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January 2, 2017 at 5:51 pm in reply to: Lysander compared to Storch #821314

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I see I’m quoted!

Let me know if you have any other questions. I barnstormed the thing for another 3 months last summer.

March 23, 2013 at 1:23 pm in reply to: Question for Mosquito experts #954103

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As was stated in an earlier post, the radiators probably had an effect on wing stall. The stall would happen there first, due to the sharpness of the leading edge at that point. This would cause buffet and other effects which the pilot would notice, and recovery would be initiated before the tips stalled.

However the point is a bit moot. Nobody flew the Mosquito slow. It’s Vmc is very high — dangerously high by modern standards — and ordinarily no one would go below that unless they were trying to get it on the ground.

The transition from an Anson, or Oxford, would have been shocking.

There’s a good description of the alarming nature of checking-out on a Mosquito in this book, Mosquito Racer, by Don McVicar http://www.donmcvicar.com/revmosqu.htm

Dave

March 22, 2013 at 3:03 pm in reply to: VWoC Fox Moth #955078

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I was in charge of that aircraft’s return to flight status in NZ and it’s importation into Canada. And then flew it for 5 years, although it was never tasked very heavily.

As Cam says, it was indeed sold, to one of the VWoC pilots, so it will stay in-house, or at least local to Ottawa. I may be flying it this year as well, since the owner is frequently overseas.

The restoration was quite heavy, and it would not make a good ride-carrying aeroplane. Not enough useful load. Getting 2 adults in the cabin is a stretch. But it’s a very fast machine for a biplane, and has the smoothest-running Gipsy I’ve ever flown behind. A lovely thing to take to an airshow like Geneseo.

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