Author Topic: FiX THE MOSSIE! (Read 4005 times)

Harry · « **Reply #75 on:** January 13, 2006, 10:55:54 AM »

See Rule #5

Angus · « **Reply #76 on:** January 13, 2006, 11:07:43 AM »

See Rule #4

Skuzzy · « **Reply #77 on:** January 13, 2006, 11:16:50 AM »

The name calling will cease.

Furball · « **Reply #78 on:** January 13, 2006, 11:38:34 AM »

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Originally posted by Skuzzy
The name calling will cease.

poopie head

hogenbor · « **Reply #79 on:** January 13, 2006, 12:25:35 PM »

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Originally posted by Karnak
That's true Angus.

No, Harry is not Kurfurst. He predates Kurfurst's departure.

Did he? That's the best news I've heard all year!

Was he banned or did he just leave?

Still can't get my mind around how fanatical he was about Germany in general and the 109 in particular. What even stranger is that he found it necessary to rant here, without even playing AH

Would have liked to meet him irl just to see what he was like.

And yes, please remove the flame dampers. I almost never have troubles with spins and such btw, no matter what plane. Maybe I don't fly aggressively enough

Karnak · « **Reply #80 on:** January 13, 2006, 05:49:12 PM »

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Originally posted by hogenbor
And yes, please remove the flame dampers. I almost never have troubles with spins and such btw, no matter what plane. Maybe I don't fly aggressively enough

I really hope this can be done. Mosquito Mk VIs that operated during the day had multiple ejectors for two reasons. One, and the main one, was that performance was significantly better with the multiple ejector stacks than with the saxaphone duct. The other was that maintainance on the multiple ejector stacks was easier and less frequent. The ground crews greatly prefered the ejector stacks.

Given that AH's MA and CT for the forseeable future will be daylight settings it makes a lot more sense to have the Mosquito Mk VI use a daylight engine exhaust configuration.

bozon · « **Reply #81 on:** January 14, 2006, 07:07:39 AM »

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And yes, please remove the flame dampers.

Hopefully, when Mossies are redone.

Bozon

hogenbor · « **Reply #82 on:** January 14, 2006, 07:44:26 AM »

When we're on it, I have nothing substantial in my library about the Mosquito.

What I'm most interested in is in flight trails in fighter configuration. Do these exist? I've seen tons of stuff here on most aircraft, and have quite a few good books myself. But nothing much on the Mosquito, performance trials, handling, that sort of thing. Any suggestions? (I belive Scherf mentions a good book in another thread). Linkt to on-line docs would be welcomed too.

justin_g · « **Reply #83 on:** January 14, 2006, 09:07:25 AM »

website: http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bfillery/mossie.htm

Angus · « **Reply #84 on:** January 14, 2006, 10:35:58 AM »

Uh namecalling forbidden?
Well, I'll risk either a :
"See Rule #4" or
"See Rule #5"

When I say:
Justin_g !!!!! That was a very good mossie link you brought up. Been looking, and now I have one

And....as a proof of Justin's merit, I hope this picture loads. Bloody awesome cockpit pics from Mossies on that site!

Angus · « **Reply #85 on:** January 14, 2006, 10:37:44 AM »

Yippeeeee it worked.
Here is the link to the kiwiaircraft homepage:
http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/aviation.html

Have a nice weekend folks

MiloMorai · « **Reply #86 on:** January 14, 2006, 11:09:26 AM »

http://www.compass.dircon.co.uk/Mosquito.htm
http://www.faqs.org/docs/air/avmoss.html
http://www.mossie.org/Mosquito.html
http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
http://sres.anu.edu.au/associated/fpt/nwfp/mosquito/Mosquito.html

Scherf · « **Reply #87 on:** January 15, 2006, 03:15:33 AM »

Hogenbor:

The best overall Mossie book is (appropriately) "Mosquito" by Martin Sharp and Michael J.F. Bowyer. (Going from memory for the first names, but it's definitely Sharp and Bowyer.)

Unfortunately, the book doesn't have particularly good performance graphs - there's a couple stuck in there without reference to context, weights, yadda yadda. Best doccos are in the British National Archives, AIR18/716, again going from memory.

I also think there must be some performance-related documents in the reference library of the Mosquito Museum. I'm a member, but have not had time, during my brief visits to the U.K., to set up any time to look.

bozon · « **Reply #88 on:** January 15, 2006, 03:45:49 AM »

Here's an interesting quote from the pilot's notes, taken from this page:
http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bfillery/mossie10.htm

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(ii) Warning of the approach of the stall is given by the pronounced buffeting of the control surfaces, the onset of which can be felt some 10 knots before the stall itself. At the stall the aircraft pitches, the ASI fluctuates and the nose drops gently. There is little tendency for the wing to drop unless the control column is held back. Recovery is easy and normal in all cases.

Bozon

thrila · « **Reply #89 on:** January 15, 2006, 08:21:44 AM »

I love the mossie, i really wish i had the net back at my flat so i could fly one in AH.

I was watching old AH films this morning, in one of them i'm tangling with a spit and dadrabit is on vox saying "somebody go down and help thrila down there, he's in a mossie....oh nevermind, he got him". It made me smile.