Tuesday, 6 January 2009

A Really Different Homebuilt

In the November 2008 new registrations I was intrigued by what the Heydecke V 16 ZK VVV was. On Sunday I found out - it is a 2/3 scale carbon fibre replica of a Policarpov I 16 that was built by Volker Heydecke over the last 2 years. It has a 3.6 litre Rotec radial engine that sounds pretty impressive. Unfortunately it suffered a taxying accident at Ardmore a few weeks ago, but the airframe damage is now repaired. Repairs to the engine and a new prop are to follow.

A nice touch is the required Experimental sign in Russian on the starboard side.

You can see it taxying on YouTube - look under NZ sites as VVV.

Thanks to Volker Heydecke for the photo.
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous6 January 2009 at 18:19

    You can find some find some videos
    at youtube. Just copy the link below?

    http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=zk-vvv&search_type=&aq=f

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  2. MRCAviation6 January 2009 at 21:59

    Hi Sir Minty! Where did you capture this beast?

    I'd appreciate you contacting me at mskj@xtra.co.nz sometime.

    Cheers Mike Condon

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