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Hi I'm interested in finding out whatever I can about the W-8. I have read a dozen or so articles online. This one here has a C-85, squared off tips, and...

Hi everyone, I am building a Wittman Tailwind W8. I have bought the plans for the metal wing from Calbie Woods. The airframe is complete but there is some things I am planning on changing. I am a …

The Tailwind has very small ailerons so deflection of the torque tube will be low. I would think with a torque tube, flutter would be dampened unless the tube is woefully small; what you get with a torque …

Alway wanted a Tailwind. Was going to buy one many years ago. At the time I was 6' x 220 lbs and size 13 shoes. I started to fly it and got to the runway and taxied back. I couldn't work the rudder pedals …

Wittman Tailwind W-10 Project dramus2 Jun 2, 2015 for sale project tailwind wittman wittman tailwind

Owning Wagabond plans, I was surprised to see only a single lateral tube connecting the wing struts, as in the Tailwind. The Wagabond has a steel truss here because the landing gear bungees attach to …