Ferrari Mailing List: Re: My Experience with a Kit Car Owner

[LarryT (l02turner]

Britt asked:<<Hey, does anybody make flying replicas of WWII aircraft? Now that 
would be neat! Would you car guys feel the same way about a carefully made 
P38/Mustang/B24 flying replica
as you would a car? What >>

Hi Britt,
Yep.  the fighter planes are available at least.  The 4 engined bombers are not 
being reproduced AFAIK - probably the complexity keeps interest low but there 
is 1 (only) flying B29 and a (very) few B24s and B17s.  But there's lots to 
choose from in WW2 fighters.  The Mustang is very popular with several 
full-sized and 2/3 size replica kits being offered.  The FW190 is also very 
popular as it was a high performance plane like the P51 and had very attractive 
lines.  The P38 is also available along with the F4U Corsair.   I believe the 
Storch kit is produced in Australia - the Storch was a long-legged (tall 
landing gear) German reconnaissance aircraft that can fly in as little as 20 
kts (!!) of breeze making it incredibly easy to land and take off - at least 
the speeds are low.  For the truely adventurous there are helicopter kits!

I believe the OshKosh FlyIn has a special section for kit/Experimental aircraft.

The P51 is the Cobra of the airplane kit crowd. 

All these are intended to be experimental home builts and can be built using a 
variety of engines.  Not sure if any Me-262s are being offered but several Migs 
are usually offered for sale at any time.  Since they run on kerosene they're 
pretty cheap to fly - don;t know how the spare parts business is though - 

Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Britt2Asa [at] aol.com 
  To: l02turner [at] comcast.net 
  Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com 
  Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 10:53 AM
  Subject: Re: [Ferrari] My Experience with a Kit Car Owner


  But of course the MG was AVAILABLE with a V8 here in the UK, my neighbor has 
one and its a MGC so unless you want to argue that its not the original type V8 
its not that big a step as they were produced at the factory that way.

  Didn't the lowly Alpine contribute to the original Cobra design where the big 
V8 was shovelled into the little British chassie?

  On eof the neat things about living in the UK is the huge number of very 
small motor manufacturers that exist or use to exist here....Bristols, TVRs 
(until two months ago), Lotus, Noble, Jenson (which comes and goes every year), 
ect.

  True these are not really replicas of OTHER cars (and I understand that 
point) but I think there is a fine line between a replica car (minus its 
badges) and a "genuine" car with modifications......Wouldn't a MGB with a V8 
added really be a replica of an MGC? 

  Its interesting to see the way people feel about these things. I do find it 
funny that a person who copies a type of boat as close as possible (maybe the 
hull design and layout work has already been done but they want it out of steel 
for instances) would never call their boat a "replica" no matter how close it 
looks to the genuine thing. I wonder if its because boats are still largely 
handmade and many people don't know the difference between them?

  Hey, does anybody make flying replicas of WWII aircraft? Now that would be 
neat! Would you car guys feel the same way about a carefully made 
P38/Mustang/B24 flying replica
  as you would a car? What if it was a type of plane that there were none left 
in flying condition or say the only one was in the Smithsonian so that the only 
way you or your kids could experience the sight and sound of that aircraft was 
with a replica. You wouldn't wear a fake Rolex but would you look at and admire 
a replica plane?

  Britt


    Many MGB owners prefer a V8 because 
    of the wonder burble that comes with a bog ol 'merican V8.





  BR in the UK
  1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK
  1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles)