I do a bit of freezing in the garage on my own project. I wasn’t going to post it here as it isn’t real, can’t afford a real cockpit. It’s more of an accurate scale sim, but it is made using copies of original factory drawings and is as close to original as my woodworking skills allow.

Now that’s nice work 🙂

Thank the Lord for taper pins 🙂

In basic composition terms, S88c has the same (or inside the variation tolerances) element precentages as the still active French steel spec 35NCD16. A while ago I did see this availble as sheet but only in mm sizes…… DOH! But a quick check just now I couldn’t see anyone stocking it as sheet.

As for the spec of Canadian Hurricanes – JNE Aircraft restoration shoud be able to advise as he’s just rebuild one……pretty sure it’s 4130 which is available as sheet in imperail sizes.

When it comes to replacement matl, be careful with just going up in strength……. the spars have to be rolled and if the material too strong (i.e. hard) it will crack when you try to form it. You need a material in a Goldy-Locks zone, not to hard, not too soft.

That’s where metallurgy really comes into its own..Metal hardens either by artificial means (heat treatment) or by work hardening (folding,rolling,pressing etc).Different elements in the metal do different things and understanding what those elements do in relation to what the part “HAS TO DO”..Is it light,is it flexible,is it wear resistant,is it corrosion resistant,does it suffer from extreme temp changes are all questions that need to be asked before using it.

In laymans terms use same material if possible or go stronger..

indeed the same with our A58-27….

I prefer Blue Thunder 🙂