Red Lerille

 Sad news, Red Lerille has passed away.

Lambert Motor Mount Bushings Now Available

Davin Landry is restoring a Model 90A and had some Lambert motor mount bushings produced from original Monocoupe prints.  He has just a few sets left.

02-01-2025

Some really nice weather for the first of February, got up to 72 degrees today, relatively calm winds. Logged 1.1 hours in the Model 110. The view from the runup area for RWY 21:

Heading back to the airport (KSEZ):

The view out the front:

NC15440 Has A New Owner

 Tony Caldwell has purchased Monocoupe 90AW (Warner 145)  NC15440 from Brant Seghetti.  Photo credit to Will Campbell.

Steve Robinson's Clip Wing Project - Part 9

 As posted on the Facebook Monocoupe Aircraft Group:

Clipwing parts. Here's a photo of the master that I used to cast the new fulcrum. The original fulcrum was cast and was of a fairly low grade aluminum. My part was cast in A383 and is a stronger alloy than 6061. Casting is more than adequate for the stress that this part will be subjected to. With the bronze bushings installed there will be no noticeable wear for the load that this part will incur during normal use.

12-12-2024 and 12-16-2024

Crazy late fall weather here, afternoon temps in the mid 60's.  We need rain though.  Two great flights in the 110.

Steve Robinson's Clip Wing Project - Part 8

More clip wing project photo's from Steve Robinson as seen on the Facebook Monocoupe Aircraft Group:

More Clipwing photos. The control stick fulcrum was badly damaged at some point. It was twisted and poorly repaired. I decided to cast a new fulcrum. I drew up a new drawing in CAD using the original print for reference and dimensions. Once in CAD, I enlarged all the dimensions by 6 percent to account for shrinkage in the foundry process. With the new dimensions I fabricated a master of the fulcrum in a proto-typing tooling material called Ren Board. Then off to the local High School that has an aluminum foundry in their metal shop. After a couple of tries, I had a good part that was then drilled for bronze bushings and finished on the outside to proper dimensions. Then bead blasted to a smooth finish.