I think what he meant, was, with the Hornet you just point it & open the throttle & it went straight. Whereas the Mosquito he has to be very careful, because of the usual swing, if you opened the throttle to fast

Neilly

Hi All,

You’ll also find the Mosquito had ‘handed’ Merlins, too. eg the Mosquito B IX usually had Merlin 71/72 engines. The reason the Hornet’s Merlins turned in opposite direction to counter the torque effect. A friend of mine built a large scale model of a Hornet, complete with counter rotating engines, & he said it was just like flying a single engine aircraft. A very ‘nuetral aircraft to fly. Quite unlike flying his large scale Mossie, complete with it’s swing on take off.

I have quite a good article on the Mosquitoes Merlins, if anyones interested.

Cheers,
Neilly

Hi All,

I hope to make it, but it’s on a ‘short’ weekend, for yours truely. I blew a few to many brownie points last week repairing model aeroplanes (slightly pranged the C 160 on a single engine landing – Ooops!). So Missus Neilly & jury are still out considering Yes or No

Fingers crossed – yes!

Cheers,
Neilly

Hi Snapper,

I’d swop my Friday nights with anyone – Driving a bloody ‘orrible truck up & down an equally ‘orrible M6 motorway, when ever muppet & psychotic lunatic are all doing battle for the same piece of tarmac. Yes, luvly!

Swop my usual Friday night for sitting on the pc, you bet I bloody well would!
:p

A knackered,
Neilly

Hi Ian,

Don’t waste your money! I bought it for the same reasons & to be honest, whilst there are lots of interesting photos, it’s very light on the spec & performance data.

If there’s anything specific, let me know & I’ll scan & send to you.

Cheers,
Neilly

Hi Ian,

Just had a quick look through Tim Mason’s book – The Secret Years – Flight Testing at Boscombe Down, & there nothing about the sort of installations you’re interested in. However, that doesn’t mean it didn’t exist, as I found this book to be fairly brief with each aircraft type.

Cheers,
Neilly

And some of TA 122