C-47/DC-3 question...

[RyanShort1]

Some of the questions have been edited out, but here's why I'm asking. I am in contact with someone who is looking to rebuild a Li-2 and possibly has the location of a few Tabbys.
We'd like to find out if you could use C-47 wings and tail sections on either the Lisunov Li-2 or the Nakajima L2D.
Now I went back and did a search for the Li-2 thread that I remembered. Here are a few links to the past. If anyone knows contact information for folks related to these aircraft, or another that I don't know about, please consider dropping me a line!

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... hlight=li2
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... hlight=li2
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... hlight=li2

Thanks,
Ryan

[RyanShort1]

Still looking for information. Does anyone think that a C-47 wing could be bolted onto a Li-2 fuselage? According to my source the dimensions of the fuselage seem to be the same.

Ryan

[Warbird Kid]

With so many DC-3/C-47's flying around, it would be nice to see a couple modified to resemeble as close as possible there Japenese and Russian brothers.

That would be cool to see!
Chris

[tom d. friedman]

i made the same wish along time ago on another thread.

[JDK]

With so many DC-3/C-47's flying around, it would be nice to see a couple modified to resemeble as close as possible there Japenese and Russian brothers.

The Li-2 is a lot different structurally. You could do a 'paint alike' easily, but that doesn't seem to have stuck to anyone yet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisunov_Li-2

Despite the original intention to incorporate as few changes as necessary to the basic design,[4] the GAZ-84 works documented over 1,200 engineering changes from the Douglas engineering drawings, and it was no small task for Vladimir Myasishchev to change all dimensions from inches to metric units.[5] Some of the changes were substantial, such as the use of the Russian Shvetsov ASh-621R engines. The Russian standard design practice also usually mandated fully shuttered engines in order to cope with the extreme temperatures. A slightly shorter span was incorporated but many of the other alterations were less evident. The passenger door was moved to the right side of the fuselage, with a top-opening cargo door on the left side in place of the original passenger door. The structural reinforcement included slightly heavier skins necessitated since the metric skin gauges were not exact duplicates of the American alloy sheet metal. Standard Russian metric hardware was different, and the various steel substructures such as engine mounts and landing gear, wheels and tires were also quite different from the original design.