Rossco wrote:
Hiya Cvairwerks.I agree mate,we use 3D design software (ProD and some Solid) to do the majority of our project (click on sig).Beauty of it all now is,it,s faster,more available,easy to edit,more usable,and darn more fun these days.A design can be sent IGES via email across the world where it can be viewed instantly.Plus the costs of 3D printers is coming down so parts can be prototyped quicker and cheaper,ideal for casting Masters.
A ground run Tiffie or Tempest will be my wish and all the "bugs" in the original design could be found and squashed easier in the computer.As you say it all comes down to the moolah..
I'd agree that we could see the employment of new technology in making a 'new' Napier Sabre. The quick assumption that the Sabre's issues could be bugs to be squashed with computers
might prove true. The fact remains however that the Sabre is a very, very complex engine with a lot going on, and at the top end of piston-engine development - there's a lot of things going up and down and round and round, and it may be that a high failure rate simply cannot be avoided.
I dunno, I'm no engineer, but some stuff's too complex to make failsafe.
A ground runner would be interesting though, I agree.
Mustangdriver wrote:
It would at least be cool to see a static one built.
Building a single static example seems a bit pointless as we have original authentic Typhoon and Tempests...
Cheers,
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