Hi all
I have had this part for a while but have not been able to id it.
I think it will fit a Merlin as i have measured it against the one
at the Port Adelaide Museum, but i haven’t been able to find a pic
or a matching part number. The pics i have taken show most the
marking on it that I can find and the rivet heads look more British to
me then the more common over here AN470 rivets.
Thanks for any help or suggestions.
By: A79-RAAFVampire - 30th January 2014 at 03:39
Thanks for your reply Qldspitty
Do any of the inspection stamps or numbers relate to spitfire part books that you have or would the
tropicalization parts have come from another supplier?
Would i be right in thinking that if this is off the tropical intake, that it is a different elbow than a normal spitfire?
By: QldSpitty - 29th January 2014 at 03:37
Looks pretty close…The guys at Oakey Museum of Army Aviation are building a Tropical Spit and would love to copy it.
By: A79-RAAFVampire - 29th January 2014 at 00:02
Thanks for that Anon
Thought i might ad that this rather small pic that i found from a few hours of googling is the closest i have been able to find[ATTACH=CONFIG]225018[/ATTACH]
By: Arabella-Cox - 28th January 2014 at 16:35
More accurately it is the intake elbow that attaches to the carb (fitted underneath the engine – updraught) directing the air from the intake into the carb itself. It’s a single entry elbow so could be from several aircraft types/installations. Not Lancaster though – this had a split/bifurcated intake elbow.
Anon.
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January 28, 2014 at 1:07 pm