Twin Cub

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 05/06/2017 at 14:35 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Twin Piper Cub was a thing. A weird thing, but a thing.

GE90man > f86sabre 05/06/2017 at 14:39

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wut

Tareim - V8 powered > f86sabre 05/06/2017 at 14:53

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looks like a disaster waiting to happen

Kiltedpadre > f86sabre 05/06/2017 at 15:17

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Even weirder; apparently it was made using a Cub and a Cub Coupe. It still only had two seats too. Only the right fuselage was used and instead of some fancy synchronizer to keep the props from hitting the added a spacer to move the left prop forward.

http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/aircraft/Piper-TwinCub.html

That makes the tri-pacer twin look almost normal!

LongbowMkII > Kiltedpadre 05/06/2017 at 16:53

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But that has one fuselage where the OP has a dual fuselage.

Kiltedpadre > LongbowMkII 05/06/2017 at 16:56

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Yes, I just included it because it was the next design attempt from Harold Wagner to create a budget twin engine aircraft.

Aero > f86sabre 05/06/2017 at 17:17

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This and the Twin Ercoupe, they’re like cousins!

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Tareim - V8 powered 05/06/2017 at 17:36

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yes

Tareim - V8 powered > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 05/06/2017 at 17:43

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ah that explains it a bit better, wondered how they engineered it to try and prevent blades from clashing

facw > Tareim - V8 powered 05/06/2017 at 17:44

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It’s disappointing, I was hoping for some clever meshing instead of just an offset.

Tareim - V8 powered > facw 05/06/2017 at 17:45

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that’s what I was expecting but the potential for the 2 props to clash is rather high due to rpm fluctuation amongst other things

facw > Tareim - V8 powered 05/06/2017 at 17:46

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Yeah, you need to have some mechanism to keep them in time. I think there are some multi-prop helicopters with blades that can mesh?

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > facw 05/06/2017 at 17:56

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