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PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 4:31 pm 
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Great stuff! I'll have to check back here more often.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 11:21 pm 
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Any updates?

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 4:14 pm 
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Warbird Kid wrote:
Any updates?

Tried doing this the other day but Photobucket would not cooperate for me... but it is now...

Some of these photos I have taken off of our museum's Facebook page to fill in between the last photos I had taken.

Jack, his son Mark and Jack's other helpers have been working on three main areas from what I can tell:
1) Continuing to cover the wings
2) Working on the landing gear wells
3) Finishing off the engine and its cowlings

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Couple Tank forms. Believe he said one is water and one is oil
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Wing Work
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Landing Gear Bay Work

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Not sure if this is his chosen scheme or not
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 5:02 am 
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Hello,

I’m looking for some information on the project of Jack Roethlisberger's Spitfire!

I’ve seen on pictures that the brakes of the spitfire are inside the wheel … With the association Réplic’Air (French volunteer group) We are rebuilding a dewoitine fighter that never flew. We do not have the space to put some disk brakes ouside the wheel ! Thus, the same installation would be necessary for our Dewoitine D551 project

Could you please tell me more about this installation (geometry, supplier,…)?

Feel free to learn more on our project here http://replicair.fr/en/aircraft/dewoitine-d551/ (the English version is not fully operational yet)

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 6:10 am 
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Lovely looking aircraft Thomas, is it all progressing as you'd hoped?


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 5:31 am 
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Yes it is :)

We are facing challenges all the time for sure and one by one we hunt them down !
The brakes integration, is one of them, and I hope to find an answer ... hopefully with your help

We target to fly next year for the time being (6 monthes delay to the original calendar)


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 9:38 am 
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That is fantastic news, congratulations to you all and good luck.


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 8:51 pm 
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Tom551 wrote:
Hello,

I’m looking for some information on the project of Jack Roethlisberger's Spitfire!

I’ve seen on pictures that the brakes of the spitfire are inside the wheel … With the association Réplic’Air (French volunteer group) We are rebuilding a dewoitine fighter that never flew. We do not have the space to put some disk brakes ouside the wheel ! Thus, the same installation would be necessary for our Dewoitine D551 project

Could you please tell me more about this installation (geometry, supplier,…)?

Feel free to learn more on our project here http://replicair.fr/en/aircraft/dewoitine-d551/ (the English version is not fully operational yet)

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Thomas
I believe they are just stock wheel assemblies off of a Twin Cessna. I will try to find out the next time I see Jack

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 4:56 am 
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Thanks a lot Tyler,

I cannot find the proper brake assembly reference !
Is it Cleveland or Goodyear

Waiting for your feed back

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:46 am 
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In the first post in this thread Tyler stated
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The wheels and brakes are from a Cessna Twin, 340 I believe he said


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 2:44 pm 
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Tom551 wrote:
Thanks a lot Tyler,

I cannot find the proper brake assembly reference !
Is it Cleveland or Goodyear

Waiting for your feed back

Cheers

Not sure, will find out.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 11:51 am 
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Beautiful project!


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PostPosted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 11:33 am 
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Pretty sure those are Clevelands.

https://www.ebay.com/i/202419416210?chn=ps


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PostPosted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:00 pm 
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Question: looking at the engine installation with the carbon-fiber cowling assembly, how are they feeding the Allison's downdraft carb? Is there tubing built into the cowling that takes air from the intake below the engine, and reverses the airflow to take it in front of the engine, and up to the top? (Just curious.)


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PostPosted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 10:02 pm 
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Tyler, when are you usually there? I'm one of the mx inspectors at the airline you fly for and was hoping to run into you some time.


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