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  • November 18, 2022 at 11:05 am in reply to: Stirling Project Update #757609
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    Thanks – that is looking great!

     

    November 16, 2022 at 10:47 am in reply to: Whirlwind Build latest #757638
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    Thanks chaps!

    P&P, getting that canopy formed was a serious challenge – it’s an enormous piece and wouldn’t fit in any single oven! It took some clever manouvering on the part of the plastics company to do it in one but that was how we wanted it. The WW was the first production aircraft with a bubble canopy and it was important to get it right. When it goes on show we plan for the canopy to be open and the 100% kitted-out cockpit visible via access. We are thinking about running 12v through the aircraft to light up internal and external lamps and the gunsight, making it more ‘live’. What do people think – is that too gimmicky or not?

    November 15, 2022 at 3:18 pm in reply to: Whirlwind Build latest #757675
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    Wow, this forum IS quiet these days!

     

    November 13, 2022 at 12:31 pm in reply to: Things found in storage – identification help please! #757725
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    Dumfries? Don’t suppose there’s anything Whirlwind in amongst it all??

    November 25, 2021 at 11:33 am in reply to: Whirlwind project update #762555
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    Thanks all! All Pete’s work..

    Mods, where did the first two photos go?

    November 24, 2019 at 10:53 pm in reply to: Propeller id #793989
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    That’s a Hamilton Standard E Shank. I was thinking de Havilland!

    Of course if it’s American you are absolutely right.

     

    November 24, 2019 at 10:51 pm in reply to: Propeller id #793993
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    That’s a Hamilton Standard Shank. I was thinking de Havilland!

    November 23, 2019 at 10:58 pm in reply to: Propeller id #794131
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    Brigand? Only I would expect to see a ‘T’ suffix on the end, for ‘telescoped’.

     

    November 23, 2019 at 10:57 pm in reply to: Propeller id #794134
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    Brigand? Only I would expect to see a ‘T’ suffix on the end, for ‘telescoped’.

    November 23, 2019 at 10:48 pm in reply to: Propeller id #794138
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    Can’t edit my posts!

    10 foot, 4-blade, LH.

    November 23, 2019 at 10:46 pm in reply to: Propeller id #794141
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    Correction, 10ft diameter – and very odd looking. Are there no other 56xxx numbers?

     

    November 23, 2019 at 10:42 pm in reply to: Propeller id #794145
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    Are there any other numbers? Ending ’55’ does not make sense on the DH blade numbering system. You’ll know that it’s a 6,000 series blade as per Beaufighter, but blade numbers themselves go up in 3’s either from zero or 1 depending on whether 3 or 4 blade applications. The last two digits being 15, 16, 65 or 66 would make sense, but not 55 – UNLESS this is a left-hand application with blades cropped four feet six inches, making them very paddly and 10′ 6″ diameter.

    November 5, 2019 at 12:51 pm in reply to: I am finding it annoying and… #796888
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    I am finding it annoying and there simply isn’t the rewarding ‘user experience’ there used to be. Now that people are not bothering to come here, including people who’s input was always interesting and often valuable, I expect I won’t be coming back myself any time soon.

    Please pass this on to Key Publishing if you are in  position to do so:

    You can instantly regain your credibility and goodwill by announcing the death of the forums, admitting your mistake, and offering the entire content on an archiving website with a decent index/search in perpetuity so that the accumulated knowledge is not lost.

    Thanks for everything over the years, this forum has taken me from newbie with a passion to someone who gets paid to write about historic aviation (just not by Key – your loss 😉 ).

    November 1, 2019 at 4:36 pm in reply to: World on Fire #797930
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    Thanks TEEJ.

    I’m enjoying it too – nicely done except once again the pilots look too old and the music is anachronistic. The Dunkirk scenes were remarkable, and on a TV series budget, too.

    October 28, 2019 at 10:59 pm in reply to: World on Fire #798427
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    The music was all over the place too – a lot of early 1950’s proto-rock and roll in there, complete with electric guitars.

    Did anyone else notice the four-blader with the ‘lower’ two blades removed? I am guessing it was to make it look less wrong – or maybe just to protect against over-enthusiastic camera movements?

    Great drama though. Where were the airfield scenes filmed? Interesting mix of historics visible but I couldn’t pin it down.  

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