Interesting project, would certainly give a new twist on the cockpit days at Newark!

I wonder if anyone we know might have the parts to do such a project,
I will certainly keep my eye open in the future, for such a oportunity,

saying that , I am restoring , 1 lambretta , and 3 pre war stationary engines ,

so my hands are a little full at the moment , but given half a chance 🙂

FW190- I guess my only concern would be the balance of the prop after it’s been chopped about.

I agree with that one, it has to be balanced, It would shake itself to bits,and probably kill someone, 😮

But then these engines arent designed to run without a prop, same as a flywheel on a stationary engine, it needs a balanced weight to turn,
hence why all the engine gang with the merlins etc have props fitted, didnt one of the merlins have a ww1 type 4 bladed cut down prop fitted a few years ago,

I know i am teaching to suck eggs (sorry) truth is those of you who run engines etc, know all this in much better detail than i ever would,

but i imagine a prop of some type is needed to run proper,???

MMMmm, the more i think of it the more fun it becomes, it would only be from the front cockpit window to the spinner on the engine ,that way its size would be managable, and i imagine its weight would not be very heavy, the most being the engine, which in itself is heavy , but still not alot of wieght for a engine,
Nice cut down prop, and the public could see the dials spin into life too,
ahh well, it would look good, and our local history had the skies years ago with frequent flights from the Bristol University Air Sqn flying over and doing the odd stunt, including 2 of there aircraft crashing (no fatalities) about 3 miles from my house.

Gliders, etc small cockpit/engine displays

I just wanted to pose a question ,

Due to the size of 887 and storage problems ,and to secure her future I had to let 887 go to a good home, Howevor, anything that is much smaller Ie , a old glider cockpit or chippie, I could just about manage,
do old gliders ever take anyones fancy ??, like slingsbys etc, cockpit wise, I see Naylons done a sterling job on a T21 at doncaster, and wondered are these a rare, or even vintage civilian types from the early post war years,
do these types EVER come up for trade ??

and just a Idea for someone with a “Small” cockpit, like a chippie, has anyone “EVER” finished a cockpit, and mounted a restored engine on the cockpit , on a trailer, I would imagine something like a chippie with a running Gypsy engine ,which in effect would bring it to life, would look and sound quite impressive ,
Not that i would do such a thing, But wondered if it had allready bee done ???

Well theres a surprise, after all those posts saying it was to be dug. All those arguments about selling shares in a dig opportunity, you yet again fold. Do you ever stick at anything. This is not a dig or Merkle bashing as you have put it, but you do seem to go on quite a bit, and all you say you are doing never comes off. So IMHO stop broadcasting to the world everything you say you are doing, as nothing you do ever comes of it.

as others have said, I needed to talk about it first !!, and my enthsiasm was Very strong, for over 20 years, and i have done Much over those years, but i cannot help the way i feel,like i said i sat in the kitchen a month or so ago, and it dawned on me that my whole outlook had changed, HONESTLY i HAVE been involved in this stuff since a teen, now i am 36, I guess the forever searching etc ,over 20 odd years with no real finds as such for what ever reason just burnt me out, and was affecting my family, the whole idea for the meatbox was for part of the westonzoyland project ,which to be honest was NOT my idea at all, i was working on par for a friend,so what is the point of me digging a plane that parts could be in good condition ,only for them to rot and not go on show, Just to please the aviation comunity,i would rather it come out when a museum could take these parts ,
I am sorry about it , Perhaps i am a failure as you basicly put it, but then again I wish i was perfect like you, and your projects,I only wish I had the Money and Storage/workshops as you do, then i may have been in a realistic position to do something,all i ever really wanted personally was a engine,that could run, But yet again dreaming !, it wont happen ,so i am better off out of it, at least a old motorcycle ,or stationary engine is small and mainly Storable and affordable, Hence why i have given up on the aircraft side of things, who knows maybe one day i will bu a chippie project, as its small enough to manage,
all I can say is at least I have tried, which is more than most 🙁