Found a cheap Aeronca 11 Chief Tailwheel Airplane from the 1940s.

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Sir Drifto

Sir Drifto

Күн бұрын

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@MikeD-jb1jd
@MikeD-jb1jd 4 сағат бұрын
She's a beauty! I've got a 46' Champ and love it! Enjoy and hope to see more of it!
@SirDrifto
@SirDrifto 4 сағат бұрын
@@MikeD-jb1jd how does yours do with the 65hp?
@MikeD-jb1jd
@MikeD-jb1jd 4 сағат бұрын
@@SirDrifto It does fine even on a hot August day at gross here in FL. Mine was up in a barn for over 27 years and was fully restored to like new in 2010. Won an Indy award at Oshkosh and it took me 2 years of searching before finding the right one. She's a cream puff!
@SirDrifto
@SirDrifto 4 сағат бұрын
@MikeD-jb1jd she sounds incredible
@dandunlap8638
@dandunlap8638 14 сағат бұрын
Seems like a smoking deal on what looks like a NEW 75 year old plane.
@SirDrifto
@SirDrifto 14 сағат бұрын
@@dandunlap8638 I'm very new to these, but for how nice and new everything was I felt it was a great deal aswell.
@HeavyMetalHorizons
@HeavyMetalHorizons 2 күн бұрын
Hey there! I own and fly a Chief. The starter you saw is the "McDowell" starter, rare but very cool! As to your other question, no these planes don't do well at high altitudes. I've had mine up to 9500 but it was just mushing around. 5000 - 6000 would be reasonable but above 8k a takeoff would get sketchy in my opinion.
@SirDrifto
@SirDrifto 2 күн бұрын
That’s great information from an owner, that’s also quite impressive you got it that high!
@anthonyrstrawbridge
@anthonyrstrawbridge 2 күн бұрын
👍
@anthonyrstrawbridge
@anthonyrstrawbridge 2 күн бұрын
Founder and inventor Vincent Bendix filed for a patent for the Bendix drive on May 2, 1914. The drive engages the starter motor with an internal combustion engine and is still used on most automobiles today. Bendix initially began his new corporation in a hotel room in Chicago in 1914 with an agreement with the struggling bicycle brake manufacturing firm, Eclipse Machine Company of Elmira, New York. Bendix granted permission to his invention which was described as "a New York device for the starting of explosive motors." This company made a low cost triple thread screw which could be used in the manufacture of other drive parts.
@SirDrifto
@SirDrifto 2 күн бұрын
Wow I didn't know that, that's super interesting!
@ritchiethorup
@ritchiethorup Күн бұрын
Wow lots of cool stuff in that hanger
@SirDrifto
@SirDrifto Күн бұрын
@@ritchiethorup absolutely 👌
@CowboyGarage
@CowboyGarage Күн бұрын
I saw that plane listed for sale recently. I'm up in Casper and in the process of buying a '46 Chief up here. It has an engine upgrade, but that one in Centennial looked amazing in the ad.
@SirDrifto
@SirDrifto Күн бұрын
It looked even nicer in person.
@tomdchi12
@tomdchi12 2 күн бұрын
Great classic looks! But you’re definitely asking an important question of how a plane with only 65hp does with high DA.
@SirDrifto
@SirDrifto 2 күн бұрын
I hear 50/50. That it can be done. The other 50 says it's terrifying or nearly impossible at this altitude. So I'm always curious.
@yellowcubdriver9545
@yellowcubdriver9545 4 сағат бұрын
Everyone should learn to fly these old birds. It’s a rudder plane. Stay on the rudder. Put more horsepower on it and you’ll have a hoot!
@SirDrifto
@SirDrifto 4 сағат бұрын
@@yellowcubdriver9545 absolutely spot on
@wingnut8a
@wingnut8a Күн бұрын
"Aeron-a-ca" 😂 "Tandem" 😂 "1940's tail-draggers are rare" 😂. First time at an airport?
@SirDrifto
@SirDrifto 20 сағат бұрын
We don't see many of these up here so it was new to us. 🤣
@alanparker7012
@alanparker7012 2 күн бұрын
Tandem setting is not side by side. It is either tandem or SXS.
@SirDrifto
@SirDrifto 2 күн бұрын
Yeah that was me having a brain fart. My red plane is tandem. I didn't choose the right word usage for the Chief 🤣
@dcmflydude6320
@dcmflydude6320 Күн бұрын
Drifto….A-Ron-ca. Not a-Ron-a-ca. no big deal 😅
@SirDrifto
@SirDrifto Күн бұрын
@@dcmflydude6320 see. I already screwed up the name 🤣👌
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