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From various EAA sources:

http://www.eaa.org/news/2010/2010-02-16_bugatti.asp
http://www.eaa.org/news/2009/2009-10-23_bugatti.asp
http://www.oshkosh365.org/ok365_Discuss ... picid=3171
http://www.lionheartcreations.com/Bugatti.html

A news article and video about the Bugatti Racer Replica

http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=45&articleid=20110612_45_E1_CUTLIN613351&allcom=1

Will it fly? I'm not asking whether the replica will fly when finished, rather whether the design will ever get off the ground and will be semi-practical (alot of pushers with long prop shafts don't have the best history...Douglas XB-42 & Cloudster II (if Douglas couldn't get it right during & post war, I'm not sure even Bugatti could get it right circa 1940), BD-5 and Learfan...
I'm always a bit of a skeptic when planes seem to be designed by eye.

I certainly wish them luck.

JohnB wrote:Will it fly? I'm not asking whether the replica will fly when finished, rather whether the design will ever get off the ground and will be semi-practical (alot of pushers with long prop shafts don't have the best history...Douglas XB-42 & Cloudster II (if Douglas couldn't get it right during & post war, I'm not sure even Bugatti could get it right circa 1940), BD-5 and Learfan...
I'm always a bit of a skeptic when planes seem to be designed by eye.

I certainly wish them luck.

I thought the Bugatti was a puller not a pusher?

davidbray wrote:

JohnB wrote:Will it fly? I'm not asking whether the replica will fly when finished, rather whether the design will ever get off the ground and will be semi-practical (alot of pushers with long prop shafts don't have the best history...Douglas XB-42 & Cloudster II (if Douglas couldn't get it right during & post war, I'm not sure even Bugatti could get it right circa 1940), BD-5 and Learfan...
I'm always a bit of a skeptic when planes seem to be designed by eye.

I certainly wish them luck.

I thought the Bugatti was a puller not a pusher?

Puller........but is has two engines in the back turning two ground adjustable, contra-rotating propellers via (if I remember this right) two drive shafts, one on each side of the cockpit.

My bad...but my comcern about technical issues involving drive shafts and general design remain.