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  • April 18, 2004 at 7:50 pm in reply to: "Preserved" at Lasham… #1610980
    Feather #3
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    P/s,

    After the debacle with the DH VP props coming apart inflight, Gipsy engined a/c were fitted with Fairey-Reed fixed pitch props; fine on the centre engine and coarser on the outboards [and, no, I have no idea why, except that if you shutdown an outboard, the centre is able to provide more symmetrical power.]

    There is an AD on the Fairey-Reed’s for a daily preflight hub inspection. This is easily performed without spinners. The other regularly flying [commercial category] Drover has spinners with which it was fitted when acquired.

    G’day 😉

    April 18, 2004 at 12:37 am in reply to: "Preserved" at Lasham… #1611970
    Feather #3
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    G’day All!

    Wrote a treatise on the Drover for this thread, then lost the lot! Blame Bill Gates.

    Nervertheless, a couple of points;

    Design; not loosely based, but directly from the Dove with 3x Gipsy Major 10 Mk2 and a tailwheel [3 Chipmunks in close formation.] Fuselage a bit shorter and rivetted wings, not Redux bonded. It was felt that the Gipsy’s and a tailwheel would make it easier to maintain in the bush [one version of the story anyway.]

    Development; leaving aside the VP prop drama’s [they fell off a couple of times!], the Mk1 and 2 had Gipsy’s, the Mk3 Lycomings. The intention was to have a modern post-war mini-airliner to take over from the Dragon. RFDS didn’t use the a/c directly until the late 50’s with Qantas and then TAA providing a/c at times in Western Queensland.

    Trust that helps a bit. 🙂

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