I owned a GY20 Minicab until a couple of years ago. Beautiful aircraft. Mine had an O-200 so it got along quite nicely (although not as fast as a KR). It could reach Vne (104 kts) straight and level. Cruised at 95 kts no trouble at all, which I thought was pretty good for an O200 powered aircraft of that era.
I had a ride in an A65 powered Minicab once. It was pretty anaemic with two adult males onboard, I was glad of the long runway because we needed lots of it to get off the ground. TK Sent from my iPhone > On 11 Apr 2023, at 7:46 am, MS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I came across something recently that mentioned the Stits Playboy as being > the progenitor of the RV-3. Wikipedia says they are variants of each other. > Whoever created that entry must not know about the RV-1. (I wonder if there > was an RV-2?) I think there's only one RV-1. It gets star billing at > various airshows and Chapter events around the country. Like a holy relic. > > > A few years ago I took on the job of selling and delivering a Cavalier and in > the process learned quite a bit about how the French government, as the smoke > from WWII still clearing, was forming flying clubs around France and holding > design competitions. They were doing everything they could to encourage a > nation of airplane builders and flyers. I was surprised to read about this > happening while most of Europe was still in ruins, but I shouldn't have been > surprised. Many if not most of terms we use for aircraft and their parts are > French in origin. Jodel, the Druine Turbulent (love that name), the > Emeraude, and the forerunner of the Cavalier - the GY-20 Mini Cab. All > these and others whose names I can't recall. All these are survivors from a > whirlwind of wooden airplane building following WWII. The GY-20 won the > competition, 1947 or so, and even went into production (about 100 planes). A > Canadian took the design back to Canada with him and developed it into what > we know as the Cavalier . . . although there are still some builders of the > original Mini Cab so it's not forgotten. I saw a prize-winning version of > the Mini Cab get ruined from sitting out in the sun and rain with a For Sale > sign on it for three years or so. Owner got too old to fly it or keep up > with maintenance or even get it in a hangar to protect it from what hot > summers do to airplanes. Nothing lasts. Wooden airplanes do last well > though in a dry climate. The Cavalier project I took on was still like new, > Ceconite and all. Built in the 70's and hangared it's entire life. I came > to learn about GoodYear brakes from that plane . They can lock up on you > even without touching the brake pedal. The new owner put Clevelands on, > first thing. > > Mike > KSEE > > > -- > KRnet mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet
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