Look at this thing: https://barnstormers.com/classified-161 ... del-V.html

Does anyone have experience with one of these? It looks amazing!

Looks cool......never seen one

Amazing seems like a strong word!

is that how you fly it ? straddling both sticks ?

Yes, The Culver V in the Sun N Fun museum belonged to my friend. He loved the airplane. I never flew it, because I am a big guy. It is suppose to be a great plane to fly. It is very rare. We still have a fair number of Culver V parts in our hanger.

That one looks to be in perfect condition.

I’ve seen a couple but never sat in one. The cockpit is tiny. Culver built several thousand similar aircraft during WWII for use as radio-controlled target drones. A few of the drones survived the war and were converted to civilian aircraft. Here is a Wikipedia article on Culver aircraft with links to all the various models including the drones.

I love 1940s post-war boom planes but at 6’3” I don’t fit into them, except for the Champ.

How many quarters does it take to go “weeee!”?

Yes, The Culver V in the Sun N Fun museum belonged to my friend. He loved the airplane. I never flew it, because I am a big guy. It is suppose to be a great plane to fly. It is very rare. We still have a fair number of Culver V parts in our hanger.

That one looks to be in perfect condition.

The person's name was Ray Bottom Jr.

Yes, on the first flight after the restoration, the wooden prop shed one of the leading edges. The out of balance condition shock the airplane violently damaging the structure.

Ray was a wonderful man. I miss him a lot. My favorite part of going to Oshkosh every year was touring the line with him. It was like having your own personal Docent. He attended every Oshkosh from the first, and in his life only missed one do to a death in the family. He could tell you the history of many of the past Grand Champions.

Sorry I did not remember his name correctly. He was very nice and good to talk with!

I seem to remember that he had told me that he had restored his V once before but ran into problems with the paint or the fabric covering. He ended up getting it done again. It was certainly in beautiful condition that day and the last time I saw it.

Brian and Paul, incredible posts, thank you for sharing!

Here is a link to a recently added video to YouTube. It contains movies filmed in 1971 of a Culver V which is currently on display at the Mid-America Air Museum in Liberal, Kansas. The video includes both ground and aerial footage from inside and outside the cockpit. The quality is obviously not the current state of the art that we are used to but I am not aware of any other similar footage of a Culver V.

https://youtu.be/tzw5LZj0As0

Cool video, thanks for posting. Can anyone identify the two instruments in the center of the panel. The top one is the vertical tape display with two pointers and the one immediately below it is a large, half-circular dial in the middle of what looks like the engine instrument panel.

Top is the simpli-fly system! Pitch trim and flaps in one control. I don’t understand how the 2 pointers work but you’re supposed to match them up I think? Bottom is rpm. Here’s one for sale with some ok photos https://www.platinumfighters.com/invent ... er-model-v