G’Day Guys,
I’ve just got back from New Zealand where I have been to the Classic Fighters Airshow at Omaka, Blenheim. What a show! 😀
Anyhoo, I went to the RNZAF Museum at Wigram, Christchurch and took a bunch of photos of their Avro 626 Prefect, amongst other things, for my reference.
The Avro Prefect has an Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah Mk V fitted, but the Townend Ring configuration is essentially the same as the smaller Genet Major. The ring is in two pieces, but appears to have been spun from a single piece of sheet metal to form the airfoil shape. The leading and trailing edges are beaded, the front over a tube and the rear over a wire. The two halves of the ring are held together with over centre latches. Steel brackets with felt cushions are riveted to the ring that engage with the rocker boxes on each cylinder head on the engine to keep the ring in its correct position. I hope this helps.
Regards,
Paul
G’Day Fouga23,
I am planning to rebuild both VH-UHC and VH-UVR. I have come accross VH-UVR almost by accident. However, I figured if I am going to build one set of wings and tail feathers, it is not much more effort (in time and money) to build two. The wings and tail are almost identical – the ribs are certainly the same and I have just finished the jigs for all the tail surfaces – to the point I hope to have the first ribs completed in the next few days. I do have enough drawings to cover both variants of fuselages and all the different engine installations.
Here are a few photos of some of components VH-UHC…
One of the lower mainplanes…
Set of flying wires…
Set of steel Interplane Struts…
Fin and Rudder Spars…
Main Undercarriage (with very sexy wire wheels..:D)
I do have a box of other small steel fittings for the fuselage, but no photos to hand.
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