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- Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:10 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Technical Talk
- Replies: 915
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Re: Technical Talk
Progress 17 is also possibly the best illustration of the thousands of hours that have gone into the painstaking rebuild, carefully blending in new metal with old. In many cases, the old metal needed straightening first and I can remember how seemingly hopeless pieces of severely crumpled metal were...
- Fri Apr 26, 2019 12:02 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Spoon frogs and other such craft work
- Replies: 15
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Re: Spoon frogs and other such craft work
Pretty certain it’s the pitch control mechanism for the three propeller blades ...Ernie Lazenby wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:32 am It was retrieved by one of the village people who saw the plane being shot down (all crew killed).
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- Tue Mar 05, 2019 9:01 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird in museum home row
- Replies: 624
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- Mon Aug 27, 2018 5:32 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Technical Talk
- Replies: 915
- Views: 1016640
Re: Triumph to Tragic in one fell swoop.
I'm working from later on- page 157 of the second edition- when he definitely says 'low pressure fuel warning light'. That he may have said 'air pressure' earlier is obviously a mistake on his part as there was no 'air pressure warning light'. Fair enough. It was said in a casual matter of fact way...
- Sat Aug 25, 2018 9:18 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Did you ever use those switches I sent to you?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21897
- Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:07 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Did you ever use those switches I sent to you?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21897
Re: Did you ever use those switches I sent to you?
Just haven't found the time...captain sparkle wrote: ↑Fri Aug 24, 2018 9:20 pm Did you use the Flux Capacitor I sent you?
Sorry, just my attempt to lighten up things a bit.
Wouldn't it be wonderful.......?
- Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:07 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Did you ever use those switches I sent to you?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21897
Re: Did you ever use those switches I sent to you?
Just haven't found the time...captain sparkle wrote: ↑Fri Aug 24, 2018 9:20 pm Did you use the Flux Capacitor I sent you?
Sorry, just my attempt to lighten up things a bit.
Wouldn't it be wonderful.......?
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:44 am
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird in museum home row
- Replies: 624
- Views: 659323
Re: Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird in museum home row
Was told today that the good old LDNPA await two applications. One for a public event and one to run at speed. Well I wonder who will make those applications. Certainly it's not our event - we're just the headline act - so it will be interesting to see how that develops. In the meantime, following ...
- Tue Aug 14, 2018 12:07 am
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Did you ever use those switches I sent to you?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21897
Re: Did you ever use those switches I sent to you?
No, not the same. The Water brake is momentarily On - OFF - momentarily On.
The light switch is OFF - On - On.
The light switch is OFF - On - On.
- Sun Jul 22, 2018 9:17 am
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: John Cobb- Crusader/Railton Special
- Replies: 99
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Re: John Cobb- Crusader/Railton Special
My understanding is that the majority of the wooden hull was burned immediately after the accident, on the orders of John Cobb's Widow. I am guessing that the main wreckage apparently located in the Loch is the remains of the Ghost engine.