Hi Dan,

Yes, Last weekend we were in a cinema and one of the preview trailers was the Mummy with the six-seat Beau prominently present. Wonder where they left the mainspar.

Cheers

Cees

Bristol 142 ‘Britain First’ ??:)

Roger Smith.

Ah. Ok. Thanks for the explanation. So it basically just uses brute force to turn the whole crankcase around. Thats probably the reason the rpms are much lower on a rotary. In a radial or any other type of engine, only the crankshaft needs to be pushed by the pistons, not the whole engine block.

But, as John Aeroclub has said, it becomes it’s own flywheel – I think the lower speed revolving also has to do with it being direct drive ie the propeller rotates at the same speed and doesn’t have to be geared down like the majority of piston engines. Lack of gearbox also saves weight.

Another point is the large amount of torque produced by a spinning rotary engine – some pilots found this hard to handle, others made great use of it to turn tightly (but only in one direction!).

Roger Smith.

How did we jump from the Halifax to the Victor???

Roger Smith.

Welcome to the forum Crabfat – hope you’ve got a sense of humour 😉

Don’t put him off ‘668 – he’s a new boy (or girl) and is probably unaware of the hundreds of discussions that have taken place already. There is always the chance of a fresh mind looking at a problem from a different angle.

Anyway – I’m opening a book on how many posts we go before someone mentions ***** (Crabfat that’s the country where the olympics are being held) :D:D:D

Roger Smith.

A few queries now arisen from the listing of extant Lions in the UK:

1. Racer2 UK (Andy) and Schneiderman are at odds with each other on two engines:
Bealieu (in “Golden Arrow”) – Racer2 UK says Mk.VIID, Schneiderman says Mk.VIIA
National Maritime Museum – Racer2 UK says Mk.VIIA, Schneiderman says Mk.VIID supercharged ex “Miss Britain III”

2. National Motorboat Museum (now Motorboat Museum, Basildon) – I have looked through their on-line catalogue and I can see no Napier Lion listed. So what happened to the Mk.VIID supercharged ex “Miss England III”? did it go to the Science Museum with the boat “Miss England” and it’s supercharged Mk.VIIA?

3. I am confused and think there is a mix up – the names “Miss England”/”Miss England III” are the same as “Miss Britain”/”Miss Britain III” – but which is right?

4. Both Brooklands and Think Tank, Birmingham have Railton cars with Lions fitted – Mk.XI and two Mk.VIID respectively. Am I right?

Any comments appreciated,

Roger Smith.

Thanks for posting these great pics Peter – rare to see three Avro biplanes in the same place.

Ist the Avian prototype the genuine article?

Roger Smith.

Hello
Did anybody take any photos of maybe the last paying passenger flight into a airshow in the UK.
This anybody on the last flight of the DC3 out of Coventry on the 15 July 2008.
What about posting a group photo of the smiling happy punters.

You are writing in the past tense – yet it is still to happen. I’ll be there and I’m sure there will be a lot of pictures taken in, ooh, about 20 hours time.

Roger Smith.

Presume you mean air museums?
bit hard pressed to find any more witihn 50 miles of Brum.
By Baginton I suppose you mean MAM. However tomorrow and Tuesday the Air Atlantique Classic Flight is open for the last two days of Dakota flights and there is usually admission (if you are not flying) for £10??? Many of AACF’s other aircraft are viewable and most days there are “hangar tours” – although last time I was volunteering there weren’t enough people to manage these. Added bonus is the rumour that “Liberty Belle” is to stage through AACF, Baginton on it’s way back to the ‘States Monday or Tuesday???
Castle Donnington (not sure when open) but a bit further away is Newark.
The Museum at Stoke on Trent has a Spitfire in an R.J.Mitchell exhibition.
You could ponder through the fence at the airframes at Long Marston. In the same direction is Wellesbourne (again not sure when open but, I think, only at weekends but you can see their aircraft from outside the fence – and the Vulcan (it’s a real friendly place)
If you’re desperate the Think Tank in Brum? 🙁

Roger Smith.