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Offline Kevin Wright

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Tom Warden's Minado - Where can I get a set of plans?
« on: September 06, 2011, 10:22:42 PM »
Hi Folks
Can anyone tell me where I can get a set of plans for Tom Warden's Minado?
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Re: Tom Warden's Minado - Where can I get a set of plans?
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2011, 12:22:27 AM »
If not availalbe from the normal sources, you might try Tom Lay or Bill Noyes (not sure how to get ahold of Bill now), they both flew with Tom Warden back in the day (as did I); they may have some idea of where those plans can be had.

Good luck, that was a good looking plane.

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Re: Tom Warden's Minado - Where can I get a set of plans?
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2011, 07:07:48 AM »
How about Ty he built or is building one.

Update: Just looked up his posts, he is building it from pictures

http://stunthanger.com/smf/index.php?topic=17987.0

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Re: Tom Warden's Minado - Where can I get a set of plans?
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2011, 08:01:44 PM »
If you built a Continental with an I-beam wing, you'd have to be pretty close, wouldn't you?

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Re: Tom Warden's Minado - Where can I get a set of plans?
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2011, 08:24:40 PM »
Might I suggest, checking with Eric @ RSM, he kits the Continental, so maybe he could hook you up with a conversion kit.
 
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Re: Tom Warden's Minado - Where can I get a set of plans?
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2011, 12:22:05 AM »
   Tom Lay flew the original at the VSC several years back. I think it's larger than the Continental. Tom made a statement that it flew sorta like a lowered '49 Mercury! I don't know if I have any photos or not, but if some one out California way can contact Tom, I'm sure he can clear it up.
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   Edit to add; It just occurred to me that at around the same time, Bob Storick showed me a picture of it taken back in the day when he lived out there, and was a friend of Tom Warden's and saw both models. Sparky out to be able to answer the question.
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Re: Tom Warden's Minado - Where can I get a set of plans?
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2011, 10:02:07 AM »
A minado is a Continental with a I beam. Same plane
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Re: Tom Warden's Minado - Where can I get a set of plans?
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2011, 10:14:08 AM »
  Tom Lay flew the original at the VSC several years back. I think it's larger than the Continental. Tom made a statement that it flew sorta like a lowered '49 Mercury! I don't know if I have any photos or not, but if some one out California way can contact Tom, I'm sure he can clear it up.
   Type at you later,
    Dan McEntee
   Edit to add; It just occurred to me that at around the same time, Bob Storick showed me a picture of it taken back in the day when he lived out there, and was a friend of Tom Warden's and saw both models. Sparky out to be able to answer the question.

Here are 2 of the Minado and the green one is dead.
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