Finally finished my Jim Young design Bellanca. Only took most of a year! I used similar paint scheme as my 1976 full size Viking, which is turbo charged, hence the TURBO VIKING. My full size has cowl tunnels for the bigger engine, so I made the nose cowling with tunnels and kept the cowl open for cooling and looks. Tom Niebuhr made the paint masks for the name and "N" numbers. Power on this model is Ro-Jett .51. I made both wing panels equal so WS is 53 1/2" and shortened and off sized the flaps, OB 14", IB 14 3/4" . All gear is removable. Had to make the nose gear slightly longer for prop clearance. All dope and polyspan. All up she weighs 51 oz. Last couple of clear coats did that!
Jim
Ok, I know it's been quite a while, but finally...finally got my Bellanca in the air. Decent weather today in TN only 35, but sunny. I have to say that the plane's shape/profile looks even better in the air than it does on the ground. Flew very nice, still need a little engine time. Ran the Ro-Jett .51 with RSM 12x5 prop at the top of a 4 cycle, slight break into 2. Really like the wide wing gear, makes for easy landing. Used my center line stooge release set up. Worked perfectly. Even in flight the stooge line, (line permanently mounted to the plane), trailed nicely just below the fuselage and never even touched the plane. Going to be a fun plane. Glad I spent the time to build this one.
Jim
Topic: Bellanca Viking 300 By James Young (Read 6875 times)
