has anyone got any pictures of the beaufighter from over the weekend? i was impressed with how much they have dun to last time i was there. My nikon died so i wasnt able to get any stil shots. The tail wheel of the beau was fitted as were undercarrage parts.
When i was in hanger 2 on saturday there were some people talking to a TFC engineer. They were talking about the Hercules Engines and the restoration of the aircraft. I was being nosy, but the engineer was talking about parts of a Beau coming from New Zealand? does anyone else on the Forum know any more information about this?
By: Woody - 14th July 2004 at 21:48
Is that a Fury in the background?
Yep its the ex Hendon Sea Fury.
Woody
By: Der - 14th July 2004 at 21:24
Is that a Fury in the background?
By: DROPTANK - 14th July 2004 at 15:30
Tempestnut what was the problem you talk about with TFCs Centaurus when they stripped it down, i thought it was OK?
By: TempestNut - 13th July 2004 at 21:21
AArrrrrrr How do you attach pictures now AAARRRR
By: TempestNut - 13th July 2004 at 21:19
Herc being worked on. This is progress.
By: Firebird - 13th July 2004 at 13:43
Paul Morgan before his untimely death was about to set up production of new Centaurus bits
Not surprising given his background and the nature of business he co-founded. But with his passing this might not be now viable proposition for a company to undertake commercially…. 🙁 :confused:
Given the company who is a major project business partner, perhaps there could have been some DB parts as well in the future…. 😉
By: darrenharbar - 13th July 2004 at 13:25
Images from Saturday
By: Arabella-Cox - 13th July 2004 at 13:08
It wouldn’t surprise me, there’s been some good co-operation in the past. A lot of it boils down to the costs involved though, and if none of the other Beau restorations are currently active, they’ll be less likely to want to chip in to batch builds at the moment.
On a plus point, good to hear that the Beau’s engine dilemma seems to have a potential resolution on the horizon. Designing alternative exhaust systems must have been an absolute nightmare though. Having taken close looks at the back end of late Hercs and the collector rings for earlies, and then considering you’ve got literally just milimetres of clearance between the pots and the cowl panels… blimey, designing pipes to get around that lot would not be a job I’d want…. Well done to TFC if they’ve cracked it!
By: TempestNut - 13th July 2004 at 13:05
I wonder will they build a batch so as to support future restorations?
Moggy
I get the impression that they will at the very least keep the tooling for any future restorations. Modern manufacturing methods work wonders for costs these days.
Paul Morgan before his untimely death was about to set up production of new Centaurus bits, so there are people and organisations out there capable of turning there talents to supporting these wonderful bits of engineering
By: Moggy C - 13th July 2004 at 12:54
It would appear as if they have some patterns to create new exhausts for a front collector ring. Big job that.
I wonder will they build a batch so as to support future restorations?
Moggy
By: TempestNut - 13th July 2004 at 12:35
I was having that conversation with the TFC engineer. They have found some tooling for the engines in NZ, so I presume it would be ex SafeAir and previous to that RNZAF. However there is still the matter of missing props. The engines they have are from a Hastings, and they are in the process of double checking the integrity of the engines after discovering a problem with the so called zero time Centaurus for the Seafury.
I have some engine pics that I will post tonight. I would appear as if they have some patterns to create new exhausts for a front collector ring. Big job that.
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