Simviation Forum - Owning a warbird

Reply #15 - Oct 3^rd, 2004 at 4:41pm

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http://www.kennoncovers.com/links/engines.html

Try here Mark... BTW, how far along are you anyway?

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Reply #16 - Oct 3^rd, 2004 at 10:52pm

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I'll be getting the degree to be able to work hopefully at an aircraft company (theres a lot of big ones here in sothern California), or maybe even work at the Jet Propultion lab thats part of Cal-tech, but I would like to eventually work on a warbird as a side project and hopefully make it bigger.

There's a big restoration place called Planes of fame, "near" but its about a 1-2 hour drive from my house and still havent gone there, Its on my to do list.

Ive still got a while till I get to collage, but thanks for the heads up.

oh and 15-30 years from now if you see an idiot flying a Thunderbolt with a monkey suit in an airshow make shure to flick me off! Grin

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Reply #17 - Oct 4^th, 2004 at 2:56am

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Thanks for the link Kevin, at the moment we've just got a few ribs for the Spit done.
The Cub will be finished quite a long time before methinks. We've decided on the engine, and we're starting work on the jig board to lay the fuselage frame out on.
Thank goodness my father-in-law knows all about making this kind of stuff, 'cos frankly my welding skills are a wee bit rusty Grin

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Reply #18 - Oct 4^th, 2004 at 5:44am

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On the subject of warbirds apparently the BBMF Spit V nose over on landing at Coningsby the other day (26th Sep, burst tyre was suspected)....

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Reply #19 - Oct 4^th, 2004 at 9:25am

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What are you using for the engine?

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Reply #20 - Oct 4^th, 2004 at 12:40pm

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VW air-cooled 1800cc modified for aviation use. Good strong engine putting out a comfortable amount of HP, and easy for parts

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Reply #21 - Oct 4^th, 2004 at 2:17pm

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Thank goodness my father-in-law knows all about making this kind of stuff, 'cos frankly my welding skills are a wee bit rusty Grin

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Rusty welding is never a good thing. I would get some WD40 onto it. Grin

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Reply #22 - Oct 4^th, 2004 at 2:35pm

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Have you ever seen WD40 and a lighter? Well with welding kit the fireball should be quite impressive Grin

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Reply #23 - Oct 4^th, 2004 at 2:54pm

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A Spit with a Volkswagon engine? Shocked

Blasphemy!!

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Reply #24 - Oct 4^th, 2004 at 7:49pm

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Have you ever seen WD40 and a lighter? Well with welding kit the fireball should be quite impressive Grin

my friend tried it with a pvc pipe and some glue spray... I highly doubt he'll try that one again Grin

, but with a welding kit.. hope you have good life insurance

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Reply #25 - Oct 5^th, 2004 at 3:45am

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Kevin the Spit will be probably getting a V-12, I don't think VW made those did they? Grin

The Beetle lump will be appearing in the Cub, and I can't wait to get her flying, and I think mother-in-law will be glad to get us and the big pile of metal and wood out of the garage Grin

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Reply #26 - Oct 5^th, 2004 at 9:25am

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Boy! You had me scared there for a minute! Wink

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Reply #27 - Oct 5^th, 2004 at 2:59pm

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I know of only one German engined Spit, and that was a captured one during WWII fitted with an Me-109 lump Sad

I'm not a nationalist, but....... Grin

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