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  • in reply to: AP's Canberra PR7 #844497
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    Thanks PJ.
    WH773

    in reply to: SAAB Gripen and Gripen NG thread #4 #2197711
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    The C-130E Tp84 #84002 was converted to serve as tanker aircraft.

    http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7230/7173105197_2eb1ac13a3_o.jpg

    Looks like a 900E series pod. Do you have the specifications?
    Actually, it looks like a 904E pod..

    in reply to: SAAB Gripen and Gripen NG thread #4 #2197797
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    KC130?

    in reply to: SAAB Gripen and Gripen NG thread #4 #2198044
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    This forum is insanely toxic in the way posters treat one another. Its like divorced couple arguing over their children.

    It’s tame compared to some other sites. I take it you never visited AD.com when it was still alive.

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    A couple of examples of typical hydro-mechanical fuel systems of yore. It should give you an idea how intricate the older units are.
    With thanks to RR for their illuminating drawings.
    [ATTACH=CONFIG]244087[/ATTACH]
    [ATTACH=CONFIG]244088[/ATTACH]

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    I believe Siemens have the technical data for the Avon 200 now, they bought it from RR a few years back. Many telecoms faciilities use a couple of Industrial Avons as instant-start power generators.

    Those are ground-based aero derivatives, the fuel and control unit are different.

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    Thankyou Consul, I have never seen that report before just the original accident report.
    I do feel for the pilot, he did his best to keep that a/c away from built up areas.
    The people of Whitehall have shown their true nature by letting him down badly. Some things never change.

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    It refers to a range of engines with similar fuel pumps. The Bristol Siddeley Orpheus engine of the Gnat is not mentioned. The pump, I assume off the Shoreham Hunter was found to have deteriorated glands that could have affected the accurate fuel schedule thus the thrust demanded by the pilot. I would assume it would have been the LP booster pumps or perhaps the proportioners, not the engine HP pump. Any engine design must be designed to work at a minimum with the HP pump supplying fuel only. However as people have mentioned, the MPD mentions complete engine rejection for what is a fuel system issue? Must be an issue with the HP pump or the FCU.

    Al, note in the proposal they mentioned the engine fuel system, not the aircraft fuel system.
    Having had experience with Avon engines I can understand their caution. The proportional fuel control units were somewhat complicated and sensitive to contamination, the Tintagel crash report did highlight this.

    in reply to: SAAB Gripen and Gripen NG thread #4 #2198234
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    Hopsy, no need to answer your own posts, really..

    I think you’ve just made his point..

    in reply to: SAAB Gripen and Gripen NG thread #4 #2198256
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    I am not an alternate account. false accusation is false. Either make it a formal case so I can prove it or drop it.

    Play the ball, not the man. If I am as bad as you say my points should be easy to correct right?

    You are certainly not false. You perspective is clear and correct. Unfortunately some of the posters here have as the Dutch say, ‘long toes’. They are stepped on too easily.
    A number of them do insult many here on the forum, they however are very upset when it happens to them. They can give it but they can’t take it……
    Oh, btw, they can post very pretty graphs and pictures. The veracity of them though is questionable..

    in reply to: From a Spitfire or a tractor? #845738
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    It is quite heavy for its size but but I don’t know what grade it is, Ian. It seems to me to be of aircraft quality. And Cees, there is absolutely no part number on it but there may have been one on the missing broken-off section.

    Is it magnetic? A lot of aircraft grade stainless steel has a high nickel content..

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    I didn’t deny that, merely pointed out it had not been updated yet, B1A or K1A…..

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    Indeed, in the photo it’s still in B1 configuration.

    in reply to: XH558 Possible to return to the air ? #850512
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    One looks like a workhorse heavy bomber and the other looks like a spacecraft, yet one is still in current use over half a century later and the other is relegated to the museums.

    SLEP..

    in reply to: Wingless airframes used in catapult trials late forties #853727
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    Some footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn71EBfCYUA

    Maybe the Buccaneer got its nickname from the other brick like object?

    What nickname does it have?

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