Was the New Zealand company a one man business in Auckland run by Mike Roberts ? I think he calls his business Hammerworks and does mostly restoration of early aircraft and racing car pieces. A very clever and talented guy.
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Was the New Zealand company a one man business in Auckland run by Mike Roberts ? I think he calls his business Hammerworks and does mostly restoration of early aircraft and racing car pieces. A very clever and talented guy.
That is very nice!
not much work on the truck but here's a plane pic, just getting the wings on and making up the control cables.
the way its been flooding in Texas--are you building floats for it?????
looking super
Very cool project. Nice work!
It's really coming together!
Well here's a update , nothing new on the truck but the plane is getting its covering now. Here's 2 pic's of it just before we took it apart for covering.
That is just plain cool! Thanks for posting the pictures. They are very special for those of us who don't get to play in arenas like that.
Looking at those pictures made me realise the delicate balance the engineer that designed it faced.
He had to make it as light as possible at the rear so that the rear would lift easily to get it airborne; but not so light that it was in danger of digging its nose in the dirt when landing.
Hence the placement of the axle braces.
There were some clever people out there 'back in the day'.
There still are some out there even now.
Thanks for that Navy.
That is very nice Navy! Thanks for posting the pictures. It looks so nice like that!
Good point, JB. Also, there is a delicate relationship between center of gravity (CG) of the aircraft and the center of lift (CL). Get the CG of the plane outside of the the fore and aft CG limits, and you have big problems.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnboy
Yeah, that's something I'd never thought about before either.
If you think about it; if you mucked up CG and CL the plane would want to cartwheel.
Scary!
I've never really looked hard at aircraft before.
Everything I've dealt with has had either tracks or wheels and just had to sit on the ground.
This is an entirely new train of thought.
Good work Navy---
Adding to the comments about the center of gravity and center of lift-------with todays swept back wings (and folding) the CG changes drasticly from back to front with fuel burn plus the amount of upward flex of the wing from on the ground to in the air--next time you fly a long range flight ( 3-4+ hours ) try to get a window seat where you can see the wing tip----------
The movable horizontal stabilizer was a wonderful advancement
It was my understanding that planes carried the fuel in the wings, with the tanks centered over the CG so that fuel levels don't alter the CG.
Beautiful work Navy. Really enjoy this side thread. I've debated sharing my new house projects on a new thread if there was interest, but haven't to date as there is nothing mechanical going on at my home. Now your plane project is very mechanical and fits right in with a lot of people's interest here! Please keep us updated! Thanks.
that's what they tried to do but with the shape of the wings-and the upper being more forward than the lower, it is virtually impossible to have a fuel tank shape/location that fits the aircraft shape and stays cg neutral-----as you change the pitch in flight the fuel runs forward/backward causing CG change-the non fluid stay the same --------Quote:
Originally Posted by firebird77clone
As I was saying-SWEPT WING---The wings taper back from the fuselage quite a biy and as fuel levels are burnt down during the flight the CG goes forward a lot.
Also some long range a/c carry fuel in the vertical stabilizer and it has to be burnt at a certain time into flight ---adding to the CG change is also the structural loadings that require a portion of the fuel load be burnt out of the forward/inner tanks to reduce leverage load on the wing tips-gets complicated-I'll try to look to see if I can find some DC10 manuals on the timing of the burn, I may have some B767 but they were simple compared to the DC10 with one tail mounted engine plus the wings
40 Ford update ?
Here's some pic's of whats been done lately.
door latches, bear claw type
more 40 door pic's
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Nice work. Alot of adaptation to fit the space.
just a few pics of aircraft parts. covers for the bungee cords that hold the axle to the struts.
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Do the bungee cords act as shock absorbers?
Was wondering something about that too?
This has got to be a good one.. after all the resto work... and you use bungee cords?!?!?!
Bungee cord was the suspension on small aircraft for many decades---------about all there was to carry the weight of the a/c and also work as shock absorber in addition to the small balloon tires.
Nice work on those covers!
A good friend shared some info regarding the cords.. http://eaavintage.org/wp-content/upl...hock-Cords.pdf
WHO knew?!?!?! LOL:HMMM::LOL::LOL:
Is it plagerism that I also used the word DECADES? Who Knew?????
Well how about that!
The common ordinary banal bungee cord has been instrumental in landing aircraft for donkey's years!
Who would've thought that?
That's one of the things I like about this site; you learn something new virtually every time you click on.
Back to the 40, here's how I fixed my door problem pic's tell all.
Is it my imagination or does the beltline on the door sag below the beltline on the cab in the first pic? If so, it still sags in the after pic with no way to correct it.
Jack.
Jack.
yup there's some sag and it will remain. the pass door is worse it will also remain. It could be fixed but that's major surgery that I'm not going to do at this point. These trucks rolled off the assy. line with all kinds of misalignment problems, this one has extras it seems.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack F
If you raised the door hinges up wouldn't that raise the body lines up? You may have a gap at the bottom to deal with though.
Hello to all; I owned a 41 pick-up way back in the last century. I was 16 and my best friend told me a guy we knew had a truck for sale and could get it cheap. We went and saw him and he said he wanted $100.00, so we loaded in my car to go see it. Welll it was really bad, but I got him down to $30.00, no motor 4 flat tires no interior ,front of trans hanging from a rope. But I fell in love with it. Enough of this, the 40-47 cabs are the same . Of course the front fenders and hood were changed, and some changes to the 239 flathead. many of the parts I got for mine came from a 46-47. Also some car parts will fit, such as grills. Ford also made a 1/4t truck that was a station wagon with a truck body , meet a guy who had one , he got it from original owner, nice ride. So as long as title nums match it doesn't matter. Have fun with it. I wish I had mine back, mhutch4848
Just a few pics of door latch going in on the drivers side, looks just the the passengers side already posted.
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OK here's a little write up from " The Flying Machine " magazine on the Se5 fighter. now back to the 40 , what was it I was going to ask ?
can't get to come out right. Try later
Navy, that's a link to your gmail account, not to the attachment. I'd really like to read the article, but I don't find a magazine "The Flying Machine" via Google.Quote:
Originally Posted by Navy7797
Well its been awhile since I posted so heres a pic of the 40. painted the fire wall so I can put the cab on the frame.
airplane is awaiting for radiator, started a new one called Thomas Morris in the mean time.
A new airplane ? Called Thomas Morris ? Heck, I will look forward to seeing photos of that too please. What colour did you select for the truck, looks cool but I would imagine it will look even better in the sun.
+I believe that is thomas-morse
Never took the time to see the spelling, just started cutting wood and wire, waiting for the rad for the Se5.Quote:
Originally Posted by ted dehaan