This could be Hurricane mk1 P2921 painted as 32 Sqn GL-Z, flown by Peter Brothers.

Don’t know who owns it though.

http://www.airtattoo.com/airshow/visiting/about-the-air-tattoo/lookingback/looking-back-at-2015/aircraft-in-the-spotlight/hurricane-x-p2921

Steve

Thanks Tony,

so far we have Mick Womersley, Dave Strachan, John Eades, Andy Watkins, Mark Foster and myself.

Still looking for: Andy Murphy, Paul Lovatt, Paul Foster, Tim Foster, Sarjit Dhanda, Si Alum, Bob Pye, Neil Hodges, Steve Jones, Dennis Woodcock and Stuart Jane.

Steve

I would have thought the dog would simply be called “Dogs Body” ? And I bet they still show him colliding with an Me109 !

What do you want them plated with? Are they for show or are they for ‘in service’ use? Hydrogen embrittlement can be a problem if the latter is the case.

There are numerous plating services on offer for vehicle restoration, not always cheap as a lot of work goes into the preparation ( cleaning & polishing ) before plating. Items can be plated with zinc, copper, chrome, nickel and even gold and silver but I don’t think cadmium is available anymore. For zinc plating there are DIY kits available which can work out much cheaper in the long run. try googling something like “zinc plating services”. I have restored a number of motorcycles and found that you get what you pay for, I’ve used the cheaper places with poor results!

HTH

Steve

When an aircraft with a rotating prop strikes the ground at a shallow angle the blade tips have a tendency to curl around backwards. If the props were unfeathered there is a good chance they were windmilling. The lack of tip curl and the apparent lack of damage to leading edges suggests they were feathered at the time of impact and not rotating. Was this a crash or a forced landing ?

How does this then in your opinion add up with most single engine propeller aircraft touching down with the throttle at idle, including many WW2 fighter aircraft?

Hi Kenneth,

Even at idle there is still airflow from the prop, eg, when doing stall turns I would throttle back to idle and kick the rudder when forward motion ceased, there was enough waft from the prop to turn the aircraft. I would also suggest that the approach would be made with some power applied to control altitude and chopping the throttle before flaring. May I ask your opinion re the meaning of “dead stick” ? Do you think the loss of gyroscopic effect would have any effect on control ?

Steve

The title and early posts refer to a ‘dead stick landing’, a phrase I have heard elsewhere. Why ‘dead stick’ when it’s the motor that has died?

Because there is no airflow over the rudder / elevator from the propeller when the engine is stopped thus reducing the control authority and making the stick feel “dead”. Not a problem if you have enough airspeed but when you slow down to land…..