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Sat Sep 19, 2015 7:42 am

Luscombe strength

Looks like the Luscombe is a strong design.
I was surfing the Interweb and ran across this pic. :D

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Sat Sep 19, 2015 8:18 am

Re: Luscombe strength

You forgot their catchphrase:

NO WOOD NO NAILS NO GLUE
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Sat Sep 19, 2015 9:13 am

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Very strong little airplane with few ADs in all these years. The beef up of the bulkhead, where the front of the horizontal stabilizer attaches, is important. Lots of cracks in that area on those not yet or poorly fixed.
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Sat Sep 19, 2015 2:57 pm

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Put today's women on it and you won't have that picture, in fact I'm embarrassed to see the results...
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Sat Sep 19, 2015 3:24 pm

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AKJurnee wrote:Put today's women on it and you won't have that picture, in fact I'm embarrassed to see the results...


Speak for yourself, man. Most of the women I know look great.
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Sat Sep 19, 2015 8:17 pm

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Zzz wrote:
AKJurnee wrote:Put today's women on it and you won't have that picture, in fact I'm embarrassed to see the results...


Speak for yourself, man. Most of the women I know look great.



Uh Oh!
Sounds like Zzz has been boycotting Walmart!!! :lol:
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Sat Sep 19, 2015 8:25 pm

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TangoFox wrote:
Zzz wrote:
AKJurnee wrote:Put today's women on it and you won't have that picture, in fact I'm embarrassed to see the results...


Speak for yourself, man. Most of the women I know look great.



Uh Oh!
Sounds like Zzz has been boycotting Walmart!!! :lol:


Hahaha... Ok maybe I'm a bit sheltered. Touché!
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Sat Sep 19, 2015 8:44 pm

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If this was at a Walmart in Texas those wings had been touching China [emoji12]
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Sat Sep 19, 2015 9:50 pm

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Skalywag wrote:If this was at a Walmart in Texas those wings had been touching China [emoji12]

Now we know why the Skalywagon needed a major overhaul already. You gotta quit taking them big ladies for rides Luke! It's too hard on the engine! Haha

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Sat Sep 19, 2015 11:56 pm

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Yup totally busted [emoji28]
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Sun Sep 20, 2015 8:07 am

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Zzz wrote:
AKJurnee wrote:Put today's women on it and you won't have that picture, in fact I'm embarrassed to see the results...


Speak for yourself, man. Most of the women I know look great.


Zane's wife made him say that. :P
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Sun Sep 20, 2015 2:56 pm

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Skalywag wrote:If this was at a Walmart in Texas those wings had been touching China [emoji12]


Everything is bigger in Texas!
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Sun Sep 20, 2015 9:59 pm

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Lest any of our avid Cessna 100 series afficionados and enthusiasts forget... the Luscombe is what Cessna copied, and that copy (the 120) became the whole revolution in semi-monocoque light aircraft... that is so often incorrectly attributed to Cessna.
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Mon Sep 21, 2015 8:03 am

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TangoFox wrote:Looks like the Luscombe is a strong design.
I was surfing the Interweb and ran across this pic. :D

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It looks like there were 30 ladies up there. Estimating 120 lbs each, that's a 3600 lb negative wing load. That's -2.6 gs at gross weight. The utility category limit is -1.76 gs. -2.6 gs is a really high load for this type of plane. Maybe they found a bunch of 90 pounders for the photo shoot. Those ladies probably weren't picked out of the funnel cake line at the county fair.
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Mon Sep 21, 2015 8:11 am

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Don't know what year that photo was taken, but note that the ladies all have their dresses primly wrapped around their knees. Just imagine the view if that photoshoot was done today with a bunch of Kardashian types! :shock:
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Mon Sep 21, 2015 8:49 am

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hotrod180 wrote:Don't know what year that photo was taken, but note that the ladies all have their dresses primly wrapped around their knees. Just imagine the view if that photoshoot was done today with a bunch of Kardashian types! :shock:

We wouldn't even notice the airplane...
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Mon Sep 21, 2015 10:42 am

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I have to say the Cessna version of this promo photo was a lot less attractive:

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Mon Sep 21, 2015 4:28 pm

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Oregon180 wrote:I have to say the Cessna version of this promo photo was a lot less attractive:

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Yep, Luscombe had them outclassed!!! :D
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Tue Sep 22, 2015 10:07 pm

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hotrod180 wrote:You forgot their catchphrase:

NO WOOD NO NAILS NO GLUE


The local fabric shop here's motto is "no wood, no nails, no glue... No good! "
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Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:06 pm

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Oregon180 wrote:I have to say the Cessna version of this promo photo was a lot less attractive:

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ya gotta admit though, pretty impressive for not having wing struts
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