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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 24, 2006 13:28:37 GMT 12
Welcome everyone to the new board for the discussion of Experimental category aircraft. This has come about after an excellent suggestion by Simon Gault, and I hope it will prove to be rather popular as the kitset and home build Experimental aircraft fraternity seems to be a growing and highly innovative one. So start spreading the word about this new place to chat.
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Post by turboNZ on Apr 24, 2006 15:32:35 GMT 12
Excellent going, Dave. You know, I've been in touch with Robert Baslee of Airdrome Aeroplanes last weekend with regards to the Eindecker kit......  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 24, 2006 15:59:15 GMT 12
Shall we start calling you Baron Von Turbo?
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Post by turboNZ on Apr 24, 2006 16:05:43 GMT 12
not just yet......
That E111 bare fuselage really whetted my appetite...
And one wing is easier to build than two (ie Nieuport).
Just that it gives me childhood memories when I used to watch the TV series "Wings" when the E111's used to attack the Be2C's !!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 24, 2006 16:09:01 GMT 12
It's be great fun. And it sounds like you have full support at home which is what counts most.
Remember the dreded Endekker in the TV series Wings? It always had me scared as a kid because its machine guns were better.
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Post by turboNZ on Apr 24, 2006 16:25:38 GMT 12
 ...machines guns were better ?? All the RFC Be2c's had to fight back with was the observer in the front cockpit shooting his rifle back !!! Didn't they eventually mount a Lewis gun obliquely so it fired left past the prop disc ? Yes I was mesmirised by the sheer evilness of the Eindeckers (E111) also !!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 24, 2006 16:33:52 GMT 12
I was stunned to learn that the Eindekker and almost all the other planes in the series were just models! Big models, but just models.
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Post by turboNZ on Apr 24, 2006 16:39:10 GMT 12
That's right, but they built a couple of full scale non flying replica Be2C's though. Apparently, one left the ground by a few feet while filming a mock take-off run which caused some anxious moments !!!
I also heard that they were powered by Ford Cortina engines (TRUE !!) ;D ;D
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Post by amitch on Apr 24, 2006 17:53:14 GMT 12
Excellent going, Dave. You know, I've been in touch with Robert Baslee of Airdrome Aeroplanes last weekend with regards to the Eindecker kit...... Can you Pm me with their contact details. |
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Post by turboNZ on Apr 24, 2006 18:20:47 GMT 12
Sure thing.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 24, 2006 18:45:31 GMT 12
Are you interestee in an Eindekker too Alex? Maybe we could have a forum squadron!
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Post by turboNZ on Apr 24, 2006 18:48:51 GMT 12
Just imagine it, he'd have twin cameras mounted instead of twin spandaus,...we'd got shot somehow or other.... ;D ;D ;D
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...machines guns were better ??