Centenary of Australian military flying

[Baldeagle]

http://www.boxkite2014.org/boxkite_home.html

And it flies:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrinfOaH_2c



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[Brenden S]

Nice one. Great achievement.

[DH82EH]

That's fabulous!
Congratulations on a fine, and I'm sure fun, achievement.
According to the specs, I figure this replica must be bound for Reno, it has more than twice the horses of the original.

It's nice that (other than the engine) the builders tried to keep it as original as they could. Well done.

Andy Scott

[Stephan Wilkinson]

it has more than twice the horses of the original.

I think they've derated it with a rev limit or something of the sort. Just did a short article on it for Aviation History Magazine, but my notes are upstairs and I'm well into a Manhattan.

[Baldeagle]

Horsepower doesn't mean that much in those type of aircraft, inch-pounds or displacement is more important.



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[ErrolC]

I thought that this was going to be about the Airshow that will feature the BoxKite in March 2014!

http://www.airforce.gov.au/Interact/Dis ... dc+u6Ro5VF

I've pencilled in to attend, but it's a lot closer for me than most here.

[ErrolC]

That's fabulous!
Congratulations on a fine, and I'm sure fun, achievement.
According to the specs, I figure this replica must be bound for Reno, it has more than twice the horses of the original.

It's nice that (other than the engine) the builders tried to keep it as original as they could. Well done.

Andy Scott

Apparently, when TVAL made a repro German WW1 engine, it had noticeably more HP than the original, due to better tolerances etc.