Yet another model link to http://www.rcgroups.com , but well worth a look, the master modeller Chris Golds at work again. Track back through the thread to see the model’s rather troubled early flights:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=340772&page=10&pp=15
By: jerry brewer - 20th March 2005 at 22:12
and a couple more
Hi
after westlands, he was chief designer for english electric,
he also did canberra & lightning
cheers
Jerry
By: Charley - 20th March 2005 at 21:21
What a great model! I’m slightly biased but always liked the lines of the Whirlwind. I think it owed a lot to the Art Deco styles of the 30s. Didn’t the designer of the Whirlwind, WEW Petter, also design the Gnat – another very attractive design that never reached it’s full potential?
By: jerry brewer - 20th March 2005 at 19:14
opinion
Hi
depends on if you like big T’ ssssss 😉
I must stop refering to jordan.. 😉
cheers
Jerry
By: jerry brewer - 20th March 2005 at 18:50
opinion
Hi
beauty is in the eye of the beholder , 😀
some even say jordan can sing. 😉
but i must admitt this is the first time I heard a whirlwind described ‘ugly looking ‘ :confused:
cheers
Jerry
By: jerry brewer - 20th March 2005 at 13:57
flaps
Hi,
whirlwind ‘flaps’ are one piece, and the end of the engine nacelles are ‘attached’ to the ‘flaps’,
So when ‘flaps’ go down, so do the rear of the engine nacelles,
‘flaps’ operation was also interlinked to the radiator shutters.
cheers
Jerry
By: Moggy C - 20th March 2005 at 10:03
So what’s happening there then?
I never realised that the rear of the nacelles pivoted down with flap deployment.
Interesting.
Moggy
By: jerry brewer - 19th March 2005 at 20:11
nice pic
Hi
looks good, authentic for a flight over Devon.
just needs someone to do a 1:1 scale
hopefully fairs better than the real example which crashed near exeter in ’41
cheers
Jerry
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