Here’s a quick picture of the adjustment mechanism for the Bomb Aimers couch, this has cleaned up really well. We’ll have to fabricate some new mounts as these have corroded away and apart from having to replace 2 off taper pins it’s pretty complete and ready to go.

A while since I posted anything but we have been busy….promise!

We’ve re-evaluated the throttle box based on the loaned one from Holland and came to the conclusion that our Mk 2 version had some issues that couldn’t be overcome, so we’ve had a rethink and gone to Mk 3 which we think is pretty much on the ball now. We’re now a bit further ahead than we were before with the incorporation of the u/c lever cable pulleys, pneumatic Landing Lamp valve and associated spacers.

Additionally work is carrying on with the Pilots seats, the photo below shows the addition of the Sutton Harness roller support brackets and retaining bar. This looks relatively simple to make but was in fact a royal pain as they had to be made from a casting pattern and we had to source the oilite bearings for the roller.

Lastly, David Collins has been working on the cad model for the Starter button panel. As with all things Stirling, nothing is ever simple or under engineered as the CAD model shows. This will be quite complex to cast as the material is quite thin and could be subject to warping.

John