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Re: Shockwave
Posted by bdk on Wed Dec 12, 2001 03:41:59 PM
In reply top Shockwave posted by James D on Wed Dec 12, 2001 01:50:23 PM
: Read a little while ago, on an air racing site, about a ra
: cer that Darryl Greenameyer was/is supposed to be building
: (named Shockwave). They said it has/will have a 4360 moto
: r, cut down Sea Fury main spar and an F-86 tail!!?
Not sure if they are still working on it. It was designed by the late Bruce Boland (a retired Lockheed engineer, designer of Tsunami and involved in air racing as an engineer since the early Greenameyer racing days).
I think that construction started about 10 years ago, and it had been rumored to be at the following year's Reno races just about every year through the mid-1990's.
Actually, I think it was using Sea Fury outer wing panels (the folding part) mated to a new center section. The F-86 tail obviously dispensed with the jet exhaust duct (probably using only the vertical and horizontal stabilizers) and sported a tailwheel. I think the fuselage was to be custom newly built aluminum one.
BK