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July 7, 2017 at 12:20 pm in reply to: SPOTTED (2017),What Have You Seen? #800912

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Something olive drag and sleek coming into Sywell. Does anyone know what it was? I want to say a P51 but can’t be sure.

June 13, 2017 at 4:26 pm in reply to: Spitfire TE184 refueling in Czestochowa-Rudniki #814819

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Yes it does happen in the UK.

February 28, 2017 at 3:23 pm in reply to: Shoreham Investigation Update #793158

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A work colleague, who is also a volunteer at Duxford, mentioned to me that the altimeter may not have been calibrated properly when it was removed from the aircraft previously. Is this credible and perhaps knowledge already? Or is it possibly
unfortunate rumour?

February 1, 2017 at 8:57 am in reply to: How Low Can You Go (2017) #807804

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That Jaguar pass at Weston was whispered about for ages there. It is nice to be able to see the footage finally!

January 9, 2017 at 4:39 pm in reply to: Sibson Airfield, threatened with closure ? #378530

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Hello folks.

The threat now appears to be over. The local communities, businesses and councils have all opposed the plan. It seems that the planners had not done the consulting they should have done and tried to go behind peoples backs.

So, for now at least, the airfield will continue to operate for the flying school, private pilots, the drop zone and all other users.

http://www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/news/sibson-garden-village-expression-of-interest/

November 15, 2016 at 9:03 am in reply to: Just Jane Restoration Work Begins #838553

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Outside of the paint stripping dates, is the hangar open to the public at all? It would be an interesting sight to see a stripped back Lanc.

Cheers

Kye

October 21, 2016 at 2:14 pm in reply to: Sibson Airfield, threatened with closure ? #378962

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I’m from the skydiving club there.

It is one of 24 sites being looked at. Nothing is reported to happen until 2024.

Here is a quote taken from an email I received regarding the issue:

No planning has been applied for and it is currently at a Government consultation stage. No official decision has been made and as it stands we are still here until 2024.

The land is owned by a local family so it will be interesting to know of their standing on this. I don’t think the local villages and business are impressed at the plan.

If and when I find out more, I’ll put it up here.

May 3, 2016 at 9:44 am in reply to: Malta Spits. Question for the experts. #877203

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The ammunition drum for 60 rounds of 20mm.

April 6, 2016 at 11:42 am in reply to: Duxford Diary (2016) #894227

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More additions to the May Airshow:

UH-1 / OH-6 / OV-10 / O-1

That should represent the Vietnam era nicely.

And a Skyvan !

http://www.iwm.org.uk/flying-aircraft-list

That drown out the drone of a particular commentator for a few moments then.

March 17, 2016 at 10:00 am in reply to: Yak 1 propeller control system #907337

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The plot thickens.

Assuming that it is right and that the developers have their facts right…. At full fine, the rpm will drop/ increase directly with throttle movement. Take the blades out of fully fine and the control unit kicks in and does what you would expect.

I guess that gives some weight to what is said about VVS pilots ‘leaving the propeller at fully fine’.

I know it is just a game, but the theory and principles behind it all have interested me big time.

March 16, 2016 at 8:59 am in reply to: Yak 1 propeller control system #908081

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There seems to be a lot of doubt out there about the operation of the R-7 ‘constant speed’ unit. If the modelling is correct, it doesn’t behave as it would if it were the Hamilton /DH type – http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/12407-yak1-engine-rpm/ – I love the very Russian-sounding pragmatic answer ‘You are thinking too much, just keep it at 2,700’

I think that it really was a controllable pitch prop system that engaged a simple, non-controllable rpm governor that kept things at 2,700 when pushed fully forward – so not like ‘western’ types.

This would explain a lot. This is from an interview with Vladimir Alexeevich Tikhomirov, published here: http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/pilots/tikhomirov/tikhomirov2.htm

“Did you use propeller pitch control?”

“Rarely. Most commonly we would push pitch control all the way forward, and then only used throttle”.

Gem of a Yak training film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_iGXO1cmM4

Funnily enough, it is the Yak in that game I am trying to find out about. :).

I have looked into it in the game. Set an RPM and action the throttle through its range, the prop RPM stays at were you set it. It even lags with the time it takes for the oil to move through the system.

March 14, 2016 at 11:51 am in reply to: Yak 1 propeller control system #909604

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Wow! Thank you very much! This thread has far exceeded the answers I was hoping for! 🙂

A very interesting read indeed.

January 20, 2016 at 9:37 am in reply to: Duxford Diary (2016) #862218

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Noted passing over Duxford twice today was the somewhat unusual and rare shape of a Dornier 28.

Wow, they are quite a bit smaller than the later versions!

September 5, 2015 at 5:59 pm in reply to: Fatal crash in Northamptonshire – Hinton In The Hedges #382102

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I’m told it was a Cessna 152. Pilot bounced his way down the runway, tried to go around and applied full flap and stalled. Height of the stall unknown, but the wreckage is not that recognisable as a cessna.

September 2, 2015 at 11:54 am in reply to: News at MeierMotors GmbH / Bremgarten South Germany #894254

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What an incredible thread! It is brilliant to see the German side of aircraft restoration. Those 109’s look superb!

The dual seat G-12 is very interesting. I’ll watch it’s progress very closely.

Oh how I’d love to get involved with this kind of work as a job! I’m rather envious. 🙂
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