Hi Vga,

I start to doubt about the 410, I’ve found the manual of the 410 and there are some good images from the landinggear which clearly shows a universal joint. That one I can not see on the photos I have. A link to the manual: http://www.germanluftwaffe.com/archiv/Dokumente/ABC/m/Messerschmitt/Me%20410/Luft%202410%20Teil1_5.pdf
If you go to part 2 you find the images. Of course still possibible that the 210 was differend.
People who were on the site said it should be te remains of a HawkerTyphoon, did theTyphoon had the same landinggear as the Hawker Tempest?

Regards,

Mathieu.

Hi Vega ECM,

That is a good one! Unfortunately I had to delete the photos on the owners demand ( a municipal were they dicovered the wreck ). I’ll search for images of the 410 landing gear, particular of the wheelbay.

Merry chrismas,

Mathieu.

Thanks for the information David, someone else mentioned a Hawker Typhoon. Could that be correct?

Hi,

Last week I received a reply from Meggitt, unfortunately they don’t have any drawing from that air cylinder in their archive. Sp I have to find another source for the information I need.

But I am also after another Dunlop part, see photo. This is the brake lever from the Fokker T.V which had a hydraulic Dunlop system. Anyone who has more info about this kind of lever?

Best regards,

Mathieu.

Hi,

Thanks for all your replies! Interesting to see that there are also manufactured welded air cylinder, I didn’t know that. But as far as I know the G.1’s were only equipped with the riveted cylinders, all the photos that are known shows the riveted example. The information posted in this thread shows that there were 3 types on the marked. The only differance between them was there length. The G.1 had cylinder No2 which had a length of 25,5″.

@OneEightBit,

Thanks for the offer! But I want to go for a metal one. I am marine engineer with access to all the tools to build one, but I like to make one as accurate as possible. I hoped that Meggitt could help me with drawings but the don’t reply to my e-mails.
Anyone an idea if it is difficult to find such welded examples?
Attached some other pieces of work from me, a few hydraulic cylinders. These cylinders have to operate the bombbay doors. In the manual from the G.1 there is a small drawing of this cylinder which helped me to built the new ones which can really work once the doors are fitted to my fuselage.
Second photo showes the oxygen cylinder which I made from 2 old exthinguisers ( bought in Port Harcourt when I was working there). I cut them in 2 and only used the top sides. The dimensions of my cylinder are exactly the same as the Vickers cylinder that were used in the thirties.

Best regatds,

Mathieu.