Simviation Forum - Monkey see.....monkey do.

Apr 22^nd, 2011 at 12:37am

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I have noticed a few posts of......I think Doug would say "rag and tube" aircraft lately (this one appears to be partially constructed of aluminum panels).
Please correct me if I have the terminology wrong, Doug

This is the nicest freeware bi-plane I know of.....it was in one of the posts that inspired me to go flyng in one of these contraptions........soooo much fun.
Function, in it's element.....pure joy Cool

Ant's Tiger Moth:http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=tiger+moth&x=16&y=16
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"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"

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Reply #1 - Apr 22^nd, 2011 at 2:21am

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CHUCK79 wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2011 at 12:37am:

I have noticed a few posts of......I think Doug would say "rag and tube" aircraft lately (this one appears to be partially constructed of aluminum panels).
Please correct me if I have the terminology wrong, Doug

Ah, the Tiger Moth. Not the right Doug but I do know a bit about this lovely aeroplane. The fuselage is "rag and tube", steel tube covered with doped fabric. (The curved decking behind the cockpits is plywood.) The wings & tail feathers are of fabric covered wooden construction. The only aluminium panels are the engine cowling.

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Reply #2 - Apr 22^nd, 2011 at 6:45am

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Beautiful shot Chuck.

And you are correct, it is one of the best freeware aircraft available.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #3 - Apr 22^nd, 2011 at 10:26am

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That's an incredible screenshot too Chuck Shocked

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Reply #4 - Apr 22^nd, 2011 at 10:54am

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Awesome shot Chuck...well done... Wink

Thanks Doug for jumping in...much appreciated always... Wink

I was a little late getting on today...Easter Egg hunt for grandchildren and great grandchildren had priority... Grin

The weather...cool and frosty...but we all had great fun and eggs and hot cross buns... Grin

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #5 - Apr 22^nd, 2011 at 11:05am

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Thanks guys Cool

And, thanks Doug (Hagar) for the info.......plywood???? who'd a thunk it Wink

It was probably a standard building material back then......I just never really gave it a thought Grin

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"

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Reply #6 - Apr 22^nd, 2011 at 1:30pm

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What a shot... Beautiful! Plane, sky, colors... all blended perfectly! Great work!

-Pierre-

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Reply #7 - Apr 22^nd, 2011 at 4:45pm

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Thanks Pierre.....the plane is just really photogenic Wink

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"

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