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| Author: | Enemy Ace [ Thu Aug 25, 2011 11:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | California DH.88 Comet vs. Shuttleworth's |
While looking at the restoration work being done on Black Magic I was wondering if anyone has actually compared the replica built by Repeat aircraft to the original based at Shuttleworth's? One of the things that I noticed on Grosvenor House was that there has been a fairly significant amount of modernizing to enable continued CAA approvals I am guessing... Is the California airplane more OEM in appearance? That was Bill Turner who built the replica if I remember correctly? I don't think he is still around? |
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| Author: | Mike [ Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: California DH.88 Comet vs. Shuttleworth's |
The big difference between the Wathen replica at Flabob and the Shuttleworth one is that one flies and one doesn't! The Shuttleworth one has a Kevlar forward decking, but is otherwise fairly original. The California one has a modern cockpit and an improved gear set-up, plus a couple of degrees of washout at the tips incorporated into the wing design to improve stall characteristics on landing. |
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