VC10 XR808 "Bob"

The rocker covers were shaved to clear cowlings (this mod prohibited the safe lifting of the engine using its rocker cover slinging points

You still lift them that way, you simply swop rocker covers 🙂

Full details of the mods are here

http://www.caa.co.uk/AANDocs/21819/21819000000.pdf

Though what this has to do with the VC10 is beyond me.

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She’s not brilliant sad sack, there are plenty of pics on Facebook if you join the ‘Brutingthorpe Aircraft Status’ group. She is however in the right place to receive some well needed attention!

Can’t help with info regarding the inside of this particular Shack, but I think a word of gratitude is owed to the Gatwick Aviation Museum, as without their foresight both MR.3’s would I’m sure of been scrapped many years ago!

Rob

any idea what condition this Shackleton is in, inside? Going inside Newarks example is where it all began for me…

And another with the Spitfire at Woodford.

I believe there were six sets of modified reduction gearing manufactured, one of which was lost with the Firefly at Duxford

Glad to hear that an iconic airframe will be saved and placed with the museum at Cosford.

Sadsack, not too sure what you are meaning. The difference in spec between the Griffons in a Shack Mk II and a Shack Mk III is small. The modifications RR did on the G58’s for Spit Mk XIX and RN Firefly were to basically create a modern single-prop Griffon. The rocker covers were shaved to clear cowlings (this mod prohibited the safe lifting of the engine using its rocker cover slinging points), shave the left hand extremity of the supercharger case for engine bearer clearance, removal and blanking of the supercharger gear change solenoid (the 1960 hp available in low gear being deemed more than sufficient), and creating a single reduction gear casing and propshafts with a different ratio (from .4472 to I think .51 as per Griffon 60 series). These mods changed the original specification of the Griffon 58 from RG30-SM2 to RG30-SMS (Special Mod Spitfire). And, yes, there are quite a number of Griffon 58’s out there.

Camlobe

No, it smells funny. A bit like a kerosene lamp.

How about the Guppy – that fits the bill?

I like the idea of some aircraft of a prop vintage going to Brunty, although this is not a ground runner it would be nice to hear a 4 engined prop machine one day during one of their open days.

Well that’s what I was told at the time… they would need adapting too as did Rolls Royce did for PS853

The Griffon 58s were spread far and wide. By no stretch of the imagination did *all* of them go to BBMF

so they will need to find some spares, which must be thin on the ground as all the Griffons went to BBMF.

Would the final intention be to have her ground running at the base?

I don’t believe so; her engines are staying at Gatwick as spares for Juliet IIRC.

Good to here the Growler is going to somewhere that will lavish the attention on her that she deserves.

Good to hear that the Shack will be going to Bruntingthorpe. Would the final intention be to have her ground running at the base?

GJD Services are taking her apart at Bruntingthorpe at the moment and will be at Cosford by October/Nov time.
If your a Facebook member like GJD Services page and there is a XR808 page of her story.

GJD Services are also doing the Shack at Charlewood of which is going to be at Bruntingthorpe to be preserved by Cold War Jets

At Bruntingthorpe, still with the intention of moving it to Cosford at some point I believe. If they can be bothered, that is. :rolleyes: