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Re: New build Mosquito

Posted by Ron Henry on Fri Apr 26, 2002 02:26:19 PM

In reply top New build Mosquito posted by Pete Groves on Fri Apr 26, 2002 01:56:16 PM

: I have followed Mr Powell`s progress via the magazines, an
: d now these new pictures, and what he is doing is magnific
: ant. I am just wondering though, at this point he can prod
: uce new build fuselages, presumably not wings, tail surfac
: es, nacelles, or any of the internal components, or all me
: tal components, so what stage is it really at? is the wing
: as complex as it looks? to complete an aircraft at this s
: tage, saying you now have a fuselage I imagine it is still
: a massive undertaking. Do these fuselages on their own ha
: ve much commercial value? Does Mr Powell plan an operation
: along the lines of Flugwerks, to supply a new build kit?
: I just wonder if this is a labor of love, or does it have
: commercial goals? for that matter, what is a fuselage buil
: t from these new fixtures worth? if you price the time to
: build the fixtures then the first one must be pretty spend
: y! but the second one is then 1/2 the price, so how many d
: o you have to build to make it commercially viable?
: I am just asking as I love the airplane, and wonder what t
: he future goals of this project are.
: Cheers, Pete

The De Havilland Aircraft Museum (think that's the name - the one that has the Mosquito prototype) know how complex the wing is. They got a battered wing (from Israel, IIRC) and repaired it. ISTR that it's quite complex.


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