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January 21, 2021 at 8:52 am in reply to: Stirling Project Update #765324

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Deffo, only problem is it’s so flippin cold in winter and hot in summer in our workshop the markers never seem to last long, consequently more expensive in the long run

cheers

john

January 19, 2021 at 9:41 am in reply to: How the mighty has fallen (Quiet) #765343

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Thanks guys, nice to know it’s getting looked at as is the ED908 thread.

Key – please please please answer our calls

John

January 19, 2021 at 8:34 am in reply to: How the mighty has fallen (Quiet) #765347

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Nice to hear from you Blue; your posts are the only reason I view the other forum

I still firmly believe that having a hit counter would give confidence to posters so that they can at least see that their posts are getting viewed.

I’m still plugging away with our Stirling thread, but apart from the people who normally respond, I have no idea if anyone is actually looking at it from a wider audience

John

January 16, 2021 at 11:02 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #765363

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Indeed TA

And as you know, one microdot of engineers’ Blue can cover an entire workshop lol

January 16, 2021 at 5:31 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #765365

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Well it’s been less brass monkeys today so I’ve been brave enough to venture into the garage to do some pottering. Nothing too adventurous but having marked out the sheet metal template for the Pilots seat lower armour, I thought I’d pilot drill it. I also marked out and roughly cut the 4 off mounts for the armour plate itself.

I can’t do much else at the moment as the workshop is obviously out of bounds and I’ll need to offer the plate up to the seat frame to make sure it all lines up (measure twice, drill once), so I’ll limit myself to filing the blocks square which takes me back to trade training at Halton!

So as a taster, here’s the panel template and the 4 off mounts

take care all

John

January 11, 2021 at 9:58 pm in reply to: How the mighty has fallen (Quiet) #765391

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Well I would be on here posting my regular Stirling update but in these strange times I can’t do very much. Hopefully things will pick up once we’ve all come out of hibernation

John

December 24, 2020 at 9:01 am in reply to: Stirling Project Update #765561

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Had a final security check of the workshop and pre-lockdown yesterday; I picked up a few things to tinker with over the enforced break and tidied up or Bolt rack as the phantom bolt mixer has been at work

So no progress as such.

In the meantime, I hope everyone has a safe and happy Xmas and New Year

Best Wishes from

The Stirling crew

December 20, 2020 at 9:36 am in reply to: Stirling Project Update #765592

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morning all

we had a slightly longer session at the workshop yesterday, but didn’t seem to get too much done as there was a lot of fiddly stuff to get through; even so a small amount of progress was made

Cliff has made a start on the larger of the 2 fold up steps/platforms that close off the entrance to the Bomb Aimers stairwell. This was measured from an example at the Fort Veldhuis museum some time ago and I’d like to thank them belatedly for the access to these and all the other items we’ve had previously. The photo below shows the lower skin of the step and this has ‘lots’ of holes to mark out including those for the flanged lightening holes of which there are 40 x 1.5″ diameter ones to form. The step is only 1″ thick so making the U sections and top hat sections that separate the skins will be a fun undertaking.

In the meantime after a brief interlude on the Aileron Pulley Assy, I felt guilty and returned to the Glycol Tanks and cradle; this needs 4 off straps and barrel nuts making to secure the tank to the cradle. In time honoured fashion, Shorts saw fit to have this made from 24 separate parts, although thankfully I’ve just been able to order 4 off 1/4 BSF saddle washers which will make my life easier.

We’re still in Tier 2 (just) so I’m hoping to get one more trip in to the workshop on Xmas Eve as I have a free pass whilst the better half goes to get her hair done.

I hope that everyone stays safe and well over this difficult period and I wish you all a healthy and safe Christmas and New Year

John

December 20, 2020 at 8:26 am in reply to: How the mighty has fallen (Quiet) #765595

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Morning JB

A very well considered response. A Forum is what you make it, I’ve had some issues with some of the functionality of the software but I’ve persevered and have still been able to post regularly our Stirling updates albeit with som frustration on occasion.

Whilst not great, it appears that there has been a bit more footfall of late although if I had a Xmas wish from Key it would be nice to have the post hit counter reinstated even if it’s just to prove that I’m not just posting into the ether

take care all and have a healthy Xmas and New Year

John L

December 13, 2020 at 9:55 am in reply to: End of the Brunty Guppy #765664

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There’s an interesting point on volunteer hours for MFowler. Here in the UK ,charities are encouraged to report on the volunteer hours expended in helping them to operate

Interestingly, we’ve never been asked to report on that…

I suppose that if we added up all the time actually not spent on ‘hands on’ activity (research, CAD work, admin etc) even we would be somwhere in the order of 2000-3000 hours per year. Sobering thought:)

John

December 12, 2020 at 8:00 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #765668

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Another update, you lucky people

After the saga of identifying the correct pulleys for the flying controls we went ahead and designed our own as we knew what they had to carry and the max size they could be; we had 20 off of these made as that’s how many of the originals that were called up. I collected these yesterday courstesy of Eaton Socon Engineering and fitted them today, compared to original photos they look ‘right’ so that’s half the battle won

Previously, we’d had some shackles for the control cables made and we fitted these to the previously fitted control levers in last weeks’ post, a small but important piece of progress.

Finally, Graham assembled the Elevator Pushrod that connects the control column to the aforementioned control levers, this is all new build apart from the forward adjustable fork end which came from the 2nd MacRoberts Reply Stirling. This is the only piece we have from that aircraft and a very poignant piece to incorporate. Pics below

take care

John

December 11, 2020 at 12:26 pm in reply to: Nimrod MR1 paint colour specification (Grey/White) ? #765678

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The paint spec will be detailed in AP119A-0601-0 and will reference BS381C paint specs. White should be easy enough and I’m assuming that the grey would be polyurethane gloss Light Aircraft Grey which would be BS381C:627

If a different grey then just search on BS381c colour charts and a list of colour chips will come up

John

December 8, 2020 at 7:38 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #765706

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I haven’t seen that tool but I’ve got it off to a fine art now

A subtle change in functionality in that you can drag and drop images and organise text around them pretty much as you used to, only awkward thing though is that it seems to elongate the images a tad

John

December 8, 2020 at 12:48 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #765713

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Hi all

hoping this works as we seem to have some limited functionality back.

Now that we’re back in train, we’ve installed the flying control assembly to the underside of the 1st pilots seat rail, this is just awaiting the drilling of the 1/16″ split pin holes in the attachment bolts (fun job…not!). Graham is finishing off the elevator control rod and then that whole assembly will be complete.

The aileron pulley assembly is all but finished and just needs new pulleys which we’re having to get made as they’re a non-standard size.

and finally, whilst in lockdown I refurbished the major Junction Boxes we’ll need (JB.1, JB.A, JB.C, JB.D and JB.E), still on the look out for JB.2 and JB.23 plus sundry smaller ones. Picture shows JB.A before and after (latter still needs socket idents applying)

take care

John

December 7, 2020 at 8:48 am in reply to: How the mighty has fallen (Quiet) #765728

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Weirdly, I just clicked on the Edit button and the open window gives you the facility to insert emojis and have text effects, but still no facility to insert attachments…
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