#3728627 - 02/01/13 02:00 AM
WIP Spitfire PtIII-The fiddly Bits
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#3728796 - 02/01/13 12:55 PM
Re: WIP Spitfire PtIII-The fiddly Bits
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"I added valve stems to the wheels."
Now that's over the top! ;-)
Seriously though... I stand in awe at modelers with the skill, patience and attention to detail to do the kind of work that you are doing. Well done!
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#3728888 - 02/01/13 04:26 PM
Re: WIP Spitfire PtIII-The fiddly Bits
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#3729807 - 02/03/13 11:18 AM
Re: WIP Spitfire PtIII-The fiddly Bits
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Beautiful work! Makes me want to get back into model building, but my apartment is too small to fit any more stuff in here.. No room to build I had read on several occassions and from several different sources that it was against regulations for an RAF Spitfire to be parked with it's flaps deployed. I believe the flaps were spring-loaded, at least on the early marques, so when pneumatic pressure bled off they'd pop back up anyway.
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
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#3729998 - 02/03/13 07:29 PM
Re: WIP Spitfire PtIII-The fiddly Bits
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I believe the flaps were spring-loaded, at least on the early marques, so when pneumatic pressure bled off they'd pop back up anyway. Correct! They were only deployed during maintenance checks, on ground. They could also be part deployed for shorter than normal takeoffs, by the expedient of allowing them to close them against a block. After takeoff and climb to a safe height they would be opened, the block would fall away and the flap would then be closed. Normally positions were open (90 degrees) or closed. Probably wasn't done very often, but it remained an option.
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#3730030 - 02/03/13 08:38 PM
Re: WIP Spitfire PtIII-The fiddly Bits
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They could also be part deployed for shorter than normal takeoffs, by the expedient of allowing them to close them against a block.
After takeoff and climb to a safe height they would be opened, the block would fall away and the flap would then be closed.
Normally positions were open (90 degrees) or closed. Probably wasn't done very often, but it remained an option.
Yep They used that trick when flying off carriers for Malta.
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
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