can barely get out of their own way (the Aeronca can be just plain scary if there are any obstructions).
I do not know the airplane, and performance data for experimental airplanes sometimes doesn't exist or may be incredibly spotty or optimistic. I hope you can fly the airplane heavy and get a good feel for what it can and cannot do before you buy.
Best regards,
Rick Good point Rick. But we know somebody that has a low time O-200 that is just waiting for a new owner............  Bill Grants Pass, Oregon | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 11,390 Likes: 923 Member/10,000+ posts! | | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 11,390 Likes: 923 | Bill,
75 hp seems a little light for two with baggage. I've flown some two-place airplanes with less power, 65 hp. Cub and 32 hp Aeronca C-3, and they can barely get out of their own way (the Aeronca can be just plain scary if there are any obstructions).
I do not know the airplane, and performance data for experimental airplanes sometimes doesn't exist or may be incredibly spotty or optimistic. I hope you can fly the airplane heavy and get a good feel for what it can and cannot do before you buy.
Best regards,
Rick Good point Rick. But we know somebody that has a low time O-200 that is just waiting for a new owner............ Bill Grants Pass, Oregon You might have something there... | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,253 Likes: 1 Member/1500+posts | | Member/1500+posts Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,253 Likes: 1 | Bill,
That same airplane used to be based here in Ohio...with the smile and missing tooth. I met the owner at the Mideastern Fly in in Marion Ohio, about five years ago. He was offering the plane for $8000.00. He had bought it in Texas a few years before. I can't think of any reason the price would almost double. It was airworthy when I saw it.
Jim
C150M N66062
...on the trailing edge of technology.
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 9,798 Likes: 97 Member/7500+posts | | Member/7500+posts Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 9,798 Likes: 97 | I could not see you and Justina being happy with that airplane.
Perhaps I don't have the vision...but, open cockpit? Taildragger? It might be fun for a weekend...but to commit to using that aircraft exclusively? I don't think so.
Gary Shreve When writing the story of your life, never, ever let someone else hold the pen. [ Linked Image] | | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 4,842 Likes: 259 Member/2500+posts | | Member/2500+posts Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 4,842 Likes: 259 | Looks like a modern remake of the Curtis-Write Junior. Flew a 1931 Curtis Write Jr. back in college that had an 85 HP Continental Engine (big improvement over it's originality 45 HP three cylinder). Plane was crated up after the owner died. Don't know where it ended up. Often wished I could locate it and buy it.
Performed similar to a J-3 Cub, with notably slower climb, and less responsive. Very docile handling. very touchy in cross winds, acts like a weather vain. Fair weather flyer but fun.
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,204 Likes: 1 Member/2500+posts | | Member/2500+posts Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,204 Likes: 1 | OK, all of you that are experienced with the Woody Pusher [ barnstormers.com] please share all that you know about them? Don't ya think Justina and I would look good in this? (Supposedly the baggage compartment is large enough for Cheyenne's kennel.) Bill Grants Pass, Oregon As near as I can tell, the portrait of you on the nose is spot on, Bill!  | | | | | Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 2,698 Likes: 1 Member/2500+posts | | Member/2500+posts Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 2,698 Likes: 1 | Bill- Saw an Ercoupe 415 (LS legal)for sale in Trade-A-Plane last week. Price in high teens and I think it was in the NW, too. Will look around if you're interested. Addenda: Bill, The TAP website ad. Not in NW, but in Illinois. Sorry for the confusion. http://www.trade-a-plane.com/detail/1297713.html
Last edited by Dennis_Geivett; 05/23/11 03:13 PM. Reason: wrong model: aaded website address
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 Member/10,000+ posts! | | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 | Bill,
That same airplane used to be based here in Ohio...with the smile and missing tooth. I met the owner at the Mideastern Fly in in Marion Ohio, about five years ago. He was offering the plane for $8000.00. He had bought it in Texas a few years before. I can't think of any reason the price would almost double. It was airworthy when I saw it. Thanks Jim. That is good to know. Bill Grants Pass. Oregon | | |
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