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Re: Tempest II jinxed!!???
Posted by MickM on Fri Oct 05, 2001 08:04:39 AM
In reply top Re: Tempest II jinxed!!??? posted by Graham ODriscoll on Fri Oct 05, 2001 07:54:11 AM
Hi Graham.
I think the Sabre's problems were more to do with the sleeve valves that were used in the early examples, Napier had to get Bristol to make better ones for them, and I think that cured the Sabre failures before the Tempest V was built.
: Wasn't the tales of Napier Sabre reliability problems down
: to the early Tiffy operations in the dusty Normandy forwa
: rd op. airstrips, and that it was later cured by fittment
: of different filters. I didn't think there was much eviden
: ce of problems with the installation in the Tempest V???
: But then again, operating one today ........ hmmnnnnn?
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: : Mick,
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: : TFC did restore the RAFM-example so they have some sort
: of
: : experience with the type. A shame though, such a beauti
: fu
: : l aircraft. How about converting the fuselage of one bac
: k
: : to Typhoon status? In my opinion the chances that Kermit
: W
: : eeks Mk V (the fuselage came from Holland) will be flown
: a
: : re also very slim considering the reliability-record of
: th
: : e Sabre. But it would be nice to hear the roar of that b
: ea
: : st.
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: : Cees
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