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January 26, 2014 at 9:52 am in reply to: Avro Shackleton WR963 Project Thread #998114

richw_82
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She will be before long. More priming pump gears stripped.. this time they didn’t even put up enough of a fight to blow the fuse. Both of them worked fine until pressure was raised (so pump on, waiting for the pressure light) then stripped the fibre gears.

We won’t be running again until we’ve got to the bottom of it. Changing two pumps out to no effect is beyond the joke.

Regards,

Rich

January 25, 2014 at 8:10 am in reply to: Avro Shackleton WR963 Project Thread #998725

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I’ll see what I can arrange… somebody around here should have a recording device!

January 24, 2014 at 2:38 pm in reply to: Avro Shackleton WR963 Project Thread #999477

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Hi Rob,

Yes – its still going ahead at 1pm on the 25th Jan, all four engines. We’re serviceable, refuelled and ready.

The website is rather clunky and needs maintenance… hence very few updates on there. I am working on v2.0 of it with better software, but as with all things time is limited to do it!

Kind regards,

Rich

January 23, 2014 at 3:06 pm in reply to: Avro Ashton Assistance Sought #1000488

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With the “up between the legs” yoke on the Shackleton, there’s a rather substantial bellcrank mechanism under the floor, transmitting the movement into large control rods that link the two columns, and also leading back to the control surfaces.

My bet on the difference is that where the bellcranks/rods are on the Tudor, is to be found a hefty piece of nose undercarraige on the Ashton…

Regards,

Rich

January 15, 2014 at 9:31 am in reply to: Shack Engines For Sale In S.A. #1008976

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We got an e-mail about these some time ago. He had various cockpit parts for sale too, all off the same aircraft.

January 13, 2014 at 9:24 am in reply to: Avro Ashton Assistance Sought #1010753

richw_82
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Hi Howard,

Yes they definitely were, thanks again!

January 12, 2014 at 7:59 pm in reply to: Avro Ashton Assistance Sought #1010911

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I’m spending some time in our archive trying to make some sense of it. I have been laying Ashton drawings aside, and will get them to you.

Regards,

Rich

January 11, 2014 at 9:57 pm in reply to: Avro Shackleton WR963 Project Thread #1011425

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No doubt Rich will let us know why WR963 looks a little different.

WR963’s front armament is only mocked up until we can get a turret fitted in there, so it looks a little off if viewed close up. We have a couple of options on a front turret, but as with everything its just a matter of funding and time.

January 10, 2014 at 5:22 pm in reply to: Wasn't there someone asking about PTR175. #1012261

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Thanks to the heads up given by this thread, we’ve acquired the PTR 1751 for WR963. Cheers Tony!

January 10, 2014 at 5:19 pm in reply to: Avro Shackleton WR963 Project Thread #1012265

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I haven’t got the slightest idea if this might help, but when doing a quick google on the PTR1751 you refered to Rich, I came across an ebay link to what looks an impressive set-up using that? Maybe the seller has some knowledge of these systems that may be of use if you contact them? (I wonder how they might see the chance of working on an installed example inside a Shackleton as a chance to be grabbed?)

Now acquired for WR963. 🙂

January 10, 2014 at 9:25 am in reply to: Avro Shackleton WR963 Project Thread #1012570

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Thanks for the compliment! The fuselage roundels have been mentioned once or twice, in that they’re about 6″ off in diameter… the reason for it is that the flare dischargers on the starboard side of the fuselage got in the way! As with most bits that aren’t quite right, its something that will get rectified the further towards MR2 specification we get WR963.

Regards,

Rich

January 9, 2014 at 3:32 pm in reply to: General Discussion #227330

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Look for the Armed Forces Act 2006, in particular the sections on Offences against Military Law. You have discipline and criminal conduct offences to consider, and whether it can be dealt with at unit level by summary hearing; or if its something that has to go to Court Martial. Minor discipline issues can incur sanctions, for that kind of thing you need to be looking at AGAI 67. I would also suggest looking at the Values and Standards or the British Army.

Chuck any of these into Google, and with a little light reading you should have any answers you need.

Regards,

Rich

January 9, 2014 at 3:32 pm in reply to: Discipline in the Army #1833032

richw_82
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Look for the Armed Forces Act 2006, in particular the sections on Offences against Military Law. You have discipline and criminal conduct offences to consider, and whether it can be dealt with at unit level by summary hearing; or if its something that has to go to Court Martial. Minor discipline issues can incur sanctions, for that kind of thing you need to be looking at AGAI 67. I would also suggest looking at the Values and Standards or the British Army.

Chuck any of these into Google, and with a little light reading you should have any answers you need.

Regards,

Rich

January 9, 2014 at 9:26 am in reply to: Avro Shackleton WR963 Project Thread #1013624

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Hi Firebex,

That is a valid concern – we are keeping a close eye on anything we change, which is why the pre-oiling system was very carefully written up and documented. The new gears may come to nothing if when we return WR963 to flight, but if nothing else we may end up with a couple of pumps that are well suited for the infrequent ground runs we do at the moment.

Regards,

Rich

January 8, 2014 at 11:50 am in reply to: Avro Shackleton WR963 Project Thread #1014685

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In that case it may be worth a rethink – we were looking at having some nylon gears made. Part of the idea was to reduce wear on the teeth of the fibre item, though we did wonder if whatever we replaced it with had to fail if the pump seized.
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