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  • March 7, 2016 at 9:12 am in reply to: Turret Rings #914729
    12jaguar
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    Hi Martin

    If Alan is going by the reference in the AP, it’s incorrect. We found this out when trying to fit FN5 chordal stiffeners into a 34.5″ ring, they just won’t go. FN5 and FN50 have 36″ turret rings

    John

    March 5, 2016 at 10:03 pm in reply to: More Treasures(?) From The Garage… #916202
    12jaguar
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    Thanks Alan

    The Stirling fuel tank levers will fill a big hole at frame 15/16 🙂

    They’ll be next on the list of items to be restored.

    John

    February 24, 2016 at 10:17 am in reply to: Geoff Brown's Lancaster Cockpit build #843892
    12jaguar
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    Amazing and what a nice workshop. The luxury.
    Almost as nice as a Halifax cockpit.
    Cees:D

    And both almost as nice as a Stirling cockpit 🙂

    February 21, 2016 at 1:10 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #844478
    12jaguar
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    As promised the P1 rudder pedals weren’t far behind 🙂

    The eagle eyed might spot the different mod states of the pedals themselves. The link rod between the 2 assemblies is being prepared so hopefully these 2 will operate in unison very soon.

    John

    February 14, 2016 at 9:15 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #846411
    12jaguar
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    And another weekend update, the 1st pilots rudder pedal assy won’t be far behind in getting completed. The rudder pedal ‘duckbill’ which is part of the adjuster mechanism has been cast and machined along with the bellcranks that attach to the P1/P2 rudder link rod.

    John

    February 8, 2016 at 2:44 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #849443
    12jaguar
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    ROTFL

    February 8, 2016 at 7:46 am in reply to: Stirling Project Update #849709
    12jaguar
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    Just for fun, below is the proposed Short Shed aircraft designed in response to the accusation that Stirlings couldn’t carry bigger ordnance.

    In reality though, James has produced this to show that we’d need a much bigger building to go further 🙂

    John

    February 6, 2016 at 8:51 am in reply to: Stirling Project Update #850859
    12jaguar
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    I’d have expected the panel to have been held in place with screws as it’s unlikely to have been removed often enough to warrant a quick release fastener. If the photo that Kevs posted is of the cover then it could be held in place by a retainer plate attached by the 4 off screws.

    Kev, have you got that panel?

    John

    February 4, 2016 at 12:17 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #852670
    12jaguar
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    Thats ‘cos we’re pruffeshnial

    February 4, 2016 at 9:24 am in reply to: Stirling Project Update #852775
    12jaguar
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    :dev2: LOL

    February 4, 2016 at 9:10 am in reply to: Stirling Project Update #852781
    12jaguar
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    Morning all

    Just received this CAD rendition of our workshop from Jamesinnewcastle showing the projected fuselage etc in its jig

    February 1, 2016 at 4:42 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #855163
    12jaguar
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    IIRC, the jacking pole you mention is pretty much beneath the lower front spar which would be the best place if you were going to jack the aircraft up at that strong point.

    February 1, 2016 at 3:09 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #855289
    12jaguar
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    Only in our project it’s cold case engineering archeology LOL

    February 1, 2016 at 2:05 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #855314
    12jaguar
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    A good point. I believe that raising the floor was the initial attempt to lower the take off run after the main design was frozen and based on the Shorts M4 trial data. When this wasn’t enough they found it necessary to raise the u/c further still. It would make sense that the lower front spar would be part of the main structure rather than just shimmed. If that makes sense…..

    February 1, 2016 at 12:14 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #855471
    12jaguar
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    I can’t believe that this is my first post on this thread; I’ve been following it with interest and must congratulate you all on this fantastic project. What particularly impresses me is that you are not ‘recreating’ a Short Stirling…

    …you are just building one! 🙂

    One question about the bomb bay…..why is the floor bulged upwards rather than being flat?

    AFIK the bulge in the floor is there to impart the incidence to the mainplanes. Yet another headache for us in building this 🙂

    John

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