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Re: Vampires and Mosquitos
Posted by Ron Henry on Fri Aug 02, 2002 02:19:26 PM
In reply top Re: Vampires and Mosquitos posted by Bruce Gordon on Fri Aug 02, 2002 03:52:25 AM
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: : : The FB6 is also doing well. The cockpit is being fitte
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: : : ly rewiring the instrument panels, and other stuff in
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: : : area so the armour plate can go in. Also have to fit
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: : : hrdraulic pipework before we fit the armour.
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: : : Other current job is finishing the fabric on the fusel
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: : : and getting her into silver dope. I would like to get
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: : : painted this year, but we will se how we go.
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: : : Wing is making slow progress, with the underwing tank
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: : : s being finished so we can lie it flat. Most of the un
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: : : arriage is overhauled, using a mix of bits and pieces.
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: : : We are discussing putting up a small web page of pictu
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: : : which we can update from time to time, but haven't got
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: : : nd to it yet. Bear with us!
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: : All this talk of hands-on stuff at the DH museum has mad
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: : me realise that you are in a good place to answer a ques
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: : on for me - Is there any direct dimensional similarity b
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: : ween the Mosquito cockpit and the fuselage nacelle of a
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: : mpire? Some years ago, someone told me that they were c
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: : sely related - I've occasionally puzzled about it.
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: : TIA.
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: : Ron Henry
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: No, none at all - this is an old myth, and has even led on
: e chap to try and convert a Vamp NF10 into a Mosquito cock
: pit. Funnily enough, it don't work.....
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: The Hornet and the single seat Vampire share some cockpit
: parts, but not much, and that too is very different.
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: Bruce
Thanks, Bruce. Shame about the waste of the chap's NF10 - not exactly ten a penny ! :-(