Beachcomber,
Please, please, please, do NOT throw those papers away.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One of the biggest problems that has begun to rear it’s ugly head is the lack of information and maintenance procedures of older aeroplanes. The old (i.e. knowledgeable) guys are dying off. One example being; Ryan PT22 curved half tube on fuselage. Only thru an accident was one of the Ryan club members able to find out how the piece was made. An old Ryan worker at an airshow was able to divulge the needed info. Modern technology could not supply the answer. Another example; the Bristol Bulldog has NO information on maintenance of the Bulldog. (beyond the check to make sure wing are attached). These papers are needed.
(PowerandPassion—get in on this discussion!!!)
The only real problem I see is where to locate these papers.
Mike, please please please do NOT throw them out.
Cheers,
Ed

THANK YOU !, Dave and Radardesk. There may be but a very few who will need this post, but the gist of the dissemination of such obscure knowledge is what we are all about. (If only more aficionados would give up time to do such)
Once again, thank you gentlemen.
Cheers.

Ed

Mr. Snibbles. Please do some homework before blurting out. The Flycatcher”s Wasp Jr. (R-985) does not look anywhere close to a Bristol Jupiter which was never in this aeroplane anyway. Try on a Jaguar.
And as far as the complaints about “it isn’t really a…….”: how is your replica ‘what ever’ coming along? Try building any of these beasts. Try researching any of these beasts.
Hats off to anyone with the perseverance to tackle any four-plus-plus year project.

Ed
no one told me there would be this many parts. WHAT!?!?! there’s more?!?!?!

The Skysport Bulldog group made a rolling machine and rolled out pieces for the rear fuselage which for some strange reason dissapeared. Two different tubes were made. A 180^ and a 270/90^ tube. The early Bulldog tubes (as well as spar) were riveted together (on the longitudinal flange) and later had the edge folded over with the occasional rivet at a junction. In the case of the fuselage ‘tubes’, they were not round shaped, but ever so slightly egg shaped. Very smart. Very strong for that little bit of extra forming. The metal used in the rebuild was not the original call out. In the immortal words of Tim, ‘not even God has enough money to make this thing fly’. Thus the original premise was to make a flying machine, but money got in the way. I do understand that Guy Black’s group has made original steel (from Switzerland) for his Hawker series. We are talking mill run. Normal man translation: if you ask, you can not afford.
The U.S. Navy did a lot of testing with the material used in the Bulldog, and was not terribly impressed. This could very easily have been “not made here” syndrome. Interesting comment about not being able to use 4130 today. This leads to the question of what size (and weight penalty) would you use today, and if you had period steel, would anyone pay the extra million quid for that satisfaction under the fabric and paint. Which is more important seeing the machine fly or know that it is 100% original? Knowing the acceptable substitute for todays rebuilds IS worth knowing, so yes Ed2, you are doing us a great service. Keep up the good work.

Ed1