contact the guys at the Malta Aviation Museum there where two of the breed at the fire school at Halfar for a good while not sure if they still exists or not.I know th emuseum was offered one of them at one stage.May be worth a call or email.

Mike E

Hi All, We are looking for some more Lancaster Undercarriage hydraulic rams. As used to raise and lower the U/C.
We have the set fitted to the lancaster but require spares and need to get them overhauled and/or parts replaced. If anyone has any or knows of any please do get in touch either by pm or [email]andrew@lincsaviation.co.uk[/email]

If I am not mistaken did not the BBMF have a similar problem during the major of their lady ??.

I assume you have tried them for suggestions ?.

Then of course their is the obvious IWM Duxford thier machine is pristine if they would do a trade on parts or even they may have surplus.

The RAF Museum may have some stuff

Finally the Canadians do seem to have a big pile of spares

I assume your post means you probably have tried all the above without success ??. I am therefore currently out of ideas but trying to think is the Lincoln Gear any assistance as there are one of two lurking about still.I know
the Shackleton gear is a good bit chunkier.

Only thing Lancaster we have are some arm rests ,some drawings and photo’s of the Canadian Lancs being converted to Lancastrians.

Mike E

http://www.aircraftrestorationgroup.org

might be me but something about the Hurricane one does not look right I cant put my finger on it.But to me if it has been in the ground the stamps on the castings on one side have faded and gone on one side but are pristine and one slightly out of line on the other.Or perhaps its just my view of it on the screen ??.

Anyway they seem a lot of money .

Mike e

Lucky then that (from out of nowhere), the organisers came up with the idea of the £58,000 a pop replica Spitfires. They’ll only fly if the wind gets a bit unruly.

I can’t see how anything could go wrong

Moggy

Someone is ripping someone off i can get two for that price !!!!!!!!

Participation

Just to start off 2013 you can put us down for participating with a WW2 warbird
I will say nothing more.

Mike E

http://www.aircraftrestorationgroup.org
http://www.whirlwindfighterproject.org

Have you tried the online catelogue of what the IWM hold we have found real gems and got all the Form 700’s and manuals from that source for one of our aircraft also the RAFM hold a bit of stuff.

The other option could be Air Atlantique Heriatge or whatever they currently call themselves or the guys at Kemble and North Weald they all operate and or own Canberra’s in flying and restoration to flight status.

If you get stuck with the above let me know and I will dig a couple of contacts.I used to work at Woodford on the line on 748 and other types and the project the guys are doing at Liverpool deserves the manuals etc if anyone does and we will assist if possible also with transport if need be of what you have as we a have a lot of members and contacts around the UK.And a couple of guys who transit up and down the country frequently

Mike E

http://www.aircraftrestorationgroup
http://www.whirlwindfighterproject.org

If you shop around there are firms that do H section aluminium but you have to trim it down and also tweak it in a fly press along the edge to get the angle of the outer face.

I am experimenting with some samples at the moment but not got it right as yet.Will let you know if I do as Jason has already asked us for help on it.

The only other alternative is as you are not flying and you cannot see all the section when its in situ is to make up two U channel sections and tweak one to the profile you need then rivet them together down the centre line the join and seem when in place cannot be seen .

Mike E