dark light

Whitley_Project

Forum Replies Created

Viewing 15 posts - 1,351 through 1,365 (of 2,284 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • in reply to: Can anyone ID this prop? #1199728
    Whitley_Project
    Participant

    Thanks CD and Cees

    I thought the hub was German, but the yellow tips put a bit of doubt in my mind! They may well have been painted afterwards – someone has painted the steel parts. I’ve no idea how long it’s been there – a long time by the look of it.

    Sorry CD, I didn’t have the wit to count the teeth! Will next time! :p

    in reply to: Help needed to identify spitfire wing #1200440
    Whitley_Project
    Participant

    Thanks guys – sorry i’m a slow typist :p

    in reply to: Help needed to identify spitfire wing #1200446
    Whitley_Project
    Participant

    Thanks Andy, but i’m just wondering what is reused – if anything. I heard a story of a Spitfire tailwheel assembly that was dredged up from the seabed and found its way onto a flying aircraft. I’m not intending to push and embarass any owners or rebuilders, but would like to know what parts are actually used…

    P9374?

    in reply to: Help needed to identify spitfire wing #1200480
    Whitley_Project
    Participant

    Yes, it’s stunning – but that’s not an answer!

    in reply to: Help needed to identify spitfire wing #1200492
    Whitley_Project
    Participant

    But would anything meaningful be usable from a seawreck in a flying aircraft? Even the data plates are likely to be corroded…

    Just curious

    DB

    …and the seaweed.

    I am sure if the fuselage was found and recovered it would be a candidate for a project restoration with provenance.

    I would also be equally sure it would meet with your continued displeasure on these matters. 🙂

    Mark

    in reply to: Underwater Recovery #1203916
    Whitley_Project
    Participant

    Alloy – the depth of water is probably the most important factor, followed by the bottom – silt and sand may cover aircraft completely. Another important factor is other debris – a magnetometer is a good tool, but if your object of interest is surrounded by modern junk it will probably be useless. If you have a good sonar set up and a hard rocky bottom you may have a chance of finding something, but sea searches are long, nauseatingly boring and expensive.

    If you know a rough location, you may be better off just dragging for it :p

    Either way, the very best of luck.

    in reply to: Frazer Nash Mid Upper Turret for sale? #1204828
    Whitley_Project
    Participant

    It’s part of a turret ring complete with motor

    in reply to: Halifax Cockpit Project #1204957
    Whitley_Project
    Participant

    Really impressive Cees – you seem unstoppable at the moment. Looks like it has outgrown your loft now! Well done – bet you can’t wait to paint it 😀

    in reply to: Frazer Nash Mid Upper Turret for sale? #1204963
    Whitley_Project
    Participant

    Have you been fishing again cees?

    in reply to: What would a non flying replica Spitfire cost? #1206322
    Whitley_Project
    Participant

    I still have an unfinished Spit cockpit section up for grabs – looking at Tonys breakdown it must be worth a fortune!

    Anyone interested? It would be nice if it could go to a good home.

    Proceeds will go towards getting a the plexiglass blown for our front turret.

    in reply to: Surviving Belfast Truss Hangars #1207170
    Whitley_Project
    Participant

    Thanks for all your posts! I’m particularly interested in the coupled general service sheds. There seem to be a few left – sorry to hear that some have been demolished fairly recently. Are any in danger at the moment?

    in reply to: Messerschmitt Raised from the Sea During 1976 #1207183
    Whitley_Project
    Participant

    Bit of an addendum – I spoke to somneone who ‘knows’ yesterday and apparently there has been no further significant deterioration in the 109 airframe since recovery. The partially restored centre section is in storage somewhere, which is a pity.

    in reply to: Spitfire Parts #1208951
    Whitley_Project
    Participant

    Certainly looks like an Armstrong Whitworth inspectors stamp, however I don’t recognise the number. Not Whitley and probably not Albemarle either. AW did make Lancasters – it’s possible it originated from one of them. I’ve never been clear on Lanc part no’s.

    in reply to: Another Whirlwind mystery object… #1214239
    Whitley_Project
    Participant

    At a guess – voltage regulator?

    Cheers

    in reply to: Parts ID Help #1217713
    Whitley_Project
    Participant

    Maybe a good scrub will reveal some numbers – as Tony says look out for 285.

Viewing 15 posts - 1,351 through 1,365 (of 2,284 total)