wouldn't be the first restoration I've helped with them :-)
my pleasure mate.
if I get to england next year I'll have a poke around the turbulent scene If I get a chance.
I would love for the plans to cause a hundred new turbulents to be built.
they are a great little aeroplane that deserves to be built. (with a stretched cockpit)
for anyone contemplating building them hunt out a turbulent and beg a sit in one.
there are quite a few tweaks possible in the structure to make the cockpit larger.
power is quite adequate with just an 1850cc VW. Grimstead told me that with cowls on the engine his would reach Vne in straight and level flight.
on a single seat aeroplane you can use single spark plug ignition. so an almost unmodified VW engine can be used. Great Planes in the USA still do VW conversions as do Aero Vee in the USA.
we should really discuss the finer points of gluing a wooden aeroplane.
once understood it is an enjoyable technology along the lines of pottering about in boats in 'wind in the willows' style.
W8