Not strictly historic,but I am currently building a 1/24 scale GR3 for museum display.I intend to angle the flaps lowered & need to know at what angle they are posed when the aircraft is at rest please?
Also does anyone have any photo’s showing the open flap detail?If so can somebody please download a couple for me.
By: ian_st - 17th January 2008 at 17:44
If I recall correctly (and it was a long time ago – I was on 1(F) in 1978!) – the flaps were either “up” or “down”, but there was an intermediate position when big tanks were fitted so they didn’t clobber them!
By: John Aeroclub - 17th January 2008 at 09:39
This may help. The lower pic is the Airfix kit GR.1 XV788 Originally “M” later 11. This photo was taken before she left for Belize and a watery grave off the Keys.
John
By: pagen01 - 17th January 2008 at 09:17
Just in case you still want pics, theres one not far from me, will try and get pics on Saturday. Any other details you want?
By: Mudmover - 16th January 2008 at 17:10
DB is quite right,less likely to fall off the wing during maintenance!! But also taxying with nozzles aft didn’t do much good to the flaps.Now where is my 10pence piece to check for delamination!-still a technique used on the 146.
By: David Burke - 16th January 2008 at 13:02
The flaps were left retracted – no need to have them down plus if they did people would walk into them.
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January 16, 2008 at 12:32 pm