New Corvalis Paint scheme

[Shiny Side Up]

Ok, all the new TAAs out there usually aren't my thing, but this caught my eye gracing the cover of Sept 2012's AOPA pilot issue. I will say of all of the new fangled airplanes out there the Corvalis is the one I'd drop cash on if I had that kind of cash.



But then I've always been partial to "splinter" camo schemes.

[Beefitarian]

I am highly in favour of you getting that plane! I'll buy a bunch of fuel so we can go zipping around in it.

[Trematode]

Love the other two pics you posted, Shiny -- but that corvalis paint job looks like the sort of design you'd see on the cover of a grade school math textbook in the mid 1980's!

[Beefitarian]

Yeah, isn't it awesome?

[akoch]

The paint looks sharp. Probably a great airplane. I wish they only placed the stick at where it belongs - in the middle. So you can use either hand interchangeably. Just how the mother nature wanted it, guys will know.

[Shiny Side Up]

The paint looks sharp.

I just like that its different not the usual bland curves and swirls that most new aircraft seem to get.

Probably a great airplane. I wish they only placed the stick at where it belongs - in the middle. So you can use either hand interchangeably. Just how the mother nature wanted it, guys will know.

Stick position is sort of irrelevant for such a machine. Its to get you places quick with a reasonable amount of comfort and I can't fault it for that. Its odd you don't see more of them since they beat the pants off of their contemporaries for what they do. I guess having a BRS that probably won't save you is more important.

but that corvalis paint job looks like the sort of design you'd see on the cover of a grade school math textbook in the mid 1980's!

Hence the awesomeness. Math rocks!

Love the other two pics

The last pic is unfortunately of a model, I have one similar somewhere. If I really was a bazillionaire I'd have one replicated since the originals were all expended. How many other biplanes would there be out there with 880 hp and stand up to 9G with bumpy cowls and everything.

[Beefitarian]

Its odd you don't see more of them since they beat the pants off of their contemporaries for what they do. I guess having a BRS that probably won't save you is more important.

They's expensive. I have not flown one but of all the new planes I've ever sat in on a ramp they seem like the nicest.

[Trematode]

The last pic is unfortunately of a model, I have one similar somewhere. If I really was a bazillionaire I'd have one replicated since the originals were all expended. How many other biplanes would there be out there with 880 hp and stand up to 9G with bumpy cowls and everything.

It's that fascist Italian bi-plane, in Spanish civil war colors (the big white x on the rudder), correct?

Loved those old paint schemes -- especially the German designs in ww2. I remember lots of fw190 schemes being pretty similar with lots of triangles/right angles and earthy colors.

[Colonel Sanders]

FW190 was an awesome airplane. Too bad there
aren't more of them still flying. Did you know it was
the inspiration for the Hawker Sea Fury, after Hawker
examined a captured FW190 during WWII?

Another WWII fighter that doesn't get much attention
is the elliptical wing P-47. It was tremendously effective
in air-to-ground - destroyed an amazing number of tanks,
trucks and artillery pieces - and didn't do too bad in air-to-air,
either. It could handle either the bf109 or the FW190.

But none of these tremendous radial engine airplanes
(FW190, Sea Fury, P-47) get much fanfare. Instead
people like the dainty liquid-cooled V-12's which can
be shot down by a .22 in the radiator.

[Shiny Side Up]

Another WWII fighter that doesn't get much attention
is the elliptical wing P-47.

The P-47 is awesome. I got to sit inside one once, its pretty imposing. the cockpit isn't very big considering the rest of the aircraft, you get the idea fitting a pilot in was a secondary consideration. Big engine and lots of firepower, the running theme behind most of Kartaveli's creations. Speaking of, is a very interesting guy to read about.

It's that fascist Italian bi-plane, in Spanish civil war colors (the big white x on the rudder), correct?

While you're correct that said airplane is in Spanish Nationalist markings (incidentally Spain still uses the black "X" on the white on their aircraft), its not Italian, rather a German Henshel Hs 123.

[Colonel Sanders]

IMHO "the" classic biplane is the Bucker Jungmeister:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCcker_B%C3%BC_133

There's a nice guy who flies the snot out of a yellow one
at the Geneseo Airshow every year. It's a little Quasimodo-ish
(Marty Feldman probably flew one to prepare for his role
in Young Frankenstein) but what a cool little biplane!

He has a Lyc 540 with a (gulp) 3-metal blade prop on it.
I would put an M14-PF w/MT prop on it.

[Colonel Sanders]

If you want to learn more about the (forgotten) P-47:

http://www.amazon.com/Hell-Hawks-Americ ... 0760338256

The Allied invasion of Normandy simply could not have
progressed without the P-47.

[Shiny Side Up]

Oh it could have, just on a different course. Airplanes designed for less glamourous roles typically don't get the spotlight that the fighters get no matter how important they might be and how well they perform. After all, there's only 1 flying Il-2 left in the world despite the fact that at one time they were considered as important to beating the Nazis as "ammunition and bread."

Incidentally, the P-47 is hardly forgotten. The USAF still flies Thunderbolt IIs, no one flies Mustang IIs or Spitfire IIs.

[Beefitarian]

Another WWII fighter that doesn't get much attention
is the elliptical wing P-47.

The P-47 is awesome. I got to sit inside one once, its pretty imposing. the cockpit isn't very big considering the rest of the aircraft, you get the idea fitting a pilot in was a secondary consideration.

They must have only let little guys fly in WW II. When the nice guy giving us a tour let me sit in Old Yeller I found out I probably can't fly a P-51 even if my wife gets a better job. I was wedged in pretty tight. I did not play with the seat but closing the canopy wasn't an option with my melon in the way either.

[Trematode]

While you're correct that said airplane is in Spanish Nationalist markings (incidentally Spain still uses the black "X" on the white on their aircraft), its not Italian, rather a German Henshel Hs 123.

Cool to know! I forgot the germans had their biplanes too. Was thinking it was a fiat or something.

I imagine they would have been fighting polikarpov i-16's and i-15 right?

Never really did know much about the spanish civil war, but a lot of the aviation on display there was precursor to WW2, especially on the eastern front, which I always found fascinating.

[Colonel Sanders]

only let little guys fly in WW II

They were all young and skinny. If you were a
25 yr old pilot in WWII you were an ancient, old
man - at least a squadron leader or wingco.

[DHC-1 Jockey]

Those camouflage schemes kind of remind me of the style used on some WWII warships:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage

[Shiny Side Up]

only let little guys fly in WW II

They were all young and skinny. If you were a
25 yr old pilot in WWII you were an ancient, old
man - at least a squadron leader or wingco.

People were also just plain smaller back then. Remember that if you were in your early 20's during the second war, you were born at the end of the first, and there was some lean times in between. If I recall rightly, the average height of an adult of those born during and shortly after decreased substantially during that time. Its noticeable in the design of the airplanes, the 47 and 51 cockpits are noticeably larger than those of the Spitfire and especially the 109 (Holy claustrophobia Batman!). One of the reasons why Canadians made such good soldiers was the fact that in general they were larger and healthier than most Europeans

[Beefitarian]

My grandfather was measured to be 6 feet tall with a 40 inch chest by the military examiner June 1915.
(Just looked I didn't memorize that)

[Old Dog Flying]

Hey Beef: If you like paint schemes that would put the Corvalis to shame, try this...

[Beefitarian]

That's nice too. I like tiger stripes. In Maui there's a light single with flames like a hot rod.

[Old Dog Flying]

Flames...Flames..and more Flames...Pitts S2C

[Beefitarian]

Nice! I hear the Christen Eagle is better for the larger pilots among us.

[Old Dog Flying]

Beef: If you like Eagles then you'll like thus clutch that I built for Frank Christensen in 2002. Clockwise from the bottom, C-GPNB now owned by Donn R at Boundary Bayl the next three Team Eagles lead by Tom Poberezny and the last at the 4 o'clock pos'n is a replica of Frank's original Eagle....all in 1:32 scale

Barney

[Shiny Side Up]

Ok, new awesomest paint job on an airplane.