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    Quote Originally Posted by milkdud View Post
    I was under the impression that no wing ever blew over. What happened to that one?

    Easier to change props loaded that way tho.
    Conrad
    At least three blew over that I know of.... Ernie Threlkeld ("Black Coffin" wing) went over with OMC's on the tail during a kilo run, Jan Schoonover ('Flying Dutchman" wing) put one over as well. Finally, some Air force pilot apparently flipped the "V nose" wing using excessive poewr trim in a test ride. There were also some dramatic crashes, most notably the one in which Jim Merten was almost killed when a triple Chrysler/Stylecraft cat ran over him in a race out west. Oh, and two of them sunk in Haverstraw Bay during the Hudson River Marathon in 1966.
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    20 Foot Switzer Wing 2 X S3000 (Dust'n the Wind II)
    !6 foot Wood Eltro Vee (2X Merc 1500's) (Dust'n the Wind IV)
    15 foot Powercat 15C (2 X Merc 1500) (Dust'n the Wind III)
    (Single engine boats are lacking something)
    15’ Wooden Switzer Shooting Star...
    16 foot Lee Craft Merc S 3000-(Gold Dust II)
    (The exception proves the rule)
    Obsolete and Proud of it

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    Quote Originally Posted by dazigg View Post
    then and now- at clayton 2012Click image for larger version. 

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    I heard that the " El Lobo" wing running Chryslers sank in Smith Mountain Lake also. But that might just be an urban legend.

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    I hope that my dad sees this thread and posts the few pictures he has of his old wing - he used to own the V nose wing at one time (early 70's I think, way before my day).

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    Quote Originally Posted by milkdud View Post
    I was under the impression that no wing ever blew over. What happened to that one?

    Easier to change props loaded that way tho.
    Conrad
    They did blow over. And a barrel roll did a lot of right side damage---


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    Quote Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM View Post
    They did blow over. And a barrel roll did a lot of right side damage---
    Yeah, but when you see one aired out like this, it makes it all worth it...

    How 'bout it, Gene?




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    did you guys monitor water pressure?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob V View Post
    Yeah, but when you see one aired out like this, it makes it all worth it...

    How 'bout it, Gene?




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    Yep

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    Jeff, somewhere on S&F is the whole V front wing story - from when I got it until it was crashed in ND in 1973.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Capt.Insane-o View Post
    did you guys monitor water pressure?
    Yes, we did.


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    Quote Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM View Post
    Yes, we did.

    That's the hardest I've laughed all day, thank you. He said pressure, not flavor, Mr Lanham.

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    so Gene- did you wear a face shield on your helmet?

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    I remember that old V nose would drown you until you got it up and let the air out! Thank heaven for Bell Star helmets!.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shadowcat View Post
    so Gene- did you wear a face shield on your helmet?
    Ted---a mask and snorkel???

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    Speaking of wrecked wings I could never get to the bottom of this wing. The picture was given to me by Roger Hoover who was part of Bob Massey's race crew. He took the picture, but does not recall anything about it. It certainly looks like it did not survive.
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