1941 TF-65
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 00:47
Hello all and nice to meet you!
My name is Nichole and I am helping my uncle restore his 1941 TF-65. He has had it for years, inherited it from his father, but it hasn't been airworthy for a little over a decade. It needs some serious work, the biggest being replacing the engine.
We live out in Washington State, and cannot find anybody dealing in Franklin engines, let alone one of a low enough hp for the TF. For that reason we are changing to a Continental engine for it. This means a new engine frame and changing the cowling to fit the engine.
We are currently having a place in Canada fabricate the engine frame and know where to get a continental engine (the exact model escapes me right now). What we are working on is getting the plans for a TC-65 with the cowl configuration we need and setting up the hangar to weigh the aircraft.
I'll post some pics once i find my camera.
-Nichole H.
My name is Nichole and I am helping my uncle restore his 1941 TF-65. He has had it for years, inherited it from his father, but it hasn't been airworthy for a little over a decade. It needs some serious work, the biggest being replacing the engine.
We live out in Washington State, and cannot find anybody dealing in Franklin engines, let alone one of a low enough hp for the TF. For that reason we are changing to a Continental engine for it. This means a new engine frame and changing the cowling to fit the engine.
We are currently having a place in Canada fabricate the engine frame and know where to get a continental engine (the exact model escapes me right now). What we are working on is getting the plans for a TC-65 with the cowl configuration we need and setting up the hangar to weigh the aircraft.
I'll post some pics once i find my camera.
-Nichole H.