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Post by planecrazy on Mar 21, 2015 21:37:34 GMT 12
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Post by planecrazy on Mar 22, 2015 8:33:10 GMT 12
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Post by nuuumannn on May 8, 2015 16:57:06 GMT 12
Nice pics, all. Neat museum with a fascinating collection.
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Post by Mustang51 on May 14, 2015 10:04:23 GMT 12
But where's the Mk.24 ? Beautiful machine ! Beautiful museum but parking is hell........... to think it is located there and yet across the water the original Supermarine factory still exists as a warehouse. Its slipway, although an historical monument, is virtually unknown and is buried behind houses with a barbed wire gate that prevents any public access (unless you happen to be an inventive Aussie). Such a pity that these historical spots could not be retained as the museum.
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Post by planecrazy on May 14, 2015 14:03:37 GMT 12
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Post by Mustang51 on May 14, 2015 14:24:41 GMT 12
I love the Mk.24. It, the Mk.V (yes with the Vokes filter) and the Mk.VIII are the favourites. Thanks for posting. May get to see these again in JUly if I am very lucky.
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Post by suthg on May 14, 2015 19:11:49 GMT 12
I will be in Southampton and thereabouts on Friday 12th June so I may be able to put this on the tour target!!
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Post by planecrazy on May 18, 2015 21:41:23 GMT 12
You will enjoy getting up close and personal with your avatar picture definitely one of the most impressive engines I have ever seen! Can only imagine what the thing would have been like running? Many year ago I was very fortunate to spend some time with a great chap named Jimmy Theale, a New Zealander who flew MK XII Spits, Typhoons and Tempests. He told me often they used to start their Typhoons and Tempests with their oxygen masks on as some pilots had passed out from the fumes while they sat warming up.  |
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Post by suthg on May 19, 2015 7:28:13 GMT 12
The best photo I have seen of the Napier Sabre. And a complete engine, no cutaways either. The engine design from an mechanical engineers point of view was a brilliant stroke in several areas. No crank counterweights required as "the whole" was properly fully balanced, the four countershafts in the drive at the front was a compact load sharing arrangement with end thrust of the bevel gears balanced by beams, one to the next. Apparently Rolls Royce decided the sleeve valve drive was difficult to assemble and had a slightly different design in their RR Eagle 22, but hey had other engineering failures in their design in the conrod and crank area.
Yes I look forward to seeing it in person, despite the fact that there is one in New Zealand in Nelson which I have not yet seen either!! Thanks for sharing the photos and pointing out the Museum's array of planes and engines!!
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