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re: Can't afford $5mm restored Spitfire - build one from scratch.
Posted on 10/26/19 at 2:44 pm to jcaz
Posted on 10/26/19 at 2:44 pm to jcaz
quote:
wings are worn out
Didnt the air farce let a contract for new build wings a few years back?
They should have if they didnt. They could give those aircraft to a branch that knows how to use them...USMC
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Posted on 10/26/19 at 2:47 pm to Shiftyplus1
Mustangs are nice. I am partial to corsairs, bearcats, and thunderbolts.
A p38 would be the shite too.
A p38 would be the shite too.
This post was edited on 10/26/19 at 5:49 pm
Posted on 10/26/19 at 2:50 pm to X123F45
quote:
The Scots have made some amazing contributions to the world.
True. A Scot created the US Navy.
Posted on 10/26/19 at 4:58 pm to blueridgeTiger
You can buy kits for an 90, 80, or 75% replica.
Supermarine Aircraft
Supermarine Aircraft
This post was edited on 10/26/19 at 4:59 pm
Posted on 10/26/19 at 5:32 pm to Hogbit
Yeah I think they are keeping them in the fleet thru 2030 now. Just in case somebody in the Middle East wants to rustle some feathers.
Marines would run the shite out of them haha. Wings or no wings.
Marines would run the shite out of them haha. Wings or no wings.
Posted on 10/26/19 at 5:40 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Why do they not produce 1:1 kits?
Posted on 10/26/19 at 5:52 pm to Jibbajabba
Massive power needed to make a full size replica perform
Posted on 10/26/19 at 9:00 pm to Hogbit
You can buy anything you want from the bone yard. Just have to chop it up in their presence before you leave with it.
Posted on 10/27/19 at 2:59 am to Shiftyplus1
LINK
Gerry Beck built a P51 mustang from scratch using original plans, unfortunately he and the plane were lost in a botched formation landing at the Oshkosh Airventure 2007
Gerry Beck built a P51 mustang from scratch using original plans, unfortunately he and the plane were lost in a botched formation landing at the Oshkosh Airventure 2007
Posted on 10/27/19 at 10:13 am to blueridgeTiger
I cant even find time to build a replica pirouque
Posted on 10/27/19 at 11:20 am to Hogbit
quote:Yes, the cost of maintenance is very stiff, even by aircraft standards. Just for openers, the RR Merlin V-12 requires 25 gallons of lubricating oil and it must be changed every 60 hours. The valves and centrifugal supercharger must be mechanically re-set every 25 hours and we won't go into the horror story about the lifetime of the main bearings. There's a reason the RAF had rafts of ground maintenance staff back in the day.
Massive power needed to make a full size replica perform
Posted on 10/27/19 at 12:00 pm to Coeur du Tigre
I'm sure the allison is only marginally better.
Posted on 10/27/19 at 12:08 pm to blueridgeTiger
Could just do like this guy did and pretend using a Yak-50
This is at a hanger next to one of my friend's hangers in Cali
This is at a hanger next to one of my friend's hangers in Cali
Posted on 10/27/19 at 12:14 pm to stout
Not quite a warbird, but beats the hell out of a cessna
Posted on 10/27/19 at 12:24 pm to blueridgeTiger
Top 10 alpha move of 2019
Posted on 10/27/19 at 12:33 pm to blueridgeTiger
quote:So it took him 23 years?
Bob and his friend Vern started work on the welded steel tube fuselage with non-load-bearing aluminium covering and wooden wing warbird in 1996.
Posted on 10/27/19 at 5:19 pm to HubbaBubba
P-51's will always be my favorites, but the Spitfire will always remain the epitome of British ingenuity and resolve. These are just plain "sexy".
Posted on 10/27/19 at 5:28 pm to blueridgeTiger
So, when i build it, since it’s a free country, is it ok to fly the plane when i want to?
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