jehicks87
Member
Hey guys, it's me again! Trust me, yall may eventually get suck of me. :rant:
Anywho, in my quest for the "one" to shrink and build, I have found a design I love love love: The Kellet KD-1. Beautiful, flowing, graceful lines. Goregeous.
However, I have noticed ALOT more information on Pitcairn and his models. Could this simply be owed to the fact that pitcairns were basically re-badged Cierva's (I mean, how to you better an original?) or to the fact that Pitcairn were simply better? One thing that strikes me as funny, not funny ha-ha but just funny, is that the quintecential FW Airmail craft is a Pitcairn, while the main "claim to fame" kelletts have is the Airmail KD-1.
I'm kind of tired, not used to being up this early and certainly not being online this early, but I was just wondering what you guys thought... more of actual first- or second-hand experiences with either manufacturer or stories told from people you personally know or viable historical-isms (sorry, brain is not working right now). NOT just speculation.
As much as I'm afraid this is going to turn into a Ford VS Chevy type debate, I'm hoping for some solid information that can help me decide... what was "America's" tandem-seat, open cockpit Autogyro? Pitcairn, or Kellett?
Anywho, in my quest for the "one" to shrink and build, I have found a design I love love love: The Kellet KD-1. Beautiful, flowing, graceful lines. Goregeous.
However, I have noticed ALOT more information on Pitcairn and his models. Could this simply be owed to the fact that pitcairns were basically re-badged Cierva's (I mean, how to you better an original?) or to the fact that Pitcairn were simply better? One thing that strikes me as funny, not funny ha-ha but just funny, is that the quintecential FW Airmail craft is a Pitcairn, while the main "claim to fame" kelletts have is the Airmail KD-1.
I'm kind of tired, not used to being up this early and certainly not being online this early, but I was just wondering what you guys thought... more of actual first- or second-hand experiences with either manufacturer or stories told from people you personally know or viable historical-isms (sorry, brain is not working right now). NOT just speculation.
As much as I'm afraid this is going to turn into a Ford VS Chevy type debate, I'm hoping for some solid information that can help me decide... what was "America's" tandem-seat, open cockpit Autogyro? Pitcairn, or Kellett?