I was alerted over at Back Country Pilot that there was so great activity and discussion in regards to the stretched pacer build going on over here so I just had to show up! My name is Streeter Clow and I am in North Central Ohio and I just brought home a new project this past Sunday and tore right into it. Back in the 1990's while I Was in high school a good friend on my dads was working on a Javelin V6 STOL build that I was in love with.... not the Ford engine by any means but the 4 place Bush style aircraft as a whole. After seeing the Producer on several sites over the past 3-4 years building a stretched pacer has been all I could think about. This past month I found out that my friends build from the 90's was in a warehouse about 1 mile from my home airport and was in need of a new owner. It has been sitting for quite sometime and needed some love. I went to look at it and was just to overwhelmed by the great deal I could it for and decided it just had to come home with me. The first day was simply getting it to my shop and taking inventory of all the parts. I could not stand to look at it with that Ford engine hanging on the nose so off it came before the airframe was even rolled into the shop. Yesterday I nicely removed all the electrical and labeled it. I left everything for the ignition on the firewall and removed it as a whole. The instrument panel came out and placed on the shelf. Today was the first real day of work. The entire airframe was uncovered and I started to remove the floor. I was really surprised how the nice tubing was underneath. Saturday will be getting ready to inspect the tubes and formulate a plan for what will be changed. My good friend who is building an experimental cub right now has an engineering background and is helping me out. I LOVE the gear on the producers and plan to go that route. I will make two sets up front since we will be doing them here in house. My friend also owns a full fabrication shop so that comes in handy! After reading all the Blanton manuals and reviewing the plans I can see some things that need major changes. I really look forward to all the expertise on here. I was blown away when I say Airwrench offering help up in D.A.'s thread. One thing about me is that I have thick skin and mostly want a SAFE, good performer.
A little wish list for the build is as follows...
- 60 inch sky light.
- Elongated and squared off rear windows.
- Super Cub style gear, hopefully with AOSS.
- Second smaller baggage door above the stock one for the top baggage area.
- Second light set up in the right wing with LED lighting.
- ACS billet yokes.
- Gullwing patroller doors on both sides.
- Squared off PA-18 sized tail.
- O-360 up front.
Right now the wings are extended 18 inches each with the ailerons pushed out to the Hornier tips. I am still trying to process the semi cantilever design as mine utilizes the heavy duty 5/8 fork struts in the standard PA-22 length. My flaps are 87 inches long.
I was trying to link some picks but the post kept getting denied. As soon as I figure it out I Will post some of the progress so far!
A little wish list for the build is as follows...
- 60 inch sky light.
- Elongated and squared off rear windows.
- Super Cub style gear, hopefully with AOSS.
- Second smaller baggage door above the stock one for the top baggage area.
- Second light set up in the right wing with LED lighting.
- ACS billet yokes.
- Gullwing patroller doors on both sides.
- Squared off PA-18 sized tail.
- O-360 up front.
Right now the wings are extended 18 inches each with the ailerons pushed out to the Hornier tips. I am still trying to process the semi cantilever design as mine utilizes the heavy duty 5/8 fork struts in the standard PA-22 length. My flaps are 87 inches long.
I was trying to link some picks but the post kept getting denied. As soon as I figure it out I Will post some of the progress so far!
