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Offline Scherf

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It's aliiiiiiiive!
« on: December 19, 2011, 02:48:34 PM »
3/4-scale Mossie, 17 years' work!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgk9ka-pIVc&feature=youtu.be

Done up in the colours of Max Guedj, the gallant Frenchman who, under the nom de guerre of Wing Commander Maurice, led 143 Squadron against shipping targets in Norway, and who was killed in action in January 1945.
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Re: It's aliiiiiiiive!
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2011, 03:41:43 PM »
Nice.  Very nice.  A fitting tribute, I'd say!   :aok     



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Re: It's aliiiiiiiive!
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2011, 04:17:40 PM »
Very very cool  :aok
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Re: It's aliiiiiiiive!
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2011, 05:52:00 PM »
 Really digging those tennisball airbags! :aok


 End result was quite impressive.







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Re: It's aliiiiiiiive!
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2011, 07:07:55 PM »
If one is going to the trouble of making something like this, why stop at 3/4?

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Re: It's aliiiiiiiive!
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2011, 07:41:41 PM »
Quote from: TDeacon on December 19, 2011, 07:07:55 PM
If one is going to the trouble of making something like this, why stop at 3/4?



That may be the difference between 5 million and 10 million in $$$. 
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Re: It's aliiiiiiiive!
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2011, 12:03:04 PM »
Were you part of the build, Scherf?
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Re: It's aliiiiiiiive!
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2011, 12:22:01 PM »
Quote from: TDeacon on December 19, 2011, 07:07:55 PM
If one is going to the trouble of making something like this, why stop at 3/4?



This was actually my first thought too.

Very cool though.

Out of curiosity, why does the aircraft only pull one gear up at a time?  I imagine it's the way the hydraulics are hooked up?
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Re: It's aliiiiiiiive!
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2011, 12:57:59 PM »
Quote from: SmokinLoon on December 19, 2011, 07:41:41 PM
That may be the difference between 5 million and 10 million in $$$. 

I wonder if these guys would make me a 3/4 scale F6F-5 or P-47D-25.  I have $43.17 and a half case of beer.
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Re: It's aliiiiiiiive!
« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2011, 01:51:30 PM »
Quote from: SectorNine50 on December 21, 2011, 12:22:01 PM
This was actually my first thought too.

Very cool though.

Out of curiosity, why does the aircraft only pull one gear up at a time?  I imagine it's the way the hydraulics are hooked up?

Possibly. Semi-related, but as a Engineer/Operator on a Fire Engine I know that hydraulic tools (jaws of life, spreaders, winches, sawzalls) that are hydraulically operated can only be operated one at a time.
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Offline Scherf

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Re: It's aliiiiiiiive!
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2011, 02:36:42 PM »
Quote from: B4Buster on December 21, 2011, 12:03:04 PM
Were you part of the build, Scherf?

No no, just a rather bemused onlooker. First read about / saw pics of this a few years back, it was truly a wtf ugly duckling. Looks brilliant in the air though.
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Re: It's aliiiiiiiive!
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2011, 03:21:07 PM »
Quote from: Scherf on December 21, 2011, 02:36:42 PM
No no, just a rather bemused onlooker. First read about / saw pics of this a few years back, it was truly a wtf ugly duckling. Looks brilliant in the air though.

She does look good. It needs some prop hubs though!

Thanks for sharing.
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Re: It's aliiiiiiiive!
« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2011, 12:31:46 AM »
Omfg, its a minisquito!  :aok
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Re: It's aliiiiiiiive!
« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2011, 03:18:31 AM »
CUTE!!!
Wonder what type of engines these are, and how fast it is...
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Re: It's aliiiiiiiive!
« Reply #14 on: December 26, 2011, 05:57:33 AM »
I would like to have a 1/4 scale P-51D, sent to the Philippines, $20 for it and 2 cases of beer! :cheers:
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