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If I mounted the oil cooler on the pilot's side (behind Cyl# 4) how much clearance do I need between the oil cooler and the engine mount? I realize I will need to cut the cooler flange but not sure

Let me know when you get your project. I’m sure it will be ok. Jim H and his TW are still at Whitman. Sent: Friday, May 2, 2025 7:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TailwindForum]

Got a camera on your cell phone? Send a pic... Shit. Sent from my Pixel 5a [email protected]> wrote:

I also converted an old cougar, however I opted to change to wittmans gear leg reciever as part of the engine mount, the spring steel landing gear are well designed. I basically re built the tail end

Cat-Wind, you are not alone here. I am restoring a crashed Cougar here in New Zealand ( probably the only one in the southern hemisphere..please correct me if I am wrong). My Cougar is a hybrid having

My old friend 43.13 and I go way back :) What I'm trying to do is not make the same mistakes and un-informed decisions that everybody else in the Tailwind world have been through for the last XYZ

You've got a good dose of initiative. I wish you well. My reaction is akin to putting together a picture puzzle without a picture. You're going to be polishing up your reverse-engineering skills.

Wow, thanks Jim! When I get this thing back in my hangar, maybe I can beg you and Jim H to come visit and see this thing, and tell me whether I managed to buy a pig in a poke, or a half-decent little

Hi Bill Come visit some time Jim R Sent: Friday, May 2, 2025 5:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TailwindForum] Yes... ANOTHER new guy just bought a Cougar/Tailwind hybrid, Bill in

Thank you guys for continuing to participate in this discussion, I appreciate your helping me get "educated, motivated, and calibrated"! I will OF COURSE have a good look inside the wing to see what

The Cougar plans call for plywood wing covering from leading edge to rear spar. Fabric covering aft of rear spar. I think most ran the plywood all the way to the trailing edge. A few used fiberglass

Wing Struts: several early W8's were built with the much smaller wing struts used on several airplanes including the Sandbag Tailwind, originally N100G. 100G is being rebuilt in CO and will have a

It is actually “Lift to my own devices..,,” [email protected]> wrote:

Left to my own devices, I'd get it flying before making any improvements or modifications. No telling how its rigging and alignments have worked out. I'd hate to put a lot of effort into an airframe

Yes, the cougar wing will not have flaps, originally designed this way to ease building time and keep weight down. In addition, the extra inch spacing on the rear spar making it smaller in size, thus

So I got some additional info on this plane from the seller, a great guy named Fred who was kind enough to have a conversation with me even before I go up there to get the airplane. Apparently the

Look for posts from Valerie re: Piper trim. She had developed a buzz in the elevator from a lose cable. Sent from my Pixel 5a [email protected]> wrote:

So there are two ways of building the wing tips, one involves building from steel tubing and simply covering w fabric or there's the newer wooden designed ones that you basically splice into the

Cat Wind,I know that original Cougar wings are constructed much differently form Tailwind wings. TW wings are plywood covered and Cougar wings are fabric covered to a large extent. There are some

I got to meet Gene Hackman once many years ago, my family's house happened to be a block away from his house, and his son went to school at the same place I did. For reasons completely irrelevant to