I am looking into the feasibility of a static restoration of the remains of a Chipmunk. We have the substantial remains of the fwd fuselage, wings, all nose cowls and some of the tail group.
Is there anywhere I can obtain the basic drawings for the fuselage that will help in setting up a jig at all?
Can anyone recommend any good online resources for such an undertaking?
By: Fedaykin - 26th July 2011 at 13:32
Ah happy Chipmunk memories! My first ever flight was in a Chipmunk, as a young member of the ATC with the seat type parachute you really did feel like you were climbing into a Spitfire.
By: wk165 - 26th July 2011 at 08:49
Rod,
it was seeing the QAM’s one that got me interested in fixing ours.
By: Rod Blievers - 22nd July 2011 at 21:27
wk165 – next time you’re looking at the remains of C1-0039, VH-UEK (ex WB587) could you do me a favour please? Does the data plate (either on the front cockpt seat pan or rear cockpit bulkhead) read DHH.f.42 or DHB.f.42? There is some suggestion that it was not a Hatfield built (a DHH plate) aircraft.
Thanks,
Rod.
By: wk165 - 21st July 2011 at 10:30
Sorry Jack, I meant the term ‘Chippax’.
By: Arabella-Cox - 21st July 2011 at 09:38
Jack, where did the Chippax originate from?
Bruce means pax as in Chippax. Common slang name for a Chipmunk cockpit. A bit on Wikipedia…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHC_Chipmunk#Air_Training_Corps_.28ATC.29_use
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By: wk165 - 21st July 2011 at 08:43
Richard, Hangar space at this stage is not too much of an issue. We have a Pentad Hangar that the Museum colection is housed in. But it won’t take long for that to disappear.
David, I fully agree. But after recently buying a Canberra T4 Canopy from the UK, the shipping costs alone would outweigh at least the materiel costs that we would put towards this. As for time; we have a group of volunteers that are always looking for new projects to start on or even use as practice.
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