Warbird Information Exchange

Anyone else thrilled about the thought of seeing this fly?!!! I am glad that it did not get sold and that restoration work has managed to continue. http://fighter-collection.com/newsimg/img/beaut3.jpg

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I'm looking for that buried Corsair(s) that I can dig up, pressure wash, and fly!

Cant wait.

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Christopher Soltis
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Wasn't that the Beaufighter that was for sale with Provenance?

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Matt

Beeeeutiful. I really hope I can see this in the air. Stunning This was for sale on Provenance. I don't know the ins and outs of how it managed to stay at TFC, but I for one am glad it is staying here in the UK and is getting on. Love the Beau!!!

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If the first casualty of war is innocence, the second is sobriety - Hawkeye.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws - Plato.
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I think the basic story is that Provenance could'nt sell it? At the time it was reported that Provenance had acquired the aircraft, although work would continue at TFC on the aircraft regardless.

It was initially publicly advertised by Provenance at $2M+ and later offered privately it seems at $1M+, but the unknown $ workload to complete it, including resolving the engine and prop issues, certainly scared off one investor I was aware of?

It would seem that either that "Provenance" arrangement has not proceeded? or simply perhaps Provenance have ceased advertising it for sale until it progresses further towards a complete aircraft?

Either way it is great to see this project moving forward towards a complete and hopefully flying aircraft.

Regards

Mark Pilkington

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20th Century - The Age of Manned Flight
"from Wrights to Armstrong in 66 years -WOW!"

Thankyou for the info Mark.

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If the first casualty of war is innocence, the second is sobriety - Hawkeye.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws - Plato.
Lies get halfway round the world before the truth has a chance to get it's pants on - Churchill
If you are going through he11 - keep going - Churchill

Great to see that one survives.Thanks for the look see.

Can anyone comment as to why the Beaufighter required the heavily dihedraled tailplain? I seem to recall that both radial and Merlin engined variants had flat also. Why the change?

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Charles Neely

I think it was only the mark 10 that was given the dihedral. I heard that it provided a tad more keel area when a torpedo was fitted.

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The Australian built DAP mark 21 also has dihedral.

http://aarg.com.au/beaufighter.htm

regards

Mark Pilkington

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20th Century - The Age of Manned Flight
"from Wrights to Armstrong in 66 years -WOW!"

Hi Glyn,

The dihedral tailpane was fitted to all Beaufighters from the Mk.VI onwards. However, many Mk.I aircraft were also retro-fitted with these tailplanes as well. The aircrafts' lateral stability was always a bit marginal, and a diherdral tailplane provided a little more stability. The torpedo fitted to Mk.VI and Mk.X aircraft caused additional lateral instability, which was cured (on the TF. Mk.X aircraft) by increasing the fin area by means of an enlarged and extended fin fillet.

HTH

Derek

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Derek 'The Widow' Bradshaw