Waco Museum - Troy Ohio

BobDDuck

BobDDuck

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I took a trip up to the Waco Museum in Troy, OH today. I'm on a 30 minute leash due to reserve and it just barely fit the bill. Admission was $6. I guess if you are a Waco fan (har har har) it's probably worth it. Otherwise (to me) it was just 5 airplanes in a hangar.

The rest of the pictures are here.

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note the aftermarket AC unit on this one
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Thanks for the pics. They are just really building that museum so it is getting started. I would expect more airplanes in the future. I believe they are all static displays, or loaned airplanes. The National Waco Club really strives against Waco's being on static display...and most people with Waco's want to fly them or keep them flying if they sell. We'll see how the museum does. Thanks for the share.

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That Taperwing (the LINCO airplane) is done flying forever. Joe Mackey metalized the fuselage. Apparently the guy who flew it (A very high time aerobatic guy - BF Goodrich owned it) said he was done hauling that thing around - it flew "crooked" and wasn't a pleasant machine to fly or land. So Goodrich donated it to the museum.
 
More Taperwing commentary. This from the National Waco Club forum:

I was helping Bobby (rather he was helping me with the UPF) when it first showed up around these parts. It did not take a stringline or level or pipe or tape measure to stand in front of that thing and see how badly the gear vees were mis-aligned... simply look at it and whisper to yourself (paraphrasing John and Martha King) "Does that even LOOK right?
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And more:

The wings have never been right either. The "restorers" changed the way the wings mount to the center section. Bobby said that the first time they went to pick it up one wing was nearly 6" farther forward then the other. Numerous changes were made to the cabane struts but it is still not right and must be flown every minute. That is also why no acrobatics were ever done in the airplane. New landing gear V's had to be made as it was way off and would not even come close to tracking straight. The tapes on the wings and tail are starting to pull up, the constant speed prop is not hooked up so it overspeeds at cruise speed so you always have to watch that. There are alot of other smaller issues. when Bobby said that he did not want to fly it or work on it any longer that pretty much sealed the deal.
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We were out there last year for my nieces wedding and did not find out about the mueseum until the day we were leaving. Been in love with them since a guy deadsticked one in a cornfield our farm in '77 with a broken crankshaft. Luckily, the corn was about 1' high. He thought we'd be pissed, didn't know dad was retired military and was managing the local airport. We hid the plane in the barn for him to keep it safe and away from prying eyes away; figuring he'd need a few months to get the engine rebuilt to fly out.

A week later while we were on a trip to NOLA, he found an engine, hung it and flew it out. And I missed it:mad:!!

We're still good friends and still get a laugh over it. Who knew??? Bust a crank, land on a farm, get invited to dinner while waiting for someone to come pick you up...what a deal!
 
727to7400 said:
We were out there last year for my nieces wedding and did not find out about the mueseum until the day we were leaving. Been in love with them since a guy deadsticked one in a cornfield our farm in '77 with a broken crankshaft. Luckily, the corn was about 1' high. He thought we'd be pissed, didn't know dad was retired military and was managing the local airport. We hid the plane in the barn for him to keep it safe and away from prying eyes away; figuring he'd need a few months to get the engine rebuilt to fly out.

A week later while we were on a trip to NOLA, he found an engine, hung it and flew it out. And I missed it:mad:!!

We're still good friends and still get a laugh over it. Who knew??? Bust a crank, land on a farm, get invited to dinner while waiting for someone to come pick you up...what a deal!
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You may really enjoy this. Great story you told here. Check out the link - there are some neat parallels.

http://www.barnstormingmovie.com/trailer.htm
 
My buddies family are rebuilding a Waco(not sure what model) and they donated a wing. They took the measurements and then rebuilt it.

Cool pictures though!
 
Question for Wacofan....in the first picture the aircraft has what it seems to be a Hamilton Standard Counterweight propeller. Is that the original type prop? I would think that in the times the aircraft was build Hydromatic props were the typical prop use on radials. Don't you think it will look much better as well?

What about the last picture, what kind of prop is that?
 
Dr.Avion said:
Question for Wacofan....in the first picture the aircraft has what it seems to be a Hamilton Standard Counterweight propeller. Is that the original type prop? I would think that in the times the aircraft was build Hydromatic props were the typical prop use on radials. Don't you think it will look much better as well?

What about the last picture, what kind of prop is that?
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The Taperwing you are asking about in the first picture does have a Ham Standard constant speed propeller. The airplane was highly modified - many Taperwings were - there were some built for racing, some for airshow work, etc. This airplane originally had a 350HP Wright R975. The first restoration of this machine ended badly when the airplane flipped over on its back on an early flight (see comments above about its squirrely-nes). At that point the airplane was redone and I think a 275HP Jacobs was put on.

The Last picture is a UPF-7 powered with a 220 Continental. The prop is a Curtiss Reed. Curtiss Reeds are excellent props for Waco's, but harder to find in acceptable length. For example my Grandpa had a YPF-7 (same as the plane pictured, but with a 275 Jacbs instead of a 220 Continental). He looked and looked for a Curtiss Reed but could only find one that was around 98" or so...but found a Hamilton Standard ground-adjustable that was 102" so that is what we went with.
 
WacoFan said:
The Taperwing you are asking about in the first picture does have a Ham Standard constant speed propeller. The airplane was highly modified - many Taperwings were - there were some built for racing, some for airshow work, etc. This airplane originally had a 350HP Wright R975. The first restoration of this machine ended badly when the airplane flipped over on its back on an early flight (see comments above about its squirrely-nes). At that point the airplane was redone and I think a 275HP Jacobs was put on.

The Last picture is a UPF-7 powered with a 220 Continental. The prop is a Curtiss Reed. Curtiss Reeds are excellent props for Waco's, but harder to find in acceptable length. For example my Grandpa had a YPF-7 (same as the plane pictured, but with a 275 Jacbs instead of a 220 Continental). He looked and looked for a Curtiss Reed but could only find one that was around 98" or so...but found a Hamilton Standard ground-adjustable that was 102" so that is what we went with.
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Thank you :)
 
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