This is where all the off topic discussion about aeroplanes should go
Neil Wyatt | 17/11/2016 21:38:46 |
![]() 19226 forum posts 749 photos 86 articles | Posted by JA on 17/11/2016 17:48:11:
The Napier Lion had a strange crankshaft main bearing arrangement that I have never seen used anywhere else. The crankshaft was one piece and crowded roller bearings were used. The bearings were held in place on the crankshaft by split sleeves (bushes). JA Not that new, when Stephen Wessel showed me his engine at MEX (ENV of 1910 - under construction) he pointed out exactly the same way of keeping the bearings in place Neil |
JA | 17/11/2016 22:41:47 |
![]() 1605 forum posts 83 photos | Posted by Neil Wyatt on 17/11/2016 21:38:46:
Posted by JA on 17/11/2016 17:48:11:
The Napier Lion had a strange crankshaft main bearing arrangement that I have never seen used anywhere else. The crankshaft was one piece and crowded roller bearings were used. The bearings were held in place on the crankshaft by split sleeves (bushes). JA Not that new, when Stephen Wessel showed me his engine at MEX (ENV of 1910 - under construction) he pointed out exactly the same way of keeping the bearings in place Neil Then I guess that Napier could have used such an arrangement on the early, pre1906, cars. JA |
pgk pgk | 20/11/2016 11:50:38 |
2661 forum posts 294 photos | I was just reading the first post in this thread where the OP sat in a sunderland. It triggered a memory from way back when i was 4 or 5 yrs old and I'm sure my Dad said that the round bits I was playing with to make a 'bicycle' were sunderland porthole cut-outs he'd salvaged from the base. It would have been around the time he got posted to singapore ??? 1953?? Edited By pgk pgk on 20/11/2016 11:51:25 |
Cornish Jack | 20/11/2016 12:28:06 |
1228 forum posts 172 photos | Being aircraft pedantic (pedantry is VERY fashionable on the forum!! rgds Bill |
John Olsen | 20/11/2016 21:44:56 |
1294 forum posts 108 photos 1 articles | Actually if we re going to be pedantic, wouldn't a place name also normally receive a capital letter too? There was at one time a boat in Auckland made out of a Sunderland wing float. John |
Michael Gilligan | 20/11/2016 22:09:21 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | Posted by John Olsen on 20/11/2016 21:44:56:
Actually if we re going to be pedantic, wouldn't a place name also normally receive a capital letter too? .
. Edit: on second thoughts ... Maybe deduct one star for tautology. MichaelG. Edited By Michael Gilligan on 20/11/2016 22:12:15 |
JA | 20/11/2016 23:01:20 |
![]() 1605 forum posts 83 photos | To be pedantic all proper nouns, that is names, should start with a capital letter. Sunderland, the place the aeroplane or anything else should do so. I believe that this should apply to the names of element and perhaps metals such as brass. JA |
Cornish Jack | 20/11/2016 23:20:21 |
1228 forum posts 172 photos | Baited and cast and ... strike!! rgds Bill |
Ian S C | 21/11/2016 10:10:03 |
![]() 7468 forum posts 230 photos | in 1964 when I joined the Air Force I wanted to be a Flight Engineer, inspired by the Mk 5 Sunderlands of the RNZAF, these were just about to be phased out and replace with Orion maritime reconnaiance aircraft. Still got the Orions, and will have them for the next ten or a dozen years. Ian S C |
Clive Hartland | 21/11/2016 11:21:37 |
![]() 2929 forum posts 41 photos | I live in the Medway towns which includes Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham, During the war Sunderlands were made in Rochester by Shorts and the Hard is still there. The bits were fabricated in tunnels in the chalk cliff on the East side and the planes launched from the hard standing. After the war a single Shorts Sunderland was moored in the Medway above Rochester bridge for some years. I did onetime see some maintenance on it when engines were run. When I joined the army at 14 and came back a few years later it was gone. Clive PS. of course it was also made in Belfast where Shorts were also established Edited By Clive Hartland on 21/11/2016 11:22:15 |
mgnbuk | 21/11/2016 11:46:02 |
1394 forum posts 103 photos | PS. of course it was also made in Belfast where Shorts were also established And also on Lake Windemere Nigel B |
Muzzer | 26/11/2016 17:50:32 |
![]() 2904 forum posts 448 photos | I've only got a vague understanding of what I'm looking at here but when browsing in the local charity shops this afternoon I spotted a group of aircraft manuals. Leafing through them, there are line drawings of the innards of instruments etc. Clearly for training purposes. One was titled something like "the use of water rescue equipment", for those unlucky enough to have ditched in the soup. If anyone is sufficiently interested I could retrieve them. Given that this is a charity shop, they wouldn't be expensive. Anyone recognise them? |
Neil Wyatt | 26/11/2016 18:38:44 |
![]() 19226 forum posts 749 photos 86 articles | There used to be a Sunderland 'gate guardian' in Pembroke Dock when I was a lad. Neil |
Cornish Jack | 26/11/2016 19:05:24 |
1228 forum posts 172 photos | Muzzer - you could try flagging that up on the Spotters forum on PPrune (Professional Pilots' Rumour Network) www.pprune.org. Might well be some interest! rgds Bill |
Michael Gilligan | 11/12/2016 15:17:41 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | Catching-up on yesterday's T.V. ... I've just watched 'Click' [which should be available on the BBC iPlayer] Very interesting snippet about BAE Systems' "autonomous" test aircraft Jetstream: Reg. G-BWWW MichaelG. . Edit: https://planefinder.net/data/aircraft/G-BWWW may be of interet Edited By Michael Gilligan on 11/12/2016 15:21:36 |
Bob Brown 1 | 11/12/2016 16:24:02 |
![]() 1022 forum posts 127 photos | I remember passing this every day on my way to school, long since gone but not forgotten. |
Muzzer | 11/12/2016 16:38:39 |
![]() 2904 forum posts 448 photos | That Land Rover seems to have a rather unusual construction, assuming that's what it is. Not like any I've seen before. Possibly a hand made one-off body? |
Michael Gilligan | 11/12/2016 16:58:54 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | Posted by Muzzer on 11/12/2016 16:38:39:
That Land Rover seems to have a rather unusual construction, assuming that's what it is. Not like any I've seen before. Possibly a hand made one-off body? . That, Sir, would be a Shooting Brake https://goo.gl/images/h0pO57 MichaelG. |
Ian S C | 12/12/2016 10:40:44 |
![]() 7468 forum posts 230 photos | Dads Bradford had a similar body. Ian S C |
Clive Hartland | 12/12/2016 10:46:01 |
![]() 2929 forum posts 41 photos | Bob, did you see the Saunders Roe Princess fly, I did. It flew over my army camp near farnborough, also saw the Brabazon. plus many experimental type planes. This was in the early fifties from 1952 on. Clive |
Please login to post a reply.
Want the latest issue of Model Engineer or Model Engineers' Workshop? Use our magazine locator links to find your nearest stockist!
Sign up to our newsletter and get a free digital issue.
You can unsubscribe at anytime. View our privacy policy at www.mortons.co.uk/privacy
You can contact us by phone, mail or email about the magazines including becoming a contributor, submitting reader's letters or making queries about articles. You can also get in touch about this website, advertising or other general issues.
Click THIS LINK for full contact details.
For subscription issues please see THIS LINK.